1774. | the Earl of Dartmouth. Transmits a copy of the Resolutions adopted at the Meeting in Essex County. Has refused to convene the Assembly in August. The other Counties are expected to follow the example of Essex; but it is doubtful whether they will agree to a general Non-Importation. Their principal aim seems to be a Congress, 428 |
June
19, | Letter from Fort Pitt to Philadelphia. Connolly refused protection to three Shawanese who had escorted the Traders in with their Peltry; Sent a party to cut them off Logan returned to the Shawanese Towns with thirteen Scalps, 428 |
| 19, | Letter from Boston to New-York. Attempts to procure an Agreement to pay for the Tea, defeated, 430 |
| 20, | Address to the Inhabitants of the Province of South Carolina, 430 |
| 20, | Letters from southern parts of North Carolina. Inhabitants there, recommend that Collections be set on foot throughout the Continent for relief of the most distressed in Boston, 433 |
| 20, | Meeting of the Inhabitants of Frederick County, Maryland, 433 |
| 20, | Letter from John Dickinson, Fairhill, to Josiah Quincy, Jun. The Colonies very unanimous in favour of a Congress, 434 |
| 20, | "An American." Chi the means of obtaining relief, 434 |
| 21, | Letter from Cave Cumberland. Indian War caused by Cresap and Greathouse, 435 |
| 21, | Meeting of the Justices, Gentlemen of the Bar, and principal Inhabitants of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 435 |
| 22, | Letter from England to a Gentleman in New-York. State of affairs in England, 436 |
| 22, | Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the County of Westmoreland, in Virginia, 437 |
| 22, | Maryland Convention. Delegates to the Convention. Resolutions.—Duty of every Colony to unite against Boston Port Bill. Should stop Trade with Great Britain if the Act is not repealed, Instructions to Deputies to the Congress. Subscriptions to be opened in the several Counties for distressed. Inhabitants of Boston. Deputies to the Congress appointed. Will break off Trade with the Colony, Province or Town, that shall refuse to unite in such measures as may be adopted by the Congress, 438 |
| 22, | Reflections on appointing Delegates to the General Congress. Different modes of appointing examined. The appointment by Provincial Conventions recommended, 441 |
| 22, | Letter from the General Association of Congregational Ministers in Connecticut, to the Clergymen in Boston, 442 |
| | Answer to the preceding Letter; prepared but not sent, through the confusion of the times, 443 |
| 22, | Address of the Justices of the County of Worcester, in Massachusetts, to Governour Gage, 444 Answer of the Governour, 445 |
| 23, | Letters from Fort Pitt. White Inhabitants killed by the Indians, 445 |
| 23, | Extract from the Proceedings of the Town of Windham, in Connecticut. Addresses to Governour Hutchinson, an insult to the Town of Boston, 445 |
| 23, | Letter from Richard Henry Lee to Samuel Adams. His Resolutions prepared to be offered the day before the Assembly was dissolved by Lord Dunmore. After the dissolution, proposed to the Members the plan of a Congress. Indian War has compelled the Governour to call a new Assembly. When they meet, will adopt measures for redress of Grievances, 445 |
| | Letter from Samuel Adams to Richard Henry Lee. Inhabitants of Boston encouraged to persevere by intelligence from every part of the Continent. Lord North has made no preparation for the effects of such an union, 447 |
| 24, | Address to the Publick, from the Committee of Charlestown, South Carolina, appointed to receive and forward Donations for the Poor of Boston, 448 |
| 24, | Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Spottsylvania County, Virginia, 448 |
June 24, | Extracts of Letters received in Philadelphia, from Pittsburgh. Connolly's proceedings against the Pennsylvanians, 449 |
| 24, | Letter from the Committee of Correspondence appointed by the Assembly of New-York, to the Committee of Correspondence for Connecticut, 306 |
| 25, | Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of Bergen, in the Province of New-Jersey, 450 |
| 26, | Letter from Governour Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth. The General Court dissolved by Proclamation outside of the door. Several Gentle-men, encouraged by the late Resolutions of Government, are endeavouring to procure a compliance with the Boston Port Bill. Neither New-York, Philadelphia, nor Boston will agree to a Non-Importation, though a Congress of some sort may be obtained. The arrival of Troops has given spirits to the friends of Government, 450 |
| 27, | Peace Talk from the Creek Indians sent to Augusta, Georgia. General Meeting of all the Warriors of the Creek Nation called. The Cherokees have engaged to join the Creeks in case of War, 451 |
| 27, | Meeting of the Committee of Correspondence of Norfolk and Portsmouth, in Virginia, 451 |
| 27, | Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of Morris, in the Province of East New-Jersey, 452 |
| 27, | Letter from Huntington, to a Gentleman in New-York. Enclosing Resolutions unanimously adopted ha Town Meeting, 453 |
| 21, | General Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of Huntington, in Suffolk County, New-York, 453 |
| 27, | Letter from. Captain John Connolly, Pittsburgh, to a Gentleman in Philadelphia. Has sent a detachment to protect the Settlements about Red Stone from the Shawanese, 454 |
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June
27, | Meeting of the Council, at Philadelphia, 454 |
| 17, | Report of James Tilghman and Andrew Allen, Commissioners appointed by the Honourable John Perm, Esq., Governour of Pennsylvania, to treat with the Right Honourable the Earl of Dunmore, Governour of Virginia, on sundry publick matters, 454. |
May
23, | Letter from James Tilghman and Andrew Allen, Williamsburg, to Lord Dunmore, 455 |
| 24, | Letter from Lord Dunmore, Williamsburg, to James Tilghman and Andrew Allen, 456 |
| 25, | Letter from James Tilghman and Andrew Allen, Williamsburg, to Lord Dunmore, 457 |
| 26, | Letter from Lord Dunmore, Williamsburg, to James Tilghman and Andrew Allen, 459 |
| 27, | Letter from James Tilghman and Andrew Allen, Williamsburg, to Lord Dunmore, 461 |
June
28, | Letter from Governour Penn, Philadelphia, to Sir William Johnson. Requests his interposition and influence to induce the Six Nations to become mediators between Pennsylvania and the Shawanese and Delawares, 461 |
| 28, | Letter from Governour Penn to Lord Dunmore. Danger of a general Indian War, unless Pennsylvania and Virginia prevent further progress of hostilities. Conduct of Doctor Connolly; his Military operations dangerous to the peace of the Colonies in general, Hopes Lord Dunmore does not encourage Connolly in the outrages laid to his charge, 461 |
| 28, | Letter from Governour Penn to Arthur St. Clair, Measures should be taken to prevent the removal of the White Inhabitants from the Frontiers, and to induce those who have gone to return. Has convened the Assembly, who will adopt measures to afford effectual relief; in the mean time he will send further supplies of Ammunition, 462 |
May
29, | Letter from Arthur St. Clair, Ligonier, to Governour Penn. Alarm among the People. A company of one hundred Rangers formed for defence of Frontiers, 463 |
June
3, | Letter from John Montgomery, Carlisle, to Governour Penn, People in Westmoreland Coun- |
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