Raynors HCA 2015-02
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SHIRLEY, William, Governor of The Bahamas and Colonial Governor of Massachusetts. Shirley practiced law in England for eleven years before migrating to Boston in 1731. He was the king's advocate general in 1734 and governor of Massachusetts in 1741. Partially Printed Document, November 22, 1740, signed, "W Shirley" on its verso, County of Suffolk, 6.75" x 8.25", VG. Being an official legal Warrant to "Attach the Goods or Estate of John Sheppard... and for want thereof to take the Body of the said John Sheppard.." and to bring him to the Inferiour Court of Common Pleas at Boston. Extremely clean and boldly printed in black on laid period paper, some scattered pinholes along the folds do not affect William Shirley's dark brown, vivid ink signature.
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