Dunmore
Americannoun
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John Murray, 4th Earl of, 1732–1809, Scottish colonial governor in America.
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a borough in NE Pennsylvania, near Scranton.
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Lesser-known documents illuminating other perspectives include the Dunmore Proclamation of 1775 which offered freedom to enslaved people who joined British forces, revealing how intertwined the war was with slavery.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
“No, Dunmore was calculating,” says London-based historian Olivette Otele.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
The Irish Coast Guard said the missing man is believed to have gone overboard from a UK registered yacht 16 nautical miles south of Dunmore East in the Irish Sea.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2025
Specifically, they are there to talk about John Murray, the Earl of Dunmore, who was Virginia’s colonial governor during the American Revolution.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2023
The men wear red rags sewn to their chests, which has been lately required of them as proof of their oaths to the Crown and to Lord Dunmore.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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