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By His Excellency William Shirley Esqr. captain general and governour in cheif [sic] in and over His Majesty's province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England [manuscript] : a declaration of war against the Cape Sables & St. John s Indians, 1744 Oct. 19.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shirley, William, 1694-1771, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Massachusetts Bay Company.
- Malecite Indians.
- United States--History--King George's War, 1744-1748.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1744]
- Summary:
- Declaration of war against the Cape Sable (Micmac) and St. John s (Malecite) Indians of Nova Scotia and what is now New Brunswick, issued by Gov. William Shirley of Massachusetts Bay with the advice of Council in Boston, Oct. 19, 1744.
- Notes:
- Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America was originally published in 2013, as American Indian Histories and Cultures. The title was changed in 2024.
- AM reference: VAULT box Ayer MS 578.
- Indigenous Peoples metadata has been supplied by exonym as these are the terms most commonly used in the documents. Updates are being made to metadata to reference preferred names wherever possible. For more information on our approach to language and metadata in the resource visit the Language Statement.
- Description based on publisher-supplied metadata (viewed January 24, 2024).
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