| Description | The Assembly met on the first instant and passed their Tax Bill, ordering certificates to be issued for about £140000 currency, the Lieutenant Governor adjourned them to the 19th, he (Lieutenant Governor Bull) has received a letter from General Gage with an account of the action on 19 Apr, the Provincial Congress is meeting in secret, but it is well-known they intend to frame an association, raise troops, and take the government into their own hands, the Governor expected every hour and it is hoped his presence will aid the King's servants, two frigates in this harbour would prevent much mischief, the "Tamar" lies some miles below the town and Captain Thornborough, an old, good officer, has been confined to bed two months, as the Lieutenant Governor is constantly at his country house waiting with anxious impatience for the arrival of Lord William Campbell no requisition could be made to the Captain for any protection from insult, refers him for further particulars to Captain Barbet Commissary of Stores in West Florida now on his way to England |