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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
I am, with regard and esteem, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
THOS˙ GAGE.
To the Honourable Governour Trumbull.
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has long been said that this was their plan, and so it has turned out.