PEPPERRELL, SIR WILLIAM

1696–1759, American colonial military commander, b. Kittery Point, Maine (then part of Massachusetts). A wealthy merchant, landowner, and businessman, he became a colonel in the colonial militia, was a delegate to the Massachusetts General Court and a member of the governor's council, and was appointed chief justice in 1730. In 1745, in King George's War (see French and Indian Wars), he commanded the land forces that, with a British fleet under Sir Peter Warren, captured the French fortress Louisburg, on Cape Breton, Canada. In recognition of this service, he was the first Native American to be created baronet (1746). Sir William also commanded a regiment in the last of the French and Indian Wars, and as president of the council he briefly governed (1756–57) Massachusetts. His journal of the Louisburg expedition was published by the American Antiquarian Society in its Proceedings, Vol. XX (1911).

See J. F. Sprague, Three Men from Maine (1924); study by B. Fairchild (1954).

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William Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts, 1741-1756: A History. Vol.1 - Vol. 1
Book by George Arthur Wood; Columbia University, 1920
Subjects: Massachusetts--History--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775, Shirley, William--1694-1771
...Ruville, Basil Williams cf. supra and...administrations from that of Sir Robert Walpole to...another Englishman, William Burnet, ending at...brother-in-law, Sir Robert Walpole...over it granted to Sir Ferdinando Gorges...lieutenant-governor, William Dummer, a native...
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Correspondence of William Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts and Military Commander in America, 1731- 1760
Book by Charles Henry Lincoln; Macmillan, 1912
Subjects: Massachusetts--History--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775--Sources, United States--History--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775--Sources, United States--History--French And Indian War, 1755-1763--Sources, United States--History--King George's War, 1744-1748--Sources
...urging the appointment of Sir William Johnson to command the expedition...Admiral Sir Peter Warren and Sir William Pepperrell, and arousing enthusiasm...assistance given Shirley by Sir William Pepperrell nor the relations existing...
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The New Realism: Cooperative Studies in Philosophy
Book by Edwin B. Holt, Walter T. Marvin, William Pepperrell Montague, Ralph Barton Perry, Edward Gleason Spaulding; Macmillan Company, 1912
Subjects: Knowledge, Theory Of, Realism, Reality
...PHILOSOPHY BY EDWIN B. HOLT WALTER T. MARVIN WILLIAM PEPPERRELL MONTAGUE RALPH BARTON PERRY AND EDWARD GLEASON...REALISTIC THEORY OF TRUTH AND ERROR BY WILLIAM PEPPERRELL MONTAGUE I. THE MEANING...
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A History of the United States - Vol. 2
Book by Edward Channing; Macmillan, 1913
Subjects: United States--History
...Berkeley of Stratton, brother of Sir William Berkeley, governor of Virginia...These five men, with Clarendon, Sir William Berkeley, and Sir John Colleton...secretaries of state, Sir Henry Bennet, Sir William Morrice, and Sir Joseph Williamson...
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Nathanael Greene: Strategist of the American Revolution
Book by Theodore Thayer; Twayne Publishers, 1960
Subjects: Greene, Nathanael--1742-1786
...desk at his headquarters in the William Pepperrell house riding about to supervise...of tents, row on row. Reverend William Emerson, grandfather of Ralph...With the reinforcements had come William Howe, Henry Clinton, and John...
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Cousins of a Kind: The Newfoundland and Labrador Relationship with the United States
Journal article by Karl Mcneil Earle; American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 28, 1998
Subjects: Canadian foreign relations--United States, Newfoundland and Labrador--History
...to his sponsor, Sir George Calvert...militia commander, William Pepperrell, captured the French...that same dashing Sir William Pepperell who captured...Malcom Thomson, Sir Francis Drake (London...16, 11. (21.) William Bradford, "Of Plymouth...


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Founding Father: George Washington
Magazine article by Richard Brookhiser; National Review, Vol. 48, February 26, 1996
Subjects: Presidents (Government)--Biography, Presidents--Biography, Washington, George--Biography
...commemorated the death of a Maine hero, Sir William Pepperrell, who fought in two colonial...unmanly." The mighty -- the Pepperrells and the Washingtons -- should...fathers and children. General Pepperrell had a son; this part of the...


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Pepperrell, Sir William
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PEPPERRELL, SIR WILLIAM 1696 1759, American colonial military commander, b. Kittery Point...service, he was the first Native American to be created baronet (1746). Sir William also commanded a regiment in the last of the French and Indian Wars...
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Brown, Mather
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...continued to work in England. His portraits include those of George IV (Buckingham Palace, London), Queen Charlotte, Sir William Pepperrell, Cornwallis, and Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; a self-portrait belongs to the American Antiquarian...
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Bradstreet, John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...French and confined at Louisburg . After his exchange he described the weaknesses of the fortress, and in 1745 Sir William Pepperrell captured the stronghold. For his services in the expedition, Bradstreet was promoted to the rank of captain and...
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French and Indian Wars
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...a Massachusetts-planned expedition under William Pepperrell with a British fleet under Sir Peter Warren took Louisburg . Border warfare...fell to Amherst. In the West, the hold of Sir William Johnson over the Iroquois and the activities...
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Louisburg
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...fishermen working the Grand Banks, until 1745, when a small force of New Englanders under William Pepperrell, supported by a fleet of merchantmen commanded by Sir Peter Warren, attacked Louisbourg and forced its surrender. Three years later it was...


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