Located AtStaffordshire Record Office
LevelItem
Alt Ref NoD(W)1778/II/1301
TitleActing Lieutenant H Dawson to the Reverend Mr Goodricke, Aldborough, near Boroughbridge, Yorkshire
Date8 Jun 1775
DescriptionBoston Camp "Dear Uncle, your apprehensions concerning the situation we were in, proved but too true", hopes Boston now understands that the Americans are engaged in a general contest for supremacy, trade is destroyed and the peasants are training for soldiers, frequent skirmishes have taken place but the English are always victorious, details of the affair on Noddles Island, the troops much encouraged by the arrival of the three Generals about a fortnight ago, work is difficult and they are in want of fresh provisions
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