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About three weeks ago we received accounts of the dissolution of Parliament. The Americans allege that this was a trick of the Ministry, to hinder the people from getting
Extract of a Letter Received in London
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a free and uninfluenced House of Commons, Since the Scarborough arrived, it is known that the Ministry are determined to pursue rigorous measures. The Americans, in most of the Colonies, have redoubled their diligence, and are preparing for war with the greatest alacrity. In this Province they have established what they call Minute-Men; that is, a body of men ready to turn out and take the field at a minute' s warning. Notwithstanding the hard duty the Troops undergo, they are in good spirits, and well affected to the Cause of Great Britain, The desertions looked very serious at first; but they are now stopped, and we have lost only about one hundred and ten men. It is believed, from certain circumstances, that General Gage means to strike some stroke of importance soon, which the Americans are little aware of.