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Shute, Samuel, 1662-1742

 

Dates

  • Existence: 1662 - 1742

Biography

Samuel Shute was an English military officer and royal governor of the provinces of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. After serving in the Nine Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession, he was appointed by King George I as governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire in 1716. His tenure was marked by virulent disagreements with the Massachusetts assembly on a variety of issues, and by poorly conducted diplomacy with respect to the Native American Wabanaki Confederacy of northern New England that led to Dummer's War (1722–1725).

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Barrington, NH Charter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 722310
Mss 722310
Date(s): 1722-05-10
Scope and Contents

Handwritten copy of the charter of the town onf Barrington, New Hampshire, issued by Governor Samuel Shute.

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