The Gage Papers are rife with information relating to the military conflicts and negotiations during the pre-revolutionary period in the form of communications and reports. These images are of a 1771 petition featuring unique marks standing as signatures.

Special Notes About this Grouping

Here are a few of the key occurrences found in Volumes 50-52, taking place between March 21 and June 15, 1766:

• Volume 50 (March 21-April 25, 1766)
  • Conflict continues between British, Indians and French in Illinois
  • The British and the colonists respond to the Stamp Act and related riots
  • Thomas Gage receives detailed accounts for Robert Rogers and his Rangers
• Volume 51 (April 26-May 28, 1766)
  •  Thomas Gage believes the Stamp Act is to be repealed as colonial unrest spreads to Georgia
  • William Taylor arrives at Pensacola to restore order following local administrative conflicts
  • Thomas Gage orders a survey of recently acquired and occupied lands in the Illinois territory
  • Several Indians are murdered in Ohio, leading to strained relations between the British and various Indian tribes
• Volume 52 (May 29-June 15)
  • William Taylor wishes to hold court martials for Major Robert Farmar and Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Walsh in Florida
  • Conflict arises between Detroit settlers and neighboring Indians
  • Investigation of the accounts of Robert Rogers secretly begins
  • William Johnson and Pontiac set out for a peace negotiation at Oswego as other tribes make overtures of peace

We are seeking contributors to help offset the costs of unhinging and re-boxing approximately 23,000 manuscripts in 172 volumes from the Thomas Gage Papers. Conservator Julie Fremuth will remove each manuscript from the paper on which it is currently mounted and other staff will place the manuscripts into new archival boxes and folders. A donation of $175 will support the unhinging and re-housing of one volume of the Thomas Gage Papers.