Lament on American crisis and Britain's policy debate
A Boston Gazette excerpt laments British ministry actions against America, calling for restraint yet warning of tyranny and loss of liberty. It describes protests, proclamations, and seizing Hancock and Adams, condemns ministry plans, and cites parliamentary and colonial responses, urging unity and caution amid tension. It notes elections of Massachusetts leaders and colonial councillors in 1775.
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Middlesex Freeholders Called to Meet Over Colonial Situation
An application by several Middlesex Freeholders requests a meeting of the county’s freeholders on Monday near the 25th instant at the Assembly Room Mile End at twelve noon to consider measures for the present tense situation of the Kingdom and the American Colonies, signed by William Plomer and John Hart sheriff, dated July 19 1775.
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Despatches Describe Washington Camp and Enemy Sufferings
Letters dated July 25 to Sept 20 1775 from Cambridge Boston and Portsmouth recount Captain Dowdle’s raid prospects at Charles River, divisions under Ward Lee and Washington, fortified lines, deserters from the enemy with grim casualty figures and shortages, and rumors of Gage surrender.
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