Located AtStaffordshire Record Office
LevelItem
Alt Ref NoD(W)1778/II/1203
TitleLord Barrington to [Lord Dartmouth], Cavendish Square
Date1 Apr 1775
DescriptionCannot make the enclosed any plainer so sends another copy, is still of the opinion that the Habeas Corpus Act should be suspended in New England and persons taken up in America for high treason be brought to this country for trial

Enclosure, question as to whether, in the present situation of Massachusetts Bay the troops may act against persons in arms, without any direction from a civil magistrate
Extent3 pages
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