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1771.
Thomas Hutchinson was recalled to England early in 1774, and General Gage appointed as his successor in the office of governor of Massachusetts Bay. On his arrival at Boston, in May of that year, Gage immediately issued a proclamation, calling upon the inhabitÂants to be loyal, and again return to the friendship of an injured sovereign, assuring them at the same time, that the royal authority would be supported at all hazards. This proclamation was versified in many parts of the colonies, and in various instances, published as a ballad. From among a great number we select the following, which first appeared in the Virginia Gazette, as a " friendly warn-ing."
A PROCLAMATION.
America ! thou fractious nation, Attend thy master's proclamation ! Tremble! for know, I, Thomas Gage,' Determined came the war to wage. |
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