. Re-dedication of the Old State House, Boston, July 11th, 1882 . rom the people or their rej^resentatives, and givingit to the Crown. Peisons accused of rioting couldbe sent to England for ti-ial, and special orders weregiven for the arrest of Samuel Adams and otherleaders. On May 17, 1774, Thomas Gage, the commander-in-chief of all the troops in this country, arrived inBoston, commissioned as Governor of the at Long Wharf, he Avas escorted up Statestreet by the Boston Cadets, under the command ofHancock. In this hall he was duly sworn into office,and from the balcony the usu
. Re-dedication of the Old State House, Boston, July 11th, 1882 . rom the people or their rej^resentatives, and givingit to the Crown. Peisons accused of rioting couldbe sent to England for ti-ial, and special orders weregiven for the arrest of Samuel Adams and otherleaders. On May 17, 1774, Thomas Gage, the commander-in-chief of all the troops in this country, arrived inBoston, commissioned as Governor of the at Long Wharf, he Avas escorted up Statestreet by the Boston Cadets, under the command ofHancock. In this hall he was duly sworn into office,and from the balcony the usual proclamation was made. The last session of the Legislature held under theroyal government was at Salem, on June 7, 1774. Itwas dissolved on the 17th, after it had provided forthe appointment of James Bowdoin, Thomas Gush-ing, Samuel Adams, John Adams, and Robert TreatPaine, as delegates to the Congress to be held atPhiladelphia. Thenceforward the old governmentwas extinct. In the following year a ProvincialCongress, elected by the people, assembled at Water-. OLD STATE HOUSE RE-DEDICATION. 91 town, to exercise powers acknowledged Ijy all thecitizens of the new State. In Boston, the royal Gov-ernor, with his select board of thirty counsellors,appointed by himself, kept up for a while the farce ofcivic government. The true authority was in hishands as commanding the troops, and his officialresidence was at the Piovince House, opposite thehead of Milk sti-eet. Hardly anything is on record in regard to theTown House during the siege. It is stated that itAvas used as a barracks; certainly, after the evacua-tion of the town, no complaint Avas made of anyinjuiy done to it l)y the troops.^* On the 19th ofApril, 1775, the battle of Lexington was fought; onthe 17th of June following, the battle of Bunker the 10th October, 1775, Gage was recalled toEngland, and, during his absence. Gen. Howe com- •^As an evidence of the demoralization during the last few days ofBritish rule,
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