1774. | Three sets of Resolutions published in New-York, that signed by the Chairman, adopted, 320 |
July
28, | Letter to the Committee of Correspondence at Philadelphia. After various contests on the appointment of Delegates, regular polls have been opened in each Ward in the City, which has given universal satisfaction. Letters sent to the several Counties of the Province requesting their co-operation. Resolves and Instructions of the Provincial Committee of Pennsylvania, much approved, 321 |
| 28, | Letter to Matthew Tilghman, Chairman of Committee for Maryland. Resolutions of Maryland much approved. The 1st of September proposed by Massachusetts for the meeting of Congress, agreed to by Eastern Colonies, except New-Hampshire, from whence no communication has been received on the present state of affairs, 321 |
| 29, | Letter sent to the Committee or Treasurer of the different Counties in the Province. Suggests the expediency of electing Delegates to Congress in the several Counties speedily; or to express their confidence in the Delegates elected in the City, 322 |
Augt
7, | Letter from Elizabethtown, dated August 5th, 7, received, 322 |
| | Committee appointed to answer a Letter from Boston, and to wait on the Chairman of the Mechanicks' Committee, to request the Boston Letter to them, 322 |
| | Committee appointed to procure Collections to relieve the poor of Boston; and to request the assistance of the Committee of Mechanicks in making the subscriptions, 322 |
| | Election of Delegates in Orange and Albany Counties, (Note,) 322 |
| 9, | Letter to the Committee of Correspondence, of Boston. Explain the cause of their omission to write, and express their regret that the rectitude of their intentions are doubted. Appeal to their Acts, Letters, and Resolves, to show their attachment to the general cause. Defend the Merchants against the charge of want of patriotism, made against them, in the Letter to the Committee of the Mechanicks. Request to be furnished with copies of the Letters that have given rise to the suspicions. The distresses of the Poor of Boston have engaged the earnest attention of the Committee, 323 |
| 9, | Letter to the several Counties of the Province. Urges them to contribute for the relief of the Poor of Boston. The interest and welfare of a whole Continent requires that provision should be made for all sufferers in the common cause, 323 |
| 22, | Letter from Suffolk County, dated August 11, received. Colonel William Floyd elected a Delegate for that County, 324 |
| | Business of the ensuing Congress discussed, in presence of the Delegates, (Note,) 324 |
| | Letter to Zephaniah Platt, Dutchess County Delegates chosen in the City approved, 324 |
| 29, | Letters received from Kingston, August, 19; New-Windsor, August 26; Bedford, August 9; Mamaroneck, August 7; and White Plains, August 27; approving the Delegates chosen for the City, 325 |
Sept. 3, | Reported attack on Boston, on the 2d, (Note,) 325 |
| 5, | Letters from Albany, August 27, and Poughkeepsie, August 31, approving; the Resolves and Delegates for New-York, 326 |
| 19, | Letter from Isaac Low, Philadelphia, received, 326 |
| | Committee appointed to write to Richmond, Kings, Queens, and Tryon Counties, requesting them to send Delegates to the Congress now sitting, or to approve of those now there, for the Province of New-York, 326 |
| 29, | Representation from a number of Inhabitants, signed by Joseph Totten, their President, 326 |
| 30, | Committee call a Meeting of the Inhabitants at the City-Hall, this day, to consider Mr. Totten's Representation, 326 |
| | Conduct of the persons complained of in the Representation, condemned, 327 |
Oct. 5, | Meeting of Importers called to consider advances upon Goods imported, 328 |
| 7, | Importers agree not to put unreasonable advances on Goods, from the apprehension of a Non-Importation; will discourage all Engrossers; and will decline dealing with all who attempt to defeat their Resolutions, 328 |
Nov. 7, | ommittee appointed to inquire what progress has been made in Collections for the Poor of Boston, 328 |
| | Meeting of the Citizens called to appoint Committees of Inspection, agreeably to the Continental Association, 329 |
| | Committee appointed to write to the several Comities, recommending the appointment of Committees of Inspection, 329 |
| 14, | Letter to Daniel Dunscomb, Chairman of the Committee of Mechanicks. Requests a Conference with that Committee on the appointment of Committees of Inspection, 329 |
| | Contributors for the Poor of Boston, in the several Counties, requested to transmit their Donations as speedily as possible to New-York, 329 |
| 15, | Committee, after their Conference with the Committee of Mechanicks, consider their body dissolved on the election of a Committee under the Association of Congress, 330 |
| | Election of new Committee of Sixty ordered, on the 22d instant, 330 |
| 22, | The new Committee of Sixty elected, 330 |
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CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. |
May 10, | The Port Bill received at Boston, (Note,) 331 |
| 13, | General Gage arrived at Boston, {Note,} 331 |
| 13, | Town Meeting in Boston—Advise the stoppage of all Imports from, and all Exports to, Great Britain and the West Indies, till the Port Bill is repealed, 331 |
| | This vote ordered to be sent to all the Colonies, 331 |
| | Committee appointed to consider what measures are proper for the Town to adopt, in the present emergency, 331 |
| | Committee appointed to consult with Salem and Marblehead, 331 |
| 14, | Paul Revere despatched with Letters to the Southern Colonies, (Note,) 331 |
| 16, | Election of Committee of Fifty at New-York, to correspond with the Colonies, on all matters of moment, 293 |
| 17, | General Gage landed in Boston, Sworn into office as Governour, and invited to a publick entertainment at Faneuil Hall, (Note,) 331 |
| 18, | Meeting at Faneuil Hall, Boston, recommend to the People patience, fortitude, and a firm trust in God, 331 |
| | Votes passed at this Meeting, 332 |
| 17, | Letter received in Boston from Philadelphia. Boston need not expect general support from the other Colonies. In Pennsylvania they will find none, 332 |
| 18, | Letter from Samuel Adams, Boston, to Arthur Lee, London. Injustice and barbarity of the Port Bill The Inhabitants view it with indignation. Have resolved upon a Non-Importation. Calmness, courage, and unanimity prevail Suspect studied insult in the appointment of General Gage, 332 |
| 19, | Letter from General Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth. Occurrences at Boston, on his arrival. The Committee from Boston to Salem and Marblehead received little encouragement.—The Port Bill has staggered the most presumptuous. The Assembly may be more inclined to comply with the King's expectation at Salem, where they will be moved after the first of June, 333 |
| 17, | Town Meeting at Providence, Rhode-Island,—Will unite with the other Colonies in measures for protecting and securing their rights. Recommend a Congress of all the Colonies and Provinces, for establishing the firmest union between them. All the English American Colonies equally interested in the Proceedings of Parliament against Boston, Recommend the stoppage of all Trade with Great Britain, Ireland, Africa, and the West Indies, 333 |
| 18, | Meeting at Chestertown, Maryland, on the importation of Dutiable Tea in the Geddes. No Taxes or Duties can be constitutionally imposed without our consent. The Duty on |