SHIRLEY TO EARL OF LOUDOUN, August 30, 1756 Is making every effort to raise men for his aid. Is un- SHIRLEY TO GENERAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS, SEP- Fall of Oswego. Need of more men and arms. SHIRLEY TO EARL OF LOUDOUN, SEPTEMBER 3, 1756 Importance of harmony between Loudoun and himself if interests of Crown are to be advanced. SHIRLEY TO EARL OF HALIFAX, SEPTEMBER 4, 1756 Decisive time for settlement of English and French in- SHIRLEY TO EARL OF LOUDOUN, SEPTEMBER 4, 1756 Justification of writer's conduct in Oswego campaign. SHIRLEY TO HENRY FOX, SEPTEMBER 5, 1756 Attack upon the writer made by Loudoun. SHIRLEY TO EARL OF LOUDOUN, SEPTEMBER 5, 1756 EARL OF LOUDOUN TO SHIRLEY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1756 Complains of his delay in returning to England. SHIRLFY TO GENERAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS, SEP- Urges that troops be sent to Albany and order of march left to Loudoun. Urges more troops. SHIRLEY TO EARL OF LOUDOUN, SEPTEMBER 13, 1756. Delayed departure for England to raise more troops. Aid thus far sent. Loudoun's comments. SHIRLEY TO ISRAEL WILLIAMS, SEPTEMBER 13, 1756 Warrant to impress wagons and drivers. SHIRLEY TO ISRAEL WILLIAMS, SEPTEMBER 13, 1756 Orders to raise men for relief of Loudoun or Winslow. Demand made upon Shirley that account of loss of SHIRLEY TO STEPHEN HOPKINS, SEPTEMBER 13, 1756 SHIRLEY TO HENRY FOX, SEPTEMBER 15, 1756 Displeasure of Earl of Loudoun with the writer. SHIRLEY TO HENRY FOX, SEPTEMBER 16, 1756 Defends Shirley in Oswego campaign. ROBERT HUNTER MORRIS TO HORATIO SHARPE, OCTOBER 578 SHIRLEY TO DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, JANUARY 13, 1759 Incloses memorial for an allowance. SHIRLEY TO DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, APRIL 17, 1759. Offers proof of position and services in America. SHIRLEY TO DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, JUNE 6, 1759 Is grateful for money obtained. SHIRLEY TO DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, JUNE 8, 1759 Thanks for favors received. Presents the Earl ILLUSTRATIONS THE COAT OF ARMS OF THE SHIRLEY FAMILY. Frontispiece THE SEAT OF THE WAR IN NEW YORK AND PENNSYL STANFORD LERARY CORRESPONDENCE OF WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO THE DUKE OF MY LORD DUKE, St. James's Street, Novr. 23, 1752. Having lately taken the liberty to beg of your Grace to favour my application for the government of the Leeward Islands, and inclos'd a letter from Mr. Western to your Grace upon that subject; That I may trespass, as little as may be, upon your Grace's time, I beg leave to lay before you a state of the grounds of my request, before I have the honour of waiting upon your Grace again. Before I had any pretensions of publick service to recommend me to your Grace's protection, your Grace was pleas'd in mere Goodness to me to procure me the government of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. The Factious Temper of the people there towards their former Governours, and the Distracted state of the Affairs of the province, when I had the honour of being appointed to the government, with the happy Alteration in both, since my Administration of it, are well known to your Grace. I improv'd the Opportunities, which this post gave me of doing several National Services; I sav'd Nova Scotia with the English cod fishery more than once from falling into the 1 B. M., Additional Manuscript 32730, 281. A transcript is in the Library of Congress. |