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Pay requisition addressed to William Pitt the Elder, paymaster general, from the British governor of Massachusetts William Shirley (1694-1771), who served from 1741 to 1759; he sought payment for troops he led during a successful siege of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, in 1745 - "When the Parliament of Great Britain shall make provision for paying the Troops rais'd for the late intended expedition against Canada be pleas'd or order payment of this my second of exchange... Five Hundred Pounds Sterling... upon account of the Pay for discharging the non-commission officers and private men of the late Regiment..." Signed by Shirley at bottom, signed in receipt of payment by Chauncy Townsend on reverse, dated 7th Nov. 1750, indicating the time lag in such matters. Shirley has been accused by modern historians of ethnic cleansing for ordering the forcible removal of more than 12,000 Acadians from Nova Scotia in 1755.