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William Shirley esqr. captn. general and governeur in chief ... [manuscript] : whereas Mr. John Hawks with an attendant has undertaken to proceed on a journey from Deerfield within this province to Canada to redeem out of the hands of the French or the Indians one Samuel Allen ... passport, 1747 Dec. 21.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shirley, William, 1694-1771, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hawks, John, 1707-1784.
- Hawks, John.
- Fortification.
- Indian captivities.
- United States--History--King George's War, 1744-1748.
- United States.
- New France.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1747]
- Summary:
- Pass, Dec. 14, 1747, written in Boston for John Hawks, former commander of Fort Massachusetts, by Massachusetts governor Shirley, allowing Hawks to proceed to Canada to exchange Pierre-Marie-Joseph Raimbault de St. Blaint (wounded French cadet captured in Northfield, Oct. 16, 1747) for Samuel Allen (eight-year-old captured Aug. 25, 1746, near Deerfield, by Indians who had participated in the taking of Fort Massachusetts).
- 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 581.
- Description based on publisher-supplied metadata (viewed January 24, 2024).
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