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Don N. Hagist said...

In response to the comment above:
Soldiers were indeed posted all around Great Britain and tasked with local "police work", but they could engage in such work only at the behest of local authorities; it was not legal for troops to intervene unless local authorities requested them to do so. As such, it was a cooperative arrangement. In Boston, circumstances were quite different - local authorities resented the presence of the troops, and wanted no part of their assistance in anything.

Aug 3, 2019, 7:11:43 PM

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