. Antique views of ye towne of Boston . * ANTIQUE VIEWS OF BOSTON. 22b GENERAL GAGE. On the 15th of October, 1768, Gen. Thomas Gage arrived inBoston from New York. He was a veteran officer, had seen hardservice under Gen. Braddock, being severely wounded at theMonongahela battle, and carried a musket ball in his side for theremainder of his life as a sad memento of that fatal battle ; therehe fought side by side with Washington. An intimacy then ex-isted between them, which was cherished afterward by a friendly. THOMAS GAGE, THE LAST ROYAL GOVERNOR. correspondence, and which only terminated tw
. Antique views of ye towne of Boston . * ANTIQUE VIEWS OF BOSTON. 22b GENERAL GAGE. On the 15th of October, 1768, Gen. Thomas Gage arrived inBoston from New York. He was a veteran officer, had seen hardservice under Gen. Braddock, being severely wounded at theMonongahela battle, and carried a musket ball in his side for theremainder of his life as a sad memento of that fatal battle ; therehe fought side by side with Washington. An intimacy then ex-isted between them, which was cherished afterward by a friendly. THOMAS GAGE, THE LAST ROYAL GOVERNOR. correspondence, and which only terminated twenty years after whenthey appeared opposed to each other, at the head of contendingarmies ; the one obeying the commands of his sovereign, the otherupholding the cause of an oppressed people. History repeats many cases similar to this occurred 85 years later, whenbrother officers in arms appeared against each other at the headof hostile armies, and friendship and brotherly love was changed AXTKjn: views of jiosrox. to deadly hatred! General Gage was now in the prime of life,being about forty-eight years of age. He was the second son ofThomas Viscount Gage and served with great credit under severalcommanders at Fontenoy, and Culloden, and in Braddock cam-paign. He married an American lady, the daughter of PeterKenible, Esq., president of the Council of New Jersey; he hadeleven children, six sons and five daughters. A niece of the (ten-eral by this marriage was the wife of the late Gen. Wm. II.
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