When I troubled your Grace with my other Memorial praying for a reimbursment of £589, I was inform'd it would probably be referr'd, and if reported to be a debt due to me from the Crown, that my prayer for repayment in the Treasury would not be deem'd improper: But as I perceive, I have been too importunate in it, I shall not urge it further to your Grace, being perfectly sensible of the very great Obligations, I am already under to your Grace for the many signal marks of favour, you have been pleas'd to honour me with; and for which I shall ever remain with the most gratefull sense of them, and the most dutifull Respect
I shall not trouble your Grace further about my last Memorial, being perfectly sensible of the very great Obligations, I am already under to your Grace, for the many signal marks of favour, which you have honour'd me with, and for which I shall ever remain with a most gratefull sense of them, and most Dutifull Respect,
Your Grace's most Oblig'd,
and
most Devoted Servant.
1 B. M., Additional Manuscript 32891, 504. A transcript is in
P.S. The Earl of Stirling being desirous to have the honour of being introduc'd to your Grace, I shall take the liberty of presenting him this morning.
Endorsed: June 8th. 1759. MR. GL. SHIRLEY.
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO THE DUKE OF
NEWCASTLE 1
New Providence, Bahama Islands.
May 19, 1760.
The short Notice, I have of the Departure of this Vessell for Charleston, S. Carolina; thro' which lies the only Conveyance, we have from this place for Turtle by Ships bound directly for London, allows me no more time, than to have the honour of acquainting your Grace, that I have sent your Grace a Turtle, by this Opportunity: which is the first, that has offer'd for sending your Grace one since the season of the Year has been warm enough, and our Turtling Vessells have brought in any of a proper size for England, to this Port.
I hope it will get safe to England and have the honour of your Grace's kind Acceptance of it.
I am with the highest Respect,
1 B. M., Additional Manuscript 33067, 138. A transcript is in the Library of Congress.
Abercromby, Genl. James, made a Lt. Genl. | Annapolis (Maryland), meeting of Braddock
in America, II. 428; arrival expected, II.
462; arrival reported, n. 467; is in-
formed by Shirley regarding conditions
in America, II. 468; consults with Shirley,
Webb, and Winslow, II. 479; delays to
reënforce Oswego, II. 540; inefficiency
of, I. xxviii; Shirley to, II. 468–471;
mentioned, II. 478, 493, 496, 499, 501,
502, 515, 522, 538, 547, 573, 579.
Abinaki (Abenaqui) Indians, position after
peace of Aix la Chapelle, 1. 481; relations
with New England, I. 482.
Acadia, policy to be followed in, 1. 327;
boundaries of, I. xxviii; II. 55, 450. See
Nova Scotia.
Acadians (Nova Scotians), Shirley's feel-
ing toward, I. xxvi, 320, 321n., 327, 336,
405, 476; designs of Govr. Knowles re-
garding, I. 371; policy adopted for, I.
354, 358, 388, 472; II. 64, 534; Gov.
Lawrence plans their removal from Nova
Scotia, II. 304; mentioned, I. 220, 326n.,
347. See Nova Scotia.
and Shirley at, II. 154.
Annapolis Royal, 1. 123, 124, 131, 134, 138,
146, 150, 158, 163; II. 64; siege of, I.
347; aid sent to, I. 358, 365, 402; French
attack upon, I. 131, 374.
Anson, Admiral George, I. 402.
Anson, Lieut., II. 7.
Apthorpe, Charles, I. 313, 367.
Arms, poor condition of those furnished the
Colonial soldier, 1. 264; II. 276, 299;
Crown sends 10,000 to Massachusetts,
II. 401, 427; magazines recommended
for, II. 428.
Arrassangunticook (Arreregunticook, Arse-
gunticook, St. Francis) Indians, II. 34,
69, 73. See also St. Francis Indians.
Ashley, Major, II. 256.
Atkinson, Theodore, 1. 204, 206, 319, 325,
345, 353; notice of, 1. 321.
Auchmuty, Lieut. James, 1. 307, 316.
Auchmuty, Judge Robert, 1. 13, 82, 86.
Backus, Rev. Simon, death of, 1. 309.
Admiralty, Lords of, Shirley to, I. 173; Bagley, Jonathan, II. 140.
mentioned, I. 215, 423.
Aix la Chapelle, peace of (1748), I. 439.
Albany, conference at (1744), I. 129; In-
dian conference at (June, 1754), II. 40,
47, 60; council of war at (May, 1756),
II. 453; barracks at, II. 305; Indian
trade from, II. 376; defense of, II. 457,
459, 560.
Albany Congress (1754), Franklin on ideas
presented at, II. 103; Shirley on results
of, II. III, 117. See also Colonial Union.
Aldrich, Lieut., Shirley expresses obligation
to, I. 290.
Aldridge, Major, 1. 132.
Alexander, William, letter to Shirley, I.
177; James F. Mercer to, II. 335, 340;
attestations, II. 209, 444, 459, 477, 485,
488; mentioned, II. 251, 404, 461, 481n.,
499, 556.
Alexandria (Virginia), meeting of Braddock
and Shirley at, II. 196.
Bahama, Shirley appointed governor of, 1.
xxx; Shirley at, II. 605.
Banks. See Land banks and Paper cur-
rency.
Banyar, Goldsbrow, sides with Sir William
Johnson against Shirley (1755), II. 361n.;
on rank of provincial officers, II. 505n.
Bastide, John H., 1. 134, 157, 190, 221, 226,
232, 252, 281, 308; desires to raise men
for service, I. 309n., 312; II. 167; notice
of, II. 168.
