Located AtStaffordshire Record Office
LevelItem
Doc Ref NoD(W)1778/II/1415
TitleJ Ingersoll to Jonathan Ingersoll, New Haven
Date2 Aug 1775
DescriptionLondon, is now suffering under the most humiliating news of a defeat of the Provincials by the King's troops, supposes defeat is owing to the King's troops being better officered and more amply furnished with every implement of destruction used in war, is eager to hear of some success over General Gage's army that may retrieve the late disgrace, mentions what is reported to be the King's intentions for the future, remarks on the commercial relations between England and America, assures him America has no auxiliaries to depend upon, has heard with delight of the bravery of the Americans in the late action
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