Capt. John Ruggles relation ... [Harwich ?, Mass., ca. 1775]

Capt. John Ruggles relation ... [Harwich ?, Mass., ca. 1775]

Ruggles evidence

[Harwich ?, Mass.] [ca. 1775]

1 item ; 8 x 19 cm.

MSS L1988.190.322

In an unidentified hand|"Capt. John Ruggles relation is as follows [:] on Fryday [sic] last * rec'd a letter from my father Timothy Ruggles Esqr wherein was inclosed a covenant for those to sign who would abide by it to save their lifes [sic] & fortunes &c &c."|... that there has been and are to be covenants sent out ot every town in the Province for the Friends of Government to sign to combine together and arm themselves and if need be repel force with force ...."|"Arnold says he was a Deans Tavern where there was a number met and signed a paper."|Mentions other covenants at Montague, Boston, Peterham, and Danforth|For a biographical sketch of General Timothy Ruggles, see James H. Stark. The Loyalists of Massachusetts (1910), pp. 225-229, which includes mention of his goal if Dec. 1774,of forming an 'Association and if attended to and complied with by the good people of the province might ... distinguish such loyal subjects to the king ... consistent with the laws of the land ...."|Possibly a fragment; In two pieces|On verso: Ruggles evidence

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