May 6, 1775 -- Benjamin Thompson to ? (Page 2 of 3)
From the Gold Star Collection
 

operation or not I cannot determine, but really / believe that the congress & their officers in Gene- / ral are determined to, & really imagine that they / shall be masters of both the Castle & the Town / of Boston in a very short time- / I am credibly informed that the Congress / mean now to prosecute their plan of Independence / at all adventures & in order to this that appli- / cation will speedily be made to someone of  / the European Powers for assistance against Great / Britain- And this I am the moreready to / believe as I have it from a member of the congress,  / one who is intimately acquainted with / the secrets of the party, & a man whom I can not / suspect of any design either to amuse or deceive / me. – / But this their plan is by no means [generally-?] / comonly known or suspecte by the People in gene / -ral, but they are still fed up with the old story / that "their invaluable rights & priviledges are / "invaded". & are taught to believe that the military  / preparations which are now making are in defence / of them & to obtain redress- / As to the quantity of ordnances other military / stores that have been provided by the Congress & / I have not been able to obtain any satisfactory / accounts. But believe that the quantity is by no means equal. Page 1 | 2 | 3

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