SHIRLEY WILLIAM Document Signed WShirley as Advocate General

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SHIRLEY, WILLIAM. Document Signed, "WShirley," as Advocate-General, ordering payment from the public treasury of "one shilling and three pence per diem . . . to the Hon'ble John Quincy Esq'e Speaker of the House . . . in consideration of his constant Application in discharging the publick affairs of the Province." 1 page, small 8vo, with integral blank; docketed on terminal page, folds. [Boston], 15 January 1741

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Before becoming governor of Massachusetts in May of 1741, Shirley (1694-1771) helped to prepare for the defense of the colony until 1744, when he became involved in the French and Indian War, a conflict in which he later commanded as major-general.