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3340. GAGE (General Thomas), Appointment.—

The substitution of Gage for Hutchinson was not intended as a favor, but,
by putting the civil government into military
hands, was meant to show they would enforce
their measures by arms.—
Notes on M. Soules's Work. Washington ed. ix, 300. Ford ed., iv, 307.
(P. 1786)