Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . h the dehris of ruinedhouses, about fifteen hundred sustaining injury. Shirley wasa man of letters, and wrote a tragedy, be-sides the history of the Louisburg expe-dition. He also held a government inthe Bahamas, and was matle lieutenant-general. His son, William, was killed atthe defeat of Braddock. Thomas Pownall superseded GovernorShirley, in 1757-58, as governor. Heoccupied tlie chair only three years. He made a popular andenlightened chief magistrate, contrasting favorably with theMi5S2!!w»»n^ dark, intriguing Lieutenant-Governor Hutchinso
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . h the dehris of ruinedhouses, about fifteen hundred sustaining injury. Shirley wasa man of letters, and wrote a tragedy, be-sides the history of the Louisburg expe-dition. He also held a government inthe Bahamas, and was matle lieutenant-general. His son, William, was killed atthe defeat of Braddock. Thomas Pownall superseded GovernorShirley, in 1757-58, as governor. Heoccupied tlie chair only three years. He made a popular andenlightened chief magistrate, contrasting favorably with theMi5S2!!w»»n^ dark, intriguing Lieutenant-Governor Hutchinson. The great and disastrous^^^H^IMtSSiS^h. ^^^ ^^ ^Nlarch 20, 17G0, occurred beforef/a/iM/MvV\fMV^«\A\ |-|jp departure of the governor to assume-/s/l ^^ government of South Carolina; alsoiw^ the organization and refitting of tlie landand naval forces, under General Amherst,ttvuuuviii^ for the reduction of Quebec and Montreal. Governor Pownall Avas a stanch friend of the Colonies, evenafter hostilities commenced with the mother country. No in-.
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