Earl of Dartmouth

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Crime and Justice, People, Prewar Politics (<1775) April 4, 2023 April 3, 2023

The Return of Samuel Dyer: An Attempted Assassination in Revolutionary Boston

by J. L. Bell

On October 10, 1774, the brigantine Charlotte arrived at Newport, Rhode Island, from London. On board was a sailor named Samuel Dyer, and he told a…

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People, Prewar Politics (<1775) November 16, 2017 February 20, 2018

The Earl of Dartmouth, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Second Year: November 1773 – August 1774

by Bob Ruppert

During the three months that the Earl of Dartmouth, Secretary of State for the Colonies, was on holiday from August to November 1773, the…

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