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William Shirley, a British colonial administrator, served as Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay during the early 18th century. His tenure was marked by tensions with French forces in North America, culminating in the outbreak of the French and Indian War, during which Shirley played a significant role in British military strategy.
"I don't flatter myself with much dependence upon the present disposition of the Eastern Indians, who are many ways liable to be drawn into a rupture with us by the artifices of the French, their own weakness and the influence which the French Missionary Priests have over them."
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