1775 Gentleman's Magazine (July) Amer Rev; Lexington/Concord; Bunker Hill; Gage

Description: 1775 Gentleman's Magazine (July) (London) ~ American Revolution; Battle of Lexington/Concord; Battle of Bunker Hill; Gage Page 341-346 (6 full pages):Account of the Proceedings of the American Colonists, since the passing the Boston Port-Bill (continued from the June issue): mentions of the battle of Bunker Hill, Ticonderoga, Patrick Henry, death of Major Pitcairn at the battle of Bunker Hill, much more"...an action has happened between the King's troops and the Provincials, of which General Gage, in his letter to Lord Dartmouth, gives the following account: ...I am to acquaint your Lordship of an action that happened on the 17th instant (June 17, 1775) between his Majesty's troops and a large body of the rebel forces. An alarm was given at break of day, on the 17th instant, by a firing from the Lively ship of war; and...the rebels had broke ground, and were raising a battery on the heights of the peninsula of Charles-Town, against the town of Boston..." much more.Page 331: This address was soon followed by "A Proclamation (requiring Americans to lay down their Arms) issued by his Excellency the Hon. Thomas Gage, Esq; Governor, and the Commander in Chief, in and over his Majesty's Province of Massachusetts-Bay, and Vice-Admiral of the same" on June 12, 1775: "Whereas the infatuated multitudes, who have long suffered themselves to be conducted by certain well known incendiaries and traitors, in a fatal progression of crimes, against the constitutional authority of the state, have at length proceeded to avowed rebellion...a number of armed persons, to the amount of many thousands, assembled on the 19th of April last, and from behind walls and lurking holes attacked a detachment of the King's troops, who, not expecting so consummate an act of phrenzy, unprepared for vengeance, and willing to decline it, made use of their arms only in their own defence...The actions of the 19th of April are of such notoriety as must baffle all attempts to contradict them; and the flames of buildings and other property from the islands and adjacent country...spread a melancholy confirmation of the subsequent assertions. In this exigency of complicated calamities, I avail myself of the last effort within the bounds of my duty, to spare the effusion of blood, to offer, and I do hereby, in his Majesty's name, offer and promise his most gracious pardon to all persons who shall forthwith lay down their arms, and return to the duties of peaceable subjects, excepting only from the benefit of such pardon, Samuel Adams and John Hancock, whose offences are of too flagitious a nature to admit of any other consideration than that of condign punishment...all such as shall so take arms...protect or conceal such offenders...to be rebels and traitors...morePage 329: Part of an Address to the British Soldiery, dated at New York, May 1(from an English American) and circulated throughout the Army in the Neighborhood of Boston. "...As the service on which you were sent here is dishonourable and injurious to your country, we have reason to think it is highly disagreeable to you. Therefore, in the name of the British Colonies in general, I am authorized to assure you, and all the British soldiery at present in America, that, if you will quit the service, and join your American brethren in opposing the wicked designs of the ministry, (or, if you please, you shall not be required to draw your swords, or take any active part in the contest,) you shall be kindly received as brothers and friends, and provided with a comfortable subsistence among us...you shall be protected against the army and the military laws of Great Britain, which have no legal force in America..." more Page 324:A friendly address to Lord North, July 8, 1775, from anonymous "B": "...Ask thy own heart...whether the colonists have not a right to expect and to insist upon the enjoyment of their inherent constitutional privileges? Are not their wives and children as dear to them as thine are to thee...? Why, then, are they treated with such unexampled cruelty? Why are they put under military government? Why are thousands of them shut up in Boston to starve...? Why is their charter violated, and their trade removed? Why are their once happy and peaceable regions to be desolated with fire and sword...? ...civil war rages throughout the vast continent of America..." moreMuch much more... Magazine measures about 5" x 8-1/8"; 48 pp; plates called for are not present. Any questions, please contact me.

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