1774. | Tea unconstitutional Whoever imports, buys, or sells it, stigmatized as enemies to America, 334 |
May
18, | Address to the Freemen of America, Conduct of Great Britain towards America a system of oppression. Life, liberty, and property, are now but names in America, New-York, Philadelphia, and Charlestown, cannot escape the fate of Boston. An union of the Colonies will render harmless British vengeance and tyranny. Virtue, unanimity, and perseverence, are invincible, 335 |
| 19, | Publick Meeting at Farmington, Connecticut,—Liberty Pole erected, and Boston Port Bill burnt by the common hangman, 336 |
| 19, | Letter from the Committee of Correspondence, at Westerly, to the Committee of Boston, Treatment of Boston by Great Britain worse than that of Carthage by Rome. The attack upon Boston, an attempt upon the whole Continent The other Colonies will unite with the friends of liberty, in Boston, in support of the common cause, 336 |
| 19, | Letter from the Committee of Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, to the Boston Committee. The British Ministry are endeavouring to disunite the Colonies, that they may put down their opposition, A firm union of all the Colonies will prevent the cruel effects of the Port Bill, 337 |
| | Letter to Lord North, attributed to Edmund Burke. The rights of the Crown, and the rights of the Colonies, under various Charters and Grants. 337 |
| 20, | Letter from a Member of the Virginia Assembly, Williamsburg, to his Correspondent in London, Resentment in Virginia, on account of the War sent to Boston, It is the universal determination to stop the principal Exports to, and all the Imports from, Great Britain. The Assembly, now in session, will agree on measures to be adopted, before they adjourn, 340 |
| 20, | Meeting of the inhabitants of Philadelphia.—Committee of Correspondence appointed, 340 |
| 21, | Letter from the Committee of Philadelphia to the Boston Committee. It is difficult to collect the sense of the People, or to advise what ought to be done, on this crisis. The general sense of this Province, and of all the Colonies, should be obtained. If satisfying the East India Company for the Tea would end the controversy, there would be no hesitation on what ought to be done, A Congress from all the Colonies, preferred by the People of Pennsylvania, to a Non-Importation and Non-Exportation Agreement. Will endeavour to collect the sense of Pennsylvania, and the neighbouring Colonies, on these important points, 341 |
| 20, | Questions and Answers, on paying for the Tea, (Note,) 295 |
| 20, | Letter from Gouverneur Morris, New-York, to Mr. Penn, Philadelphia. Proceedings in New-York, on the appointment of the Committee. His opinions on the state of parties in New-York. A safe compact for re-union with the parent state, is to leave internal Taxation to the Colonies, and to vest the regulation of Trade in Great Britain. His reasons for this as the only possible mode of re-union, 343 |
| 20, | Town Meeting at Newport, Rhode-Island.—The Boston Port Bill subversive of American Liberty. The same authority may destroy the Trade of every other Colony. Will unite with the other Colonies, in all proper measures, to place the rights of each on a permanent foundation, and particularly in a stoppage of all Trade with Great Britain and the West Indies, 343 |
| | Company at Newport for carrying on Woollen Manufactures in the Colony. Wool enough raised to clothe all the Inhabitants, (Note,) 344 |
| 20, | Letter from General Gage to Governour Trumbull Informs him of his appointment as Governour of Massachusetts, and expresses his readiness to co-operate for the good of his Majesty's service, 344 |
| 21, | Letter from the Boston Committee, in reply to one from sundry Gentlemen in New-York. Thanks for their unsolicited offer of assistance. Letters countermanding orders for Goods sent by a vessel yesterday for London. The friends of Government, in Boston, procuring signers to an Address to Governour Hutchinson, and are endeavouring to raise money to pay for the Tea, 344 |
May
23, | Intelligence received at Philadelphia from Pittsburgh. On the 26th of April, two Indians killed on the Ohio, near Wheeling. Michael Cresap believed to be concerned in the murder. Cresap had previously declared he would kill every Indian he met on the River; and if he could get a sufficient number of men, he would mark a Village on Yellow Creek. Another party of Indians attacked by Cresap. Great-house and Baker cut off a party at Yellow Creek, 345 |
| 23, | Letter from the New-York Committee to the Boston Committee, Advise a General Congress of all the Colonies, to be assembled without delay; and some unanimous resolution formed, not only respecting the deplorable circumstances of Boston, but for the security of our common rights, 297 |
| 23, | Address of the Episcopal Ministers and Wardens, in Boston, to Governour Hutchinson, 346 |
| | Governour Hutchinson's Answer, 346 |
| 24, | Address of the Justices of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, for the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts, to Governour Gage, 346 |
| | The Governour's Answer, 347 |
| 24, | Letter from Philadelphia to the Boston Committee. The cause of Boston the cause of all the Colonies. Must be supported against the whole strength of Great Britain. By sea they will beat us; by land they will not attempt us. We must suspend all Trade with Great Britain and the West Indies, and withhold Flax-seed from Ireland-Stopping our Ports entirely, contemplated. We shall try to convene a Congress as soon as possible, 347 |
| 24, | Meeting at Talbot Court House, Maryland, to consider the distresses of Boston. Determined to pursue every constitutional measure to avert the evils threatened by the Boston Port Bill; to support the common rights of America, and to promote union and harmony between Great Britain and the Colonies, 347 |
| 24, | Letter from the New-York Committee to the Philadelphia Committee, 298 |
| 24, | Letter I, to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies in America, on the present disputes with Great Britain, 348 |
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HOUSE OF BURGESSES OF VIRGINIA. |
May 24, | Resolution of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, setting apart the first day of June to be observed, by the Members of the House, as a day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer, 350 |
| 26, | Assembly of Virginia dissolved by Lord Dunmore, 350 |
| 27, | Association agreed to and signed by eighty-nine Members of the late House of Burgesses of Virginia, 350 |
| 29, | Members of the late House of Burgesses remaining in Town convened by Peyton Randolph; who, on considering the important Letters received this day, by express, from Boston, Philadelphia, and Annapolis, ordered the other Members near the City to be called together, 351 |
| 30, | Twenty-five Members met, and unanimously agreed to postpone the further consideration of the subject to the first of August; when it is expected a Non-Importation Agreement will be entered into, and Resolutions to suspend, at some future day, Exports to Great Britain, 351 |
June 1, | Divine Service, at Williamsburg, in compliance with the Resolution of the Burgesses, of the 24th of May, (Note,) 351 |
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CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. |
May
29, | Letter from Lord Dunmore, Williamsburg, to the Earl of Dartmouth. Resolution of the House of Burgesses to deny and oppose the authority of Parliament offered by Robert Carter Nicholas, Treasurer of the Province Dissolved the Assembly, with the unanimous |
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