| Description | Sends copy of a letter written in the previous year in which he requested Lord Dartmouth to use his influence and interest on behalf of the distressed colonies, they contend for the restoration of their charter and constitutional rights, hostile preparations made by Gage through all the provinces will he fears produce fatal consequences, desires his interposition at this critical juncture, excuses himself from public service on account of ill-health
Enclosure, [Isaac Royall] to Lord Dartmouth, 18 Jan 1775, Medford, New England, having been for 30 years past in Assembly or Council, assures him of the loyalty of the people though they are zealous for their constitutional rights, thinks if the Revenue Act were repealed and affairs part in the same situation as formerly, harmony would return between the two countries, fears while animosities continue, France and Spain are triumphing and working secretly "in sowing and fomenting jealousies and divisions" between Britain and America |