Sandwich, John Montagu, 4th Earl of, 1718-1792 to Thomas Flucker

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GLC#
GLC02437.00141-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
2 May 1774
Author/Creator
Sandwich, John Montagu, 4th Earl of, 1718-1792
Title
to Thomas Flucker
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1p. : docket : Height: 22.4 cm, Width: 18.7 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
Road to Revolution

Admiral Montagu informs Flucker that Admiral Samuel Graves will arrive later that month to assume command from British Governor of Massachusetts Thomas Gage. Orders Flucker to leave his house by midsummer. Flucker was Gage's secretary. Sandwich was lord of the British Admiralty during the Revolution. At the time, colonists in New England were becoming increasingly hostile toward the British and the British military was mobilizing in response.

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