CONTENTS.

1776.

July2, Orders of Colonel Burd to Captain Crutch, for the arrest of Captain Shelly,     .     .     .     .     .       4

Statements of William Wall and Ann Wall,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .       4

4, Letter from Matthew Tilghman to the President of Congress ; enclosing Resolutions for raising the number required of Maryland for the Flying-Camp,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .      5

4, Letter from Governour Trumbull to General Washington,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     . 190

5, Edict of the King of Portugal prohibiting all intercourse between his dominions and the American Colonies,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .        6

5, Letter from Barbue Dubourg to Dr. Franklin : Is privately informed that France is raising funds for a great armament,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     6

5, Georgia Council of Safety : Representation to General Lee of the state of the Province,     .     .     .       6

5, Reformation of the Book of Common Prayer, by the Virginia Convention,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .   8

5, Court-Martial on Captain Ball,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .       9

5, Letter from David Hall to the President of Congress : General disaffection among the people of Sussex, in Delaware,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     9

5, Letter from a Committee of Sussex County to the Council of Safety of Delaware : Request assistance—a large majority of the people in the lower part of the County disaffected,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .   10

Testimony of Enoch Scudder,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     11

5, Letter from the President of Congress to Colonel Haslett, commander of the Continental Troops in Delaware,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .    11

5, Letter from the President of Congress to the Convention of New-Jersey : The Prisoners are to be removed from New-Jersey to York, in Pennsylvania,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .11

5, Letter from the President of Congress to the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety : The American States are now forever divided from those who wished to destroy them,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     12

5, Letter from General Wooster to a Committee of Congress : Complains of the treatment he received from the Commissioners to Canada,   .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     12

5, Letter from General Wooster to a Committee of Congress : Justifies his seizure of the goods of one Bernard, an Indian trader,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .    13

5, Letter from Elbridge Gerry to James Warren : All the Colonies except New-York voted for the Declaration of Independency,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     14

5, Extract of a Letter from Philadelphia : Loss of the Brig Nancy in Delaware Bay,     .     .     .     .     .     14

5, Measures proposed for the defence of New-Jersey and Pennsylvania,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     . 14

5, Letter from a French officer in America to a French nobleman in Paris : The Americans are able to resist all their enemies,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .       15

5, Letter from Samuel Tucker to the President of Congress : An officer who may be confided in has been sent to take charge of Governour Franklin,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .    16

Letter from the Committee for Brunswick (July 4) to the New-Jersey Provincial Congress : The prisoners of war should be removed to some other place,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     . 16

5, Letter from General Washington to General. Livingston,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     17

5, Letter from General Livingston to General Washington : Colonel Drake, with the Second Morris Battalion of two hundred and fifty men, will be down this evening,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .  18

5, Letter from General Livingston to General Washington, enclosing intelligence from Staten-Island,       . 18

5, Letter from Major Duyckinck to General Livingston : Has arrived at Amboy with four hundred and fifty men, leaving about one hundred at the Old and New Blazing-Star,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .    19

5, Letter from Colonel Joseph Reed to the New-York Convention, on removing the prisoners from the City of New-York,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .   19

5, Letter from Joseph Trumbull to General Gates,   .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     . 20

5, Letter from Ebenezer Hazard to General Gates : The British have taken possession of Staten-Island, cattle and Tories,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .   20

5, Letter from Major Goforth to the New-York Provincial Congress,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .    205

5, Letter from Colonel Joseph Reed to the New-York Convention, respecting prisoners,     .     .     .   1389

1776.

July 5, Letter from Makby Gelston, Chairman of the Committees of South and East Hampton, to the New-York Provincial Congress : They fear the stock on the east side of Long-Island will fall in the hands of the enemy,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .    1394

5, Letter from General Scott to the New-York Congress ; with a number of prisoners of war. General Washington is very uneasy at the detention of prisoners of war in the city, at this critical juncture,       .     22

5, Letter from General Greene to General Washington, with an examination of four persons taken last night,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     27

5, Letter from General Mifflin to General Washington : From the Colonels' reports, the men's arms are in a most alarming situation,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .   27

5, Letter from Governour Trumbull to the President of Congress,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .      28

5, Letter from Governour Trumbull to General Schuyler,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .       29

5, Letter from the Council of Massachusetts to Walter Spooner,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     . 30

5, Proceedings at a meeting of the towns of Lyme, Hanover, Lebanon, Thredford, Norwich, and Hartford, at Hanover, New-Hampshire,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .  30

6, Letter from Arthur Lee to Charles W. F. Dumas,   .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .    30

6, Extract of a Letter from Paris : The Court of Great Britain has presented a memorial to the Courts of France and Spain, strongly complaining of the trade which is so industriously carried on by the French and Spanish merchants with the rebellious Colonies of America,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .   31

6, Letter from Benjamin Harrison, Jun., to the President of Congress,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .       31

6, Letter from Matthew Tilghman to the President of Congress,     .         .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     31

6, Letter from the President of Congress to General Washington : The Congress have judged it necessary to dissolve the connection between Great-Britain and the American Colonies, and to declare them free and independent States,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .       32

6, Letter from the President of Congress to General Washington,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     33

6, Letter from the Board of War to General Washington,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     33

6, Letter from the President of Congress to the States of New-York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode-Island, and New-Hampshire, with the Declaration of Independence,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     . 33

6, Letter from the President of Congress to the Assembly of New-Hampshire : The Congress have ordered Major Rogers to be sent to New-Hampshire,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     33

6, Letter from the President of Congress to James Mease,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .    .     .     .     .     33

6, Letter from the President of Congress to General Ward,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .   34

6, Letter from the President of Congress to John Bradford,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .   34

6, Advertisement by the Board of War, for information respecting flint stone, and persons skilled in the manufacture of flints,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .      34

6, Letter from Jacob Rush toGeneral Washington,   .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .      34

6, Letter from a gentleman in Philadelphia to his friend in Annapolis : General Howe has landed ten thousand Troops ; the whole Militia of Pennsylvania are ordered to the Jerseys,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     34

6, Letter from the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Committee to the President of Congress,     .     .     .     .       35

6, Letter from George Ross to Colonel Gallraith,   .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .   35

6, Letter from the Northampton, Pennsylvania, Committee to the President of Congress,     .     .     .       35

6, Letter from the Reading, Pennsylvania, Committee to the President of Congress,     .     .     .     .     .   35

6, Conference with Indians at Fort Pitt,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .   36

6, Letter from the Convention of New-Jersey to the President of Congress : The Militia are wholly destitute of ammunition, the Monmouth Tories had confederated under oath ; about thirty are flying on board the enemy's fleet,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     37

6, Letter from General Livingston to General Washington : He cannot send out the necessary detachments for want of powder and ball,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     38