| Description | Letter not signed nor addressed probably from Captain Laurie, "My letters to my father of 21st April and 8th inst, I hope you receive safe, and to them I refer you for the new of this country to that date", shows the awkward and ridiculous situation they have been in since he last wrote by being blocked up in Boston, and not allowed to return the insults of the rebels, supposes Gage has good reasons for being inactive, but personally he considers this forbearance and studied moderation will never answer the purpose desired, encloses copy of a letter from Doctor Warren respecting release of Major Dunbar, failure of expedition to one of the islands in consequence of the naval commander's neglectful conduct, received intelligence that the people of Connecticut and Albany have taken fort Ticonderoga, also of seizure of the Earl of Dunmore in Virginia, damage caused by fire in this town |