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- Creator
- Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787
- Call number
- MssCol 4392
- Physical description
- .1 linear feet (1 folder)
- Preferred Citation
- Thomas Gage letters, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
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
Administrative information
Custodial history
Some material was originally received as part of the Thomas Addis Emmett and Ford collections.
Key terms
Names
- Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787
- Bradstreet, John, 1711-1774 (recipient)
- Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787
- Penn, John, 1729-1795 (recipient)
- Emmett collection
- Ford collection
- Great Britain. Army
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Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328