in fact shirley finds the man in , william pepperrell. inove this portrait painted 1746, the year after the background and the is interesting. it was a great achievement. pepperrell was a great choice. he was described as a gentleman of sterling, though not shining qualities, and he will give character and weight to the post that is destined for him. the point about his wealth is not insignificant. because how are you going to fund this expedition? there is only so much money the colony has. private merchants pay a lot of the cost to fund this work, -- to fund this war including from , william pepperrell himself. he contributed 5000 pounds, and that is a lot of money, and he basically gave it to the massachusetts government. he said here you go, use this as you will. in addition to that, he also provided money to pay for bounties. one thing you have to do for an expedition is to pay bounties to get people to join. clearly, the money that was contributed i pepperrell and others was very important. did not really have significant military b