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Collection Reference Number GLC02549.11
From Archive Folder David and Isabella Dundas letters 
Title David Dundas to James Dundas describing the Gordon Riots
Date 8 June 1780
Author Dundas, David, Sir, Bart (1749-1826)  
Recipient Dundas, James  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Offers a detailed description of the Gordon Riots. Describes the mobs' activities, including the release of prisoners, lighting of fires, extortion, and assaults on members of Parliament and known Catholics. Admits his suspicion that the French "are at the bottom of it." Mentions that "There are 10 or 12000 Soldiers now in London." Docket reads: "Brother David with an account of the proceedings of the Mob at London," referring to the Gordon Riots.
Subjects Religion  Rebellion  Mobs and Riots  Global History and Civics  Prisoner  Government and Civics  Military History  Civil Rights  Law  France  Catholicism  
People Dundas, David, Sir (1749-1826)  Dundas, James (1752-1831)  
Place written Richmond London, England
Theme Foreign Affairs; Religion; Law; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Sir David Dundas, 1st Bart of Richmond, was a doctor who was appointed Sergeant Surgeon to King George III in 1791. James Dundas was a lawyer in Edinburgh, Scotland, and David's younger brother.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859