| Description | Detection of Samuel Dyer in enticing soldiers to desert, was carried to England by the Admiral, has returned with an affidavit he made before the Lord Mayor, statements false, the man a vagabond, belief current at Philadelphia that the Continental Congress has insisted that Boston shall pay for the tea, treatment received by a clergyman named Peters, who was driven here from Connecticut, Mr Ingersoll, who was obliged to fly from his home in Berkshire County, goes by his conveyance
Enclosures, P[eyton] R[andolph], on behalf of the General Congress, to Lieutenant-General Thomas Gage, 10 Oct 1774, Philadelphia, newspaper cutting, that General Gage would discontinue the fortifications in and about Boston, prevent invasions of private property, restrain the irregularities of the soldiers, and give orders, for open communication between town and country
Lieutenant-General Thomas Gage to the Honourable Peyton Randolph, 20 Oct 1774, Boston, "representations should be made with candour, and matters stated exactly as they stand
For full description see HMC 14th report available in SRO Reading Room |