CONTENTS.

1776.

July 6, Letter from Major Duyckinck to General Livingston, with the Tory prisoners taken by General Heard,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .   38

6, Letter from General Washington to General Livingston : The disaffection of the people of Amboy and the treachery of those of Staten-Island, induced him to give orders to General Heard for their arrest,       .     38

6, Letter from General Washington to Colonel Silliman : There is occasion for all the men that can be possibly got ; no force that can be collected will be too great to ward off the blow our enemies mean to strike in a little time,     .     .     .     .     .      .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     39

6, Letter from Colonel Henshaw to General Washington,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     950

6, Letter from John Jay to the President of Congress, enclosing a memorial from Mr. Bill, of New-York,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .      40

6, Letter from John Jay to Edward Rutledge,      .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     40

6, Letter from Colonel Weissenfels to Lord Stirling,  .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     41

6, Letter from Major Goforth to the New-York Convention : He views the appointment of juniors over him, as no more than taking the most genteel way of discharging him from the publick service,   .     .     .     1390

6, Letter from the President of Congress to the New-York Convention : Congress has declared Independence,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .      .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     1397

6, Petition from Cadwalader Colden to the New-York Convention,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     1404

6, Examination and Parole of John Simpson, Samuel Cox, William Elder, William McDermot, James Auchmuty Joseph Woolcomb, and Richard Brueré,  .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     23

6, Letter from H. Glenn to Colonel Dayton,  .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     42

6, Letter from H. Glenn to Major Fonda,      .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     42

6, Letter from General Sullivan to General Schuyler, requesting leave of absence from the Army, as he cannot, consistently with his honour, serve under the command of General Gates,     .     .     .     .     .     235

6, Letter from Governour Trumbull to the President of Congress,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .      42

6, Letter from Governour Trumbull to the President of Congress : Eighteen hundred pounds in hard money has been sent to the Paymaster-General for the Northern Department,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .    43

6, Letter from Governour Trumbull to the President of Congress,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .      45

6, Letter from Governour Trumbull to the President of Congress : Governour Franklin has given his parole in writing ; he is to reside in Wallingford,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     45

6, Letter from Governour Trumbull to General Washington : The Connecticut Battalions are raising with all possible diligence, and will soon march,  .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     45

6, Resolutions of the Committee on Prisoners, in Connecticut,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     46

6, Letter from Nehemiah Estabrook to the Assembly of New-Hampshire : The people about New-Hampshire have agreed to raise three hundred men for the defence of the frontiers, but they are destitute of arms, ammunition, and money,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .    46

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.

1776.

July 6, Proceedings of the Council from June 5 to July 6,  .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     47-59

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.

1776.

July 6, Proceedings from June 5 to July 6,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     59-87

Acts passed by the Legislature of New-Hampshire :—

For establishing the style of Commissions, which shall hereafter be issued, and for altering the style of Writs, Processes, and all Law Proceedings, within the Colony ; and for directing how Recognizances, to the use of this Colony, shall in future be taken and prosecuted,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     . 87

1776.

To prevent the forging and altering Bills of Publick Credit, and for preventing the depreciation thereof ; and for making Bills of Credit of the United Colonies, and of this Colony, a tender in all payments,     .     .     88

To abolish the Court of Appeals in this Colony, and to empower the Superior Court of Judicature to sustain and determine all matters pending in said Court of Appeals, and to prevent the absurd practice of granting appeals to the King of Great Britain in Council, from judgments of any Courts in this Colony, in future,     90

For encouraging the fixing out of armed vessels to defend the sea-coast of America, and to cruize on the enemies of the United Colonies ; as also for erecting a court to try and condemn all ships and other vessels, their tackle, apparel, and furniture, and all goods, wares, and merchandises, belonging to any inhabitant or inhabitants of Great Britain, taken on the high seas,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .   90

CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC.

1776.

July 7, Letter from General Lee to Edmund Pendleton,   .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     95

7, Letter from Jesse Hollingsworth to the Maryland Council of Safety,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .   100

7, Letter from E. Johnson to the Maryland Council of Safety,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     100

7, Letter from the Baltimore Committee to the Maryland Council of Safety : Colonel Ware has drawn a plan of a Fortification for Whetstone Point,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .   101

7, Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to the Baltimore Committee : The Convention has ordered no further money for Fortifications at or near Baltimore-Town,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .       101

7, Letter from Colonel Smallwood to the Maryland Council of Safety,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .   101

7, Letter from Richard Tootell to Maryland Council of Safety : Petitions for the office of Surgeon Major,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     101

7, Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to General Buchanan,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     101

7, Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to Colonel Weems,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .  101

7, Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to Captain Veazey and Lieutenant Harrison,       .     .     102

7, Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to Captain Veazey,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .  102

7, Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to Richard Buchanan,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     102

7, Extract of a Letter from John Adams : Hopes, for the honour of New-England, the people will not be backward in marching to New-York ; that important post must be maintained and defended at all events,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .    102

7, Letter from the Committee for Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to the President of Congress,   .     .       103

7, Letter from the Committee for Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to the President of Congress : Some measures should be adopted to secure the prisoners at Lancaster ; they are at large, and it is believed they carry intelligence to the enemy,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .    103

7, Letter from Dr. Cochran to Thomas McKean,   .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .104

7, Letter from General Livingston to General Washington,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .   104

7, Letter from General Howe to Lord George Germaine : Met with Governour Tryon at the Hook, and many fast friends to the Government attending him ; who gave the fullest information of the state of the Rebels. There is great reason to expect a numerous body to join the Army from New-York, the Jerseys, and Connecticut ; sixty men came over a few days ago from Shrewsbury,     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .    105

7, Letter from General Washington to Governour Trumbull : The situation of our affairs calls aloud for the most vigorous exertions, and nothing else will be sufficient to avert the impending blow ; the situation of the Northern Army is certainly distressing, but we can afford no relief,    .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .    106