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Sir William Pepperrell, 1st Baronet (27 June 1696 – 6 July 1759) was an American merchant and soldier in colonial Massachusetts. He is widely remembered for organizing, financing, and leading the 1745 expedition that captured the French fortress of Louisbourg during King George's War .
1 de abr. de 2024 · Sir William Pepperrell, Baronet (born June 27, 1696, Kittery, Massachusetts [now in Maine, U.S.]—died July 6, 1759, Kittery) was a colonial American merchant, politician, and soldier who in 1745 commanded land forces that, with a British fleet, captured the French fortress of Louisbourg (in present-day Nova Scotia).
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29 de jan. de 2008 · Sir William Pepperrell, commander in chief of New England forces at LOUISBOURG (b at Kittery Point, Maine 27 June 1696; d there 6 July 1759). Reared in his father's counting house, the most successful in colonial Maine, trading in fish and lumber to the West Indies and England, he became a popular member of the Massachusetts Bay ...
31 de mai. de 2023 · 174 views 7 months ago. Sir William Pepperrell of Kittery Point, Maine (1696-1759), was perhaps the most famous colonial hero few people remember. It is said that when George Washington was a...
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Biography – PEPPERRELL, Sir WILLIAM – Volume III (1741-1770) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Source: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. PEPPERRELL, Sir WILLIAM, merchant-shipowner, commander of the colonial forces that took Louisbourg, Île Royale (Cape Breton Island), in 1745; b. 27 June 1696 (o.s.) at Kittery Point, Massachusetts (now ...
Some or all of the collection is available digitally; see Finding Aid field below These are the Papers of William Pepperrell, Maine merchant and commander of the American forces on the expedition to Louisbourg on Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (1745) during King George's War.
21 de mai. de 2018 · Sir William Pepperell (1696-1759) was an American colonial merchant and soldier who commanded the land forces which captured the French fortress of Louisbourg. The son of a prosperous merchant, William Pepperell was born on June 27, 1696, at Kittery Point, Maine (then part of Massachusetts).
