| Description | Enclosing the "Postscript Extra to the Pennsylvania Journal" dated 23 Jul 1774, the non-consumption and non-importation agreements throughout America against Great Britain, "The inclosed paper being the first attempt to draw the line of submission between Great Britain and the Colonies may not be unworthy your Lordship's notice", there is a rumour that General Gage has orders to interrupt the Congress as a measure most obnoxious to administration, but for reasons stated in the letter the writer trusts that the Congress will not appear in so obnoxious a light
For full description see HMC Calendar (11th Report Appendix 5), 1887, available for consultation at the Staffordshire Record Office and at the William Salt Library, Stafford |