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Prisoners and war correspondence from Boston 1775
From the London Gazette the August 1775 letters discuss how rebel prisoners are treated, Washington’s letter protesting conditions, and Gage’s reply. Mentions Major Skene sent to Connecticut, ships returning with livestock, and Washington’s warning that harsh treatment will provoke retaliation, with dispatches from Cambridge and Whitehall.
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London Gazette
Gage
Earl of Dartmouth
Boston
R. Washington
Skene
Philadelphia
Connecicut
Bolton
Charles Town
Light House
Howe
George Washington
Grover WagaixctTon
Cambridge
George Walpington
Bofon
London
Lord Gage
Arlington Free
Lind Gage
America
Othge
Great Britain
House of Commons
Canada
British Empire
King’s Bench
Exchequer
England
House of Lords
Medicipal
Legislaures
New-York
Virginia Gazette
Pensylvania
Petre
Raron
Faby
Earl Percy
Hanover
Eletora
Bishon
Stade
Inf
Gibraltar
Batalions
Portsmouth
Count Venden
Hanoverian Guards
Lonedon