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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.
Sir William Pepperrell, primer baronet (27 de junio de 1696 - 6 de julio de 1759) fue un comerciante y soldado estadounidense en el Massachusetts colonial. Es ampliamente recordado por organizar, financiar y liderar la expedición de 1745 que capturó la fortaleza francesa de Louisbourg durante la Guerra del Rey Jorge.
1 de abr. de 2024 · King George’s War. 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 ene. 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 House of ...
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 in Maine), son of William Pepperrell* and Margery Bray; m. 1723 to Mary Hirst, daughter of a wealthy Boston merchant and granddaughter of Judge S...
1 de dic. de 2021 · There are actually three William Pepperrells who figure prominently in Kittery’s history. The first is typically referred to as Colonel Pepperrell to distinguish him from his son and...
12 de feb. de 2017 · Collection Description. The papers of William Pepperrell, commander of the Louisbourg expedition during King George's War, range from 1664-1782, with the bulk spanning 1745-1746. The papers document the 1745 expedition against the French at Louisbourg and include military orders and reports, regiment lists, returns, correspondence regarding ...
