General Thos Gage who has been appointed Governor of the Massachusetts bay having an Army at Boston & that Province in a State of Rebellion he issues out a proclamation throughout that Province, setting before them the dangerous & destructive Measures they have adopted, at the same time offers to those who will submit & laydown their arms a free pardon, all and ever of the Offenders, exceptg Samuel Adams & John Hancock, being two of their Chiefs dated at Boston the 12th of June 1775, all Laws but the Martial Law to be laid by & Suspended till a reconciliation goes over 3 Generals [William] Howe, [Henry] Clinton & [John] Burgoine
arrived News by the Gazett of an Engagement at Charles Town & Bunker Hill between the Kings forces & the provincials wherein the Americans appear to beat off the field, with the loss of many of the British Soldiers above a thousand killed, & wounded, in which Number a great many officers are included, it happened 6/17 75.
