Located AtStaffordshire Record Office
LevelItem
Doc Ref NoD(W)1778/II/1031
TitleRichard Jackson to [Lord Dartmouth]
Date21 Dec 1774
DescriptionOn the subject of the enclosure, is satisfied the writer is one of the most discreet and best intentioned among the delegates, thinks it must have been written since the dissolution of Congress otherwise it has been stopped in the office in America for two months, pronounces it to be a letter from America at an interesting juncture
Enclosure, JG [Joseph Galloway] to RJ [Richard Jackson], 10 Aug 1774, Trevose, Bucks [in Pennsylvania] his indifference with respect to the grant of Vandalia, sentiments upon the interests of Great Britain and her colonies, stands alone in his opinions, measures that would have been advisable for the politicians to have pursued instead of passing the Stamp Act, suggests that both countries should retreat a little and take other grounds, disposition of the people, Congress of delegates to take place in a few days at Philadelphia, at the earnest solicitations of the Assembly has consented to be one, but there is little prospect of his doing any good, thanks him for his invitation to London
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