| Description | Enclosure, Lieutenant-General Thomas Gage to the Secretary at War [Lord Barrington], 20 Nov 1774, Boston "The non-importation Scheme having been adopted in the Colonies and this Port shut up, it has been judged expedient to fall upon some method to get the troops supplied with the necessaries they will probably be in want of in the Spring of the year" Mr Coffin having agreed to purchase at his own risk these necessaries if he could enter this port, Gage has ordered one of the transports to London to bring out the stores for the troops as this is allowable under the Boston Port Bill |