Research Catalog

Title

Thomas Gage letters, 1766-1773.

Author

Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Bradstreet, John, 1711-1774
• Penn, John, 1729-1795
• Emmett collection
• Ford collection

Description

.1 linear foot (1 folder)

Subjects

• Indians of North America > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
• Soldiers
• Governors
• New York (State) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
• Great Britain > Army > Colonial forces > America
• Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787 > Correspondence

Access (note)

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Provenance (note)

• Some material was originally received as part of the Thomas Addis Emmett and Ford collections.

Call Number

MssCol 4392

OCLC

854682121

Author

Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787.

Title

Thomas Gage letters, 1766-1773.

Restricted Access

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Summary

Five letters written by British General and colonial Governor Thomas Gage. A 1766 letter to John Bradstreet notes the arrival of the 46th Regiment at Albany; A 1767 letter to John Penn, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, discusses "the dissatisfaction of the Indians, and their ill disposition towards us;" A 1768 letter to the Paymaster of His Majesty's Forces at Nova Scotia relates to the payment of troops; a 1769 letter to Bradstreet discusses provisioning at Schenectady; and a 1773 letter relates to the sale of stores at Fort Pitt.

Provenance

Some material was originally received as part of the Thomas Addis Emmett and Ford collections.

Occupation

Governors.

Soldiers.

Added Author

Bradstreet, John, 1711-1774, recipient.

Penn, John, 1729-1795, recipient.

Emmett collection

Ford collection

Research Call Number

MssCol 4392