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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Extract of a letter from Boston dated Oct. 17, 1774, reports Mr. Revere's return from Philadelphia with a letter from the Continental Congress to Governor Gage, advising withdrawal of fortifications due to continental unity against insults to Boston.
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Extract of a Letter from Boston, to a Friend in this Place, dated Oct. 17, 1774.
Mr. Revere returned from Philadelphia this Afternoon, but went with his Letters to the Provincial Congress at Cambridge; that the Contents are not yet known in Town, though Revere brought a Letter from the Continental Congress to Governor GAGE, a Copy of which he saw, the Contents of which was advising the Governor to withdraw his Works at the Fortification, for any Insult offered to the Town of Boston, which Letter was advising the Governor to withdraw his Works would be resented by them; that he had not barely to do with the Town of Boston the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, but the whole Continent; any Abuse offer'd them, would be look'd upon as an Insult upon the whole. Mr. Revere Says, there is a perfect Union & Harmony among the Members at Philadelphia.
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Boston
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Oct. 17, 1774
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Mr. Revere returned from Philadelphia with letters to the Provincial Congress at Cambridge, including a letter from the Continental Congress to Governor Gage advising withdrawal of fortifications, warning that insults to Boston would be seen as insults to the whole continent, and noting perfect union among members at Philadelphia.