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Lot 239: William Shirley Signed Document

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Lot  239: William Shirley Signed Document
<b>Autographs</b><hr><b>WILLIAM SHIRLEY, Governor of the Bahamas and Colonial Governor of Massachusetts.</b>
Manuscript Document Signed, 'W Shirley,' January 3, 1768, New Providence (Bahamas), 6.25' x 7.75', Fine. Being a bill of exchange payable in London for £25. Paper missing from top and bottom edges, reinforced by strips on verso. Shirley served as governor of Massachusetts from 1741-49 and from 1753-56. He was governor of the Bahamas from 1761-67, and returned to Massachusetts in 1769. He also wrote a book on American colonial finance.