Located AtStaffordshire Record Office
LevelItem
Doc Ref NoD(W)1778/II/1148
TitleE Vanderhorst to the Reverend Dr Samuel Cooper, Boston, New England, per ship "Ann", Captain Forten, via Philadelphia, Bristol
Date16 Feb 1775
DescriptionWrites again to beseech him to exert his influence to prevent the horrors of a civil war in New England as it appears to be the intention of Government by oppression force American to commit some act of hostility and thus justify their conduct, seeks to show they had better bear the distress caused by non-importation etc, than give cause for war of the accusation of being called rebels, hopes they will adopt Lord Chatham's plan of reconciliation
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