![By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; Captain-General and Governour in chief in and over the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. To [blank] Sir, As you have received beating-orders from me to enlist men into His Majesty’s service By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; Captain-General and Governour in chief in and over the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. To [blank] Sir, As you have received beating-orders from me to enlist men into His Majesty’s service](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NTUvMDEvMDEvYnktaGlzLWV4Y2VsbGVuY3ktd2lsbGlhbS1zaGlybGV5LWVzcS1jYXB0YWluLWdlbmVyYWwtYW5kLWdvdmVybm91ci1pbi1jaGllZi0xNjAwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/512/jpg 320w, https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1755/01/01/by-his-excellency-william-shirley-esq-captain-general-and-governour-in-chief-640.jpg 640w, https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NTUvMDEvMDEvYnktaGlzLWV4Y2VsbGVuY3ktd2lsbGlhbS1zaGlybGV5LWVzcS1jYXB0YWluLWdlbmVyYWwtYW5kLWdvdmVybm91ci1pbi1jaGllZi0xNjAwLmpwZw%3D%3D/799/1280/jpg 960w, https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1755/01/01/by-his-excellency-william-shirley-esq-captain-general-and-governour-in-chief-1024.jpg 1024w)
By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; Captain-General and Governour in chief in and over the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. To [blank] Sir, As you have received beating-orders from me to enlist men into His Majesty’s service
Summary
Ford 1032.; Not in Evans.; Filled in in mss. and dated Apr. 17, 1755.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML.
Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 35, Folder 15b.
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Date
01/01/1755
Contributors
Massachusetts (Colony) Governor, 1753-1756 (William Shirley).
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Source
Library of Congress
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Public Domain