Bay Verté Fort, II. 22, 30.
Beauharnois, Charles, Marquis de, Governor
of Canada, letter of, 1. 394n.; mentioned,
I. 438.
Beau Sejour (Beauséjour), Nova Scotia,
French strength at, II. 62, 134, 519;
captured by Monckton, II. 316.
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, Secretary
of State for Southern Department,
Shirley to, I. 456, 460, 462, 470, 478, 485,
488; mentioned, I. 441; notice of, 1.
457.
Belcher, Jonathan, Governor of Massachu-
setts, I. I, 2, 11, 12, 13, 18, 22, 36n.;
offers post of Judge of Admiralty to
Shirley, 1. xxii, 2; dissatisfaction with,
in New England, 1. 18; Shirley proffers
assistance to, I. 23; becomes Governor
of New Jersey, I. xxii; mentioned, 1.
39, 80, 88, 91, 95, 100, 307; II. 198.
Bellomont, Richard, Lord, II. 352.
Bennet, Capt. Moses, brings Shirley an
account of Louisbourg campaign, 1.
234, 236, 310, 312.
Berry, Thomas, 1. 129.
Bien Aimé, ordered to Jamaica, I. 202.
Blakeney, William, 1. 17, 25, 26.
Blanchard, Joseph, of New Hampshire, п.
254.
Bollan, William, Massachusetts agent, 1.
469n., 496; II. 9, 585; Massachusetts
Assembly describes conditions in colony
to, II. 283; notice of, 1. 413.
Boscawen, Admiral Edward, captures French
vessels, II. 274, 304.
Boston, appointment of naval officer at, 1.
37; defense of, 1. 76, 93, 100, 158, 389;
II. 8, 11; troops for Louisbourg expedi-
tion to gather at, 1. 189; impressment of
sailors in, I. 406, 410, 412; militia of,
ordered out, I. 413, 417; Shirley to
selectmen of, I. 389. See also Castle
William, Massachusetts.
Boundary disputes, between Massachusetts
and Rhode Island, I. xxii, 377; with
New Hampshire, 1. xxii, 69; with New
York, n. 10; regarding Acadia, 1. xxvii ;
Bowdoin, James, 1. 13.
Bowen, Thomas, 1. 181n., 189n., 213, 229n.;
Shirley to, authorizing impressment for
Crown Point expedition, II. 520.
Boyce, Joseph, fugitive from Massachusetts
justice, 1. 212, 230.
Bradbury, Jabez, Shirley to, on conditions
in Maine, I. 253; mentioned, 1. 259; to
Shirley on trouble with Penobscot In-
dians, 1. 261.
Braddock, Maj. Genl. Edward, announced
as commander in chief in America with
whom Shirley is urged to consult, II.
120; Shirley requests an engineer from,
II. 143; military operations planned
by, II. 144; meeting with Shirley ar-
ranged, II. 154, 156; gives money for
Indians to Sir William Johnson, II. 167;
authorizes Johnson to draw on Shirley,
II. 169, 175; expects to win a bloodless
victory on the Ohio, ш. 181; proposals
for a movement upon Crown Point,
Niagara, and Oswego, II. 186n.; progress
of march of, II. 202; defeat and death
of, II. 208, 211, 214; Shirley's descrip-
tion, II. 217; Shirley's plan for retrieving
defeat of, II. 221; mentioned, II. 231,
241, 243; feeling in Maryland, Pennsyl-
vania, and Virginia caused by defeat of, п.
Bradley (Bradly), Capt., II. 426.
Bradstreet, Dudley, 1. 147, 219.
Bradstreet, Col. John, 1. 132, 136, 195n.,
234, 238; desires to raise men for the
service, I. 309n.; letters of, on French
reënforcements from Canada and Europe,
II. 240; position of various regiments,
485; movement on Oswego, 487; Shirley
to, regarding enlistments and preparation
of boats, II. 334; as to progress toward
Oswego, 419; effect of capture of Fron-
tenac by, II. 296; captures French boats
on Lake Ontario, II. 304; victory on the
Onondago, II. 488; notice of, II. 240n.;
Brown, Col. Thomas, I. 129n.; II. 72.
mentioned, II. 262, 443, 539, 570, 580.
Burnet, Govr. William, 1. 40; endeavors
to obtain a fixed salary from Massachu-
setts Assembly, II. 88, 442; attempts to
open trade with Indians, II. 376.
Burton, Lt. Col. Ralph, at battle of Fort
Duquesne, II. 208; member, Albany
Burton, Lieut., enlisting men in New Hamp-
council of war, 453; notice of, II. 208n.
shire for Shirley's regiment, 1. 316.
Cadaraqui (Cadaracoui, Cattarocky) troops
at, II. 240, 267n., 280; attack upon,
opposed by council of war (1755), п.
291n.; importance of, II. 294; attack
upon, proposed, II. 345, 381, 490; sug-
gestion of magazine at, II. 346. See
also Frontenac.
Cæsar, snow, designated for Rhode Island
seamen and troops, I. 238.
Caghnawaga (Cagnawaga) Indians, at the
battle of Lake George, II. 279; trade
Campaign of 1744-1745, instructions for
with the French, П. 376.
enlistments, I. 167, 181; in general, 1.
159-239. See Cape Breton, Louisbourg,
Campaign against Canada (1747), in gen-
Pepperrell, Shirley, Warren.
eral, 1. 323-370, 456-459. See Canada,
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