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SHIRLEY, WILLIAM

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SHIRLEY, WILLIAM
<b>527. WILLIAM SHIRLEY</b> (1693 - 1771) Colonial Governor of Massachusetts and Commander in Chief of British forces in North America in the French and Indian War. Boldly signed D.S. "<i>W. Shirley</i>" as a governor in the Bahamas, 1p. oblong large 4to., New-Providence Island, July 30, 1767, to surveyor John Pratt, in part: <i>"...You are directed...to measure and lay out unto John Brown Esq. a certain Lot of land in the town of Nashua...</i>". Fold through one letter of signature and one hole affecting nothing, else very good.<b>$150-200</b>