Note 373 — Chapter II
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Andrews' letters (Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc., July, 1865) show the rumors which reached Gage in Boston during the day. There were some among the provincials who thought the news, when received in England, would stir up civil war (Proceedings, vol. v. p. 3); but Washington records, respecting its influence there, that it was "far from making the impression generally expected here." Sparks' Washington, iii. 43.