Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787

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Thomas Gage, British military officer and last royal governor of Mass., was commander-in-chief in North America, 1763-1773.

From the description of Letters : New York, to Sir Wm. Johnson, 1766-1771. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37737851

From the description of Letter : New York, to Honorable Lt. Governor Penn, 1766 July 2. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37737693

From the description of Letter : Montreal, to Monsr. L'anglade, 1763 July 17. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37723995

Second son of Viscount Gage, born in 1721. Lt. 48 foot regt. 1741; gen. 1782, was with Braddock at Monongahela, 1775; with Abercrombie at Ticonderoga, 1758; with Amherst at Montreal, 1760. From 1760-63 military gov. of Montreal; from 1763-72 commander-in-chief Brit. forces in North America; 1774 gov. of Mass. 1775 commander-in-chief in N. Am., but resigned and returned to England, where he died, Apr. 2, 1789. He married Margaret Kembal (from Dict. Can Biog.) (blue index cards

From the description of Thomas Gage papers, 1763-1761. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 379117222

British general and colonial governer in America.

From the description of Letter signed : New York, to Sir William Johnson, 1767 Sept. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269597397

British general and colonial governor in America.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Col. Bradstreet, 1766 June 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269575517

From the description of Letter signed : New York, to Abraham Mortier, 1764 Apr. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269597411

From the description of Document signed : New York, 1769 Jan. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269595436

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Ensign Hutchins, 1771 June 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269575535

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Governor John Penn, 1766 Feb. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269575540

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Col. Bradstreet, 1763 Nov. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269575499

Commander-in-chief of British forces in North America (1763-1773, 1775) and last royal governor of Massachusetts (1774-1775).

From the description of Letter, 1775. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39352895

British soldier who came to America in 1754. Fought in French and Indian War. Commander-in-chief, North America, 1763-1773. Last royal governor of Massachusetts, 1774-1775.

From the description of Letter: New York, to W[illia]m Johnson, 1766 March 17. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 31023873

From the description of Document: New York, 1771 Feb. 9. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 31023715

Governor of Massachusetts and British army officer.

From the description of Thomas Gage letter, 1765. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 701330763

Thomas Gage was commander-in-chief of the British forces in North America, based in New York City, from 1763 to 1775, and military governor of Massachusetts from 1774. In October of 1775 he was replaced by General William Howe.

From the description of Thomas Gage collection, 1765-1770. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 709967005

Thomas Gage was born in Firle, Sussex, England, in 1719 or early 1720, to Thomas Gage, 1st Viscount Gage, and his first wife, Benedicta Hall. At eight he entered the Westminster public school, where he studied until 1736. In 1741, he purchased a commission as lieutenant in Colonel Cholmondely’s Regiment of Foot. He obtained the rank of captain-lieutenant in May 1742, and became captain in January 1743. Gage served as an aide-de-camp to the Earl of Albemarle; he was present at the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745 and participated in the Battle of Culloden in 1746. He served in Ireland with the 44th Regiment of Foot, and was promoted lieutenant-colonel on March 2, 1751. In the fall of 1754, his regiment was ordered to America under Major General Edward Braddock as part of an effort to counter the French in the Ohio Valley.

Gage and his regiment departed England in early January 1755 and had landed in Virginia by March. He commanded Braddock’s advance guard in the march toward the forks of the Ohio River, and led the guard during the defeat at Monongahela on July 9. After the battle, Gage applied for the colonelcy of the 44th, which he did not receive. His regiment spent the winter in Albany, and, after months of inactivity, they set out for Oswego on August 12, 1756, on an expedition to inspect troops, examine forts, and build storehouses along the way. Upon receiving word that Oswego had been attacked, Gage's forces demolished the forts between Albany and Oswego, before retreating down the Mohawk and spending the winter in Albany. During the campaign of 1757, Gage traveled with Loudoun’s expedition to attack the French fortress of Louisbourg, but this did not materialize. In December, Gage proposed to Loudoun that a regiment of light infantry specially trained for woodland combat be organized under Gage's command. Loudoun agreed, and formed the 80th Regiment of Light-Armed Foot. Gage set up recruiting headquarters in late December at Brunswick, New Jersey. He reported back to Albany in February 1758 and prepared for the coming campaign. On July 8, 1758, Gage led the light infantry screen in James Abercromby’s failed attack on Ticonderoga, known as the Battle of Carillon. In November, he met with Jeffery Amherst in New York, and there received the news that he had been appointed brigadier general. He continued on to Brunswick and married New Jersey native Margaret Kemble (c.1734--1824) on December 8. They returned to Albany in mid-January 1759, where he took command of Albany and the surrounding forts. Following the siege of Niagara in July, Amherst ordered Gage to take command on Lake Ontario, capture La Galette, and hold that position. Gage refused to take La Galette, focusing instead on strengthening Niagara and Oswego. He was again placed in charge of Albany and its surroundings for the winter of 1759. In 1760, during the final continental campaign, Gage commanded the rearguard in Amherst’s army and, in September, Amherst appointed him military governor of Montréal and its surrounding regions, a post he held until October 1763.

