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WILLIAM PHIPS

Sir William Phips was a British sailor. He was born in 1651 and died in 1695. He was engaged in trade and in 1687 recovered 300,000 pounds from a wrecked Spanish vessel. In 1690 he commanded the expedition which captured Port Royal and made an unsuccessful attempt to reduce Quebec with a naval force of thirty-four vessels and about 2000 men. While in England in 1692 he was appointed Governor of Massachusetts. He was prominent in the 'suppression of witchcraft'. He died while visiting England to answer charges against him.
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