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K004 - Records of the Legge family of Sandwell and Patshull, Barons Dartmouth, Earls of Dartmouth
- D(W)1778 - Papers of the Legge Family, Earls of Dartmouth
  - I - Public Office and political interests
    - 2 - Personal and political papers

Located At	Staffordshire Record Office
Level	Item
Alt Ref No	D(W)1778/I/ii/965B
Title	Whitehall, Earl of Dartmouth to Governor Gage
Date	9 Apr 1774
Description	The King has appointed Mr Gage Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the province of Massachusetts Bay, and requires him to return at once on board the Lively to his command in North America, with full powers and instructions, an Act of Parliament recently passed will be sent with this letter, for discontinuing the loading and unloading of merchandise in Boston Harbour, Lord Dartmouth proceeds to consider what punishment should be awarded to the ringleaders of the riots at Boston 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