In 1761, Gage was promoted to major-general, and in 1762, he received the colonelcy of the 22nd Regiment. When Amherst was granted leave to return to England, Gage was ordered to New York where, on November 17, 1763, he was offered, and accepted, a temporary appointment as commander-in-chief for North America. He was formally commissioned by the King on November 16, 1764. He held the position for twelve years and maintained his headquarters in New York until moving his headquarters to Boston in 1774. In handling Pontiac’s Rebellion, Gage approved of Amherst’s plan of asking the colonies exposed to Indian attacks to raise 3,500 troops. He also ordered John Bradstreet and Henry Bouquet to move against the Delawares and Shawnees, while William Johnson made peace with Pontiac himself. Political troubles and civil unrest, catalyzed by such legislation as the Sugar and Stamp Acts, necessitated an increase of troops in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. In the summer of 1768, he ordered the abandonment of many forts along the western, northern, and southern perimeter of the British colonies and indicated in June that only a few posts, including Detroit and Ticonderoga, were necessary to maintain the interior. By March 1769, he wanted troops concentrated on the eastern seaboard. On March 5, 1770, tensions boiled over in Boston, when a group of troops fired into a mob of civilians and killed five citizens. Though this conflict, now known as the Boston Massacre, fostered further mistrust between the citizens and the British troops, the event was followed by a period of relative peace (1771-1772). By 1773, however, the Americans resumed revolutionary activities, unhappy with restrictive Parliamentary acts.

Gage sailed to England upon leave of absence in June 1773. During his time in England, he advised King George III that stronger measures would tame the Americans, and in September met with Lord North and Lord Dartmouth to discuss the problem of addressing French settlement in the American West. He and his wife spent time in Bath and made London their home, until his return to America. The cabinet announced his appointment as governor of Massachusetts on April 2, 1774, replacing Thomas Hutchinson. Gage returned to America, arriving in Boston Harbor on May 13. As the situation became more tenuous, he transferred more troops to Boston. On January 27, 1775, the Earl of Dartmouth sent a secret dispatch to Gage ordering him "to arrest and imprison the principal actors & abettors in the Provincial Congress," the leaders of rebellion. He did not receive this letter until mid-April. Early in the morning of April 19, Gage sent a column to Concord, where the Massachusetts Provisional Congress had met and the rebels held known stores of munitions. The following day, British troops skirmished with militia at Lexington and Concord, before being rescued by a larger brigade sent out by Gage early that morning. On June 12, Gage declared martial law and called a council of war. He decided, along with the recently arrived William Howe, Henry Clinton, and John Burgoyne, to attack the rebels. The British won the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, but with a heavy loss of almost forty percent of their troops. Gage received orders on September 26 to return as soon as possible to London, and left Boston on October 10, the same day that Howe became the new commander-in-chief.

On April 13, 1781, Gage accepted a position on Amherst’s staff to prepare for the defense of Kent, in case of a possible French invasion. He was made a full general on November 20, 1782. Thomas Gage died in his home in Portland Place, London, on April 2, 1787.

From the guide to the Thomas Gage papers, Gage, Thomas, papers, 1754-1807, 1759-1775, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan)

Warrants, though commonly used today with regard to property search and seizure, have historically represented a variety of legal purposes and functions, including payment authorization for civil or military functions. During the second half of the eighteenth century, the British forces in North America used two main types of warrants: subsistence warrants and warrants for extraordinary expenses.

Subsistence warrants were used to disburse Parliament-approved funding for soldiers' pay and rations (including clothing, medical care, and pensions), and were usually created on behalf of individual regiments. As commander-in-chief of His Majesty's forces on the continent, Thomas Gage (1721-1787) controlled disbursement by issuing warrants to the deputy paymaster general in North America, who would then transfer the funds to individual regiments' paymasters. Each warrant was copied in triplicate for use by the warrant issuer, the War Office in London, and the recipient of the relevant funds.

Warrants for extraordinary expenses covered other expenditures incurred by the army, including frontier expeditions, building costs for fortifications or barracks, transportation, and payments to local Native American tribes. Because these funds were approved by Parliament after they had been spent, they were first issued by the Paymaster General in London through various private (civilian) merchants. These middlemen would directly pay the contractors supplying the necessary equipment or labor, submitting the receipts to Gage. Gage would then issue a warrant for the relevant amount, sending the original to London and retaining a copy for his own records.

Various other financial documents, including vouchers, receipts, and accounts, were also generated during these processes, which relied more heavily on the issuing of credit than on actual monetary transactions.

