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By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq., captain-general and governour in chief, in and over His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England [microform] : a proclamation : whereas the Honourable Peter Warren, Esq., commander in chief of His Majesty's ships of war in the expedition against Cape-Breton, hath informed me that he has taken a French man of war called the Vigilant .

Shirley, William, 1694-1771

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By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq., captain-general and governour in chief, in and over His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England [microform] : a proclamation : whereas the Honourable Peter Warren, Esq., commander in chief of His Majesty's ships of war in the expedition against Cape-Breton, hath informed me that he has taken a French man of war called the Vigilant .

Shirley, William, 1694-1771

Signed and dated: Given at the Council-Chamber in Boston the thirty-first day of May, 1745 ... W. Shirley

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