Author: William ShirleyPublisher:
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Correspondence of William Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts and military Commander in America 1731-1760 ed. by Charles Henry Lincoln
Author: William ShirleyCorrespondence of William Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts and Military Commander in America, 1731-1760. Edited Under the Auspices of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America by Charles Henry Lincoln. New York, Macmillan, 1912
Author: William ShirleyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780404059835
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Correspondence of William Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts and Military Commander in America, 1731-1760. Edited ... by C.H. Lincoln
Author: William SHIRLEY (Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.)Publisher:
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Correspondence of William Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts and Military Commander in America, 1731- 1760, vol. 1
Author: LincolnCorrespondence of William Shirley Governor of Massachusetts and Military Commander in America 1731-1760
Author: Charles Henry LincolnPublisher: Macnutt Press
ISBN: 1443758515
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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PREFACE. THE Author of this very practical treatise on Scotch Loch - Fishing desires clearly that it may be of use to all who had it. He does not pretend to have written anything new, but to have attempted to put what he has to say in as readable a form as possible. Everything in the way of the history and habits of fish has been studiously avoided, and technicalities have been used as sparingly as possible. The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general. This section is interleaved with blank shects for the readers notes. The Author need hardly say that any suggestions addressed to the case of the publishers, will meet with consideration in a future edition. We do not pretend to write or enlarge upon a new subject. Much has been said and written-and well said and written too on the art of fishing but loch-fishing has been rather looked upon as a second-rate performance, and to dispel this idea is one of the objects for which this present treatise has been written. Far be it from us to say anything against fishing, lawfully practised in any form but many pent up in our large towns will bear us out when me say that, on the whole, a days loch-fishing is the most convenient. One great matter is, that the loch-fisher is depend- ent on nothing but enough wind to curl the water, -and on a large loch it is very seldom that a dead calm prevails all day, -and can make his arrangements for a day, weeks beforehand whereas the stream- fisher is dependent for a good take on the state of the water and however pleasant and easy it may be for one living near the banks of a good trout stream or river, it is quite another matter to arrange for a days river-fishing, if one is looking forward to a holiday at a date some weeks ahead. Providence may favour the expectant angler with a good day, and the water in order but experience has taught most of us that the good days are in the minority, and that, as is the case with our rapid running streams, -such as many of our northern streams are, -the water is either too large or too small, unless, as previously remarked, you live near at hand, and can catch it at its best. A common belief in regard to loch-fishing is, that the tyro and the experienced angler have nearly the same chance in fishing, -the one from the stern and the other from the bow of the same boat. Of all the absurd beliefs as to loch-fishing, this is one of the most absurd. Try it. Give the tyro either end of the boat he likes give him a cast of ally flies he may fancy, or even a cast similar to those which a crack may be using and if he catches one for every three the other has, he may consider himself very lucky. Of course there are lochs where the fish are not abundant, and a beginner may come across as many as an older fisher but we speak of lochs where there are fish to be caught, and where each has a fair chance. Again, it is said that the boatman has as much to do with catching trout in a loch as the angler. Well, we dont deny that. In an untried loch it is necessary to have the guidance of a good boatman but the same argument holds good as to stream-fishing...
Correspondence of William Shirley, Vol. 2 of 2
Author: Charles Henry LincolnPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781528587334
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 658
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Excerpt from Correspondence of William Shirley, Vol. 2 of 2: Governor of Massachusetts and Military Commander in America 1731-1760 Shirley To lords OF trade, may 23, 1754 French success on the Ohio. Is going to Maine to investigate conditions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Author: William ShirleyCorrespondence of William Shirley
Author: William ShirleyPublisher: New York : Macmillan Company
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Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 574
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Worcester Library Bulletin
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Pages : 498
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King and People in Provincial Massachusetts
Author: Richard L. BushmanPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469600102
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 295
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The American revolutionaries themselves believed the change from monarchy to republic was the essence of the Revolution. King and People in Provincial Massachusetts explores what monarchy meant to Massachusetts under its second charter and why the momentous change to republican government came about. Richard L. Bushman argues that monarchy entailed more than having a king as head of state: it was an elaborate political culture with implications for social organization as well. Massachusetts, moreover, was entirely loyal to the king and thoroughly imbued with that culture. Why then did the colonies become republican in 1776? The change cannot be attributed to a single thinker such as John Locke or to a strain of political thought such as English country party rhetoric. Instead, it was the result of tensions ingrained in the colonial political system that surfaced with the invasion of parliamentary power into colonial affairs after 1763. The underlying weakness of monarchical government in Massachusetts was the absence of monarchical society -- the intricate web of patronage and dependence that existed in England. But the conflict came from the colonists' conception of rulers as an alien class of exploiters whose interest was the plundering of the colonies. In large part, colonial politics was the effort to restrain official avarice. The author explicates the meaning of "interest" in political discourse to show how that conception was central in the thinking of both the popular party and the British ministry. Management of the interest of royal officials was a problem that continually bedeviled both the colonists and the crown. Conflict was perennial because the colonists and the ministry pursued diverging objectives in regulating colonial officialdom. Ultimately the colonists came to see that safety against exploitation by self-interested rulers would be assured only by republican government.