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General Gage to Governour Trumbull

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GENERAL GAGE TO GOVERNOUR TRUMBULL.

Boston, April 29, 1775.

SIR: I transmit you herewith a circumstantial account of an unhappy affair that happened in this Province on the nineteenth instant, between His Majesty' s Troops and the people of the country, whereby you will see the pitch their leaders have worked them up to, even to commit hostilities upon the King' s Troops when an opportunity offered. It

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has long been said that this was their plan, and so it has turned out.

I am, with regard and esteem, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,

THOS˙ GAGE.

To the Honourable Governour Trumbull.

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