From the guide to the Thomas Gage warrants, Gage, Thomas warrants, 1763-1775, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan)

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Place Name Admin Code Country
Redstone Creek (Pa.)
Falkland Islands
Fort Johnson (N.Y.)
Newfoundland and Labrador.
Canada
Northwest, Old
Bermuda Islands.
United States
Pennsylvania
Erie, Lake.
Fort Edward (N.Y.)
Charleston (S.C.)
Old Fort Niagara (N.Y.)
Michigan
Great Britain
New York (State)
Ohio River.
West Indies
Great Britain
Cambridge (Mass.)
Québec (Québec)
Fort Stanwix (Rome, N.Y.)
Huron, Lake.
Fort Michilimackinac (Mackinaw City, Mich.)
Crown Point (N.Y.)
Oswegatchie River (N.Y.)
Québec--Montréal
Fort de Chartres (Ill.)
Fort Ninety-six (S.C.)
George, Lake.
Great Britain
Massachusetts
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Fort Pitt (Pa.)
Barbados.
Fort Amherst (St. John's, N.L.)
Ile aux Noix (Québec)
Great Britain
Greenwich (London, England)
Rhode Island
Mississippi River.
Fort Charlotte (S.C.)
Fort Saint Joseph (Mich.)
Albany (N.Y.)
Fort Ticonderoga (N.Y.)
Halifax (N.S.)
Montréal (Québec)
Sandusky River (Ohio)
Fort Cumberland (N.B.)
America
Fort Butte La Rose (La.)
Fort Duquesne (Pa.)
Georgia.
Kaskaskia (Ill.)
Boston (Mass.)
Randolph County (Ill.)
North Carolina
Detroit (Mich.)
Maurepas, Lake.
America
Michigan, Lake.
United States
Georgia
Illinois
Fort Michilimackinac (Mackinaw City, Mich.)
Florida
United States
Castle Island (Mass.)
Boston (Mass.)
St. John's (N.L.)
Montréal (Québec)
West Indies
Whitehall (London, England)
Connecticut.
Maryland.
New York (State)
Fort Frederick (Me.)
Fort Ontario (N.Y.)
Pennsylvania
Canada
Cheat River (W. Va. and Pa.)
Redstone (Pa.)
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Charlestown (Boston, Mass.)
West Florida.
Northwest, Old
United States
Annapolis Royal (N.S.)
Fort Charlotte (Mobile, Ala.)
Burlington (N.J.)
United States
Apalachicola Bay (Fla.)
Perth Amboy (N.J.)
Augusta (Ga.)
Massachusetts
Bahamas.
United States
Great Lakes (North America)
Louisbourg (N.S.)
New York (N.Y.)
America
Acadia.
Hispaniola
Fort Detroit (Mich.)
Fort Pitt (Pa.)
Fort Erie (Ont.)
New Jersey
Niagara Frontier (N.Y.)
Illinois Territory.
Nova Scotia.
United States
Jamaica.
South Carolina
Illinois
Apalachee Bay (Fla.)
Fort Cumberland (Cumberland, Md.)
Champlain, Lake.
Placentia Bay (N.L.)
Savannah (Ga.)
United States
Fort Chambly (Chambly, Québec)
New Orleans (La.)
Superior, Lake.
East Florida.
Saint Augustine (Fla.)
Canada
Mobile (Ala.)
Saint Vincent Island (Fla.)
United States
Fort Albany (N.Y.)
United States
Great Britain
Fort Constitution (N.H.)
Trois-Rivières (Québec)
Spain
New York (State)
Fort Oswego (Oswego, N.Y.)
Virginia
New York (State)
New York (State)
New York (State)
America
Fort Frederica (Ga.)
Fort Michilimackinac (Mackinaw City, Mich.)
Great Britain
New York (State)--New York
Fort Detroit (Detroit, Mich.)
Ontario, Lake.
Manchac, Bayou (La.)
Oneida, Lake.
Pensacola (Fla.)
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Boston Massacre, 1770
Boston Port Bill, 1774
Boston Tea Party, 1773
British
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
Carib Indians
Cherokee Indians
Chickasaw Indians
Chippewa Indians
Choctaw Indians
Concord, Battle of, Concord, Mass., 1775
Copper mines and mining
Creek Indians
Delaware Indians
Fortification
French
Gage Maps
Governors
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indigenous peoples
Iroquois Indians
Kaskaskia Indians
Kickapoo Indians
Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775
Manuscript maps
Manuscripts
Miami Indians
Military supplies
Mingo Indians
Minutemen (Militia)
Mohawk Indians
Ojibwa Indians
Oneida Indians
Onondaga Indians
Ottawa Indians
Ottawa Indians
Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765
Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765
Potawatomi Indians
Potawatomi Indians
Requisitions, Military
Scalping
Seneca Indians
Seneca Indians
Shawnee Indians
Shawnee Indians
Slave trade
Stamp act, 1765
Ticonderoga, Battle of, N.Y., 1758
Wyandot Indians
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Army officers, British
Governor
Governors
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Death 1787-04-02

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