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Copies of Letters and Papers from the Earl of Dartmouth to the Different Governors of Provinces; Brought Over from Falmouth in the Swallow Packet, and Seized in the Post Office of Charlestown, Part 5 Sir James Wright, Baronet. Whitehall, 3d May, 1775. Sir:I have received your letters numbered from thirty-five to forty-one, and have laid them before the King. The grounds upon which masters of ships, who were midshipmen and acted as master's mates on board the fleet in the last war, claim each two thousand acres of land, in virtue of the royal proclamation, refers to facts of which I have no official information. Whenever the Lords of the Admiralty shall, upon a proper application to them, by those claimants, certify the facts on which they state their claims, I will not fail to receive his Majesty's pleasure upon their case; in the mean time, the matter must rest upon the opinion, I think very properly adopted by yourself and the Council. I have already so repeatedly expressed to you my sentiments of the present disorders in America, and the sense I have of your meritorious conduct, in the prudent and proper measures you have pursued for preventing, as far as you are able, the contagion from spreading itself through the province of Georgia; that I have nothing to add on that subject, but to express my wishes that the steps I have taken for your support, will encourage the friends of Government to resist the violences that are threatened, and preserve the public peace, in all events. I am, sir, your most obt. hum. servt. DARTMOUTH (From Documentary History of the American Revolution, by Gibbes, Volume 1, pp. 96-97) Doc ID: Gibbes, v. 1, p. 096 Date: 5/03/1775 |
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