1774.
July
6, | Meeting of the Freeholders, Merchants, Traders, and other Inhabitants of the County and Borough of Norfolk, in Virginia, 518 |
| 6, | Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to Governour Penn. Requires him to exert every power the Constitution has placed in his hands to defeat any attempt to insult the authority of Great Britain, 519 |
| 6, | Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to Lieutenant Governour Colden. Hopes the People of New-York will not, by their rash proceedings, expose themselves to the just resentment of Parliament, 519 |
| 7, | The British American, No, 6, 519 |
| 7, | Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the County of Culpepper, in Virginia, 522 |
| 8, | Proclamation of Lord Dunmore. Prorogues the Assembly from August II, to first Thursday in November, 523 |
| 8, | Letter from Governour Hutchinson, London, to a Friend in Boston. Urges the payment for the Tea, by the Town of Boston, 524 |
| 8, | Resolutions unanimously adopted by the Free-holders and Inhabitants of Hunterdon County, in the Province of New-Jersey, 524 |
| 8, | Letter from Charlestown, in South Carolina, received in New-York. Account of the Meeting held in Charlestown, on the 6th, 525 |
| 8, | Resolutions unanimously entered into by the Inhabitants of South Carolina, at a General Meeting held at Charlestown, in said Colony, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 6th, 7th, and 8th days of July, 525 |
| | British Subjects in America owe the same allegiance to the Crown, and are entitled to the same rights with Subjects born in Great Britain, 525 |
| | No Taxes can be imposed on the People, but by their own consent, 525 |
| | It is a fundamental right of his Majesty's Subjects, that no Man shall suffer, in person or property, without a fair trial, 525 |
| | Sending a person beyond the Sea to be tried is oppressive, illegal, and highly derogatory to British Subjects, 525 |
| | The Statute of Thirty-fifth of Henry Eighth, for Trial of Treasons committed out of the King's Dominions, does not extend to the Colonies, 525 |
| | The Boston Port Act, and the Acts relating to the Government of Massachusetts Bay, are of the most alarming mature to ail America, though levelled immediately at the People of Boston, 526 |
| | It is the duty of all the Colonies to assist and support the People of Boston, by all lawful ways in their power, 526 |
| | Delegates to the General Congress appointed, and instructed, 526 |
| | While the oppressive Acts relative to Boston are enforced, will contribute towards their relief, 526 |
| | Will, by all means, endeavour to preserve harmony and union amongst all the Colonies, 526 |
| | Committee of Ninety-Nine appointed, as a General Committee of Correspondence, 526 |
| | Names of the Committee for Charlestown, 526 |
| 8, | Address of Francis Lewis, and other Members of the Committee, to the Inhabitants of the City and County of New-York, 313 |
| 9, | Reply to the Address, by "One of the Committee," 314 |
| 9, | Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of Essex County, in Virginia, 527 |
| 9, | General Meeting of the Freeholders of the County of Fauquier, in Virginia, 528 |
| 11, | General Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of Nansemond, in Virginia, 529 |
| 11, | Letter from Charlestown, in South Carolina, to a Correspondent in Boston. Proceedings on the Resolutions adopted in Charlestown, 531 |
| | Account of the Meeting held in Charlestown, on the 6th, 7th, and 8th days of July, (Note,) 531 |
| 11, | Death of Sir William Johnson, (Note,) 645 |
| 12, | Letter from Miles Brewton, Charlestown, South Carolina, to Josiah Quincy, Jun. Massachusetts will not fall for want of friends if Boston does but persevere, her sisters will work out her salvation without the Musket. A Sloop load of Rice sent to Boston, and will soon send more, 534 |
1774.
July 11, | Committee of Inspection appointed at Portsmouth, in New-Hampshire, 534 |
| 12, | Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of New-Kent, in Virginia, 535 |
| 13, | Letter from Governour Wentworth to the Earl of Dartmouth. The Meeting of Representatives at Portsmouth, dispersed. At a private meeting a Convention called to meet at Exeter, on the 21st, to appoint Delegates to the Congress, 536 |
| 14, | Express at Williamsburg, with intelligence of skirmishes with the Indians. Militia ordered out by the Governour, 536 |
| 14, | Meeting of the Freeholders, and others, Inhabit-ants of Chesterfield County, Virginia, 537 |
| 14, | General and full Meeting of the Inhabitants of Gloucester County, Virginia, 538 |
| 14, | General Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabit-ants of Caroline County, Virginia, 539 |
| 14, | The British American, No. 7, 541 |
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COUNCIL OF PENNSYLVANIA. |
July, 14, | Meeting of the Council at Philadelphia, 545 |
June 29, | Letters laid before the Board, containing favourable accounts of the disposition of the Indians, 545 |
| | Conclusion of Extract from Mr. M'Kee's Journal of Indian Affairs, (see page 483.) Conference with the Indians at Pittsburgh. Address from the Chiefs of the Delawares. Speech of Captain White Eyes, 546 |
| 30, | Letter from John Montgomery, at Carlisle, to Governour Penn. Shawanese seem well disposed. Logan returned with thirteen scalps. Says he is now satisfied, and will set still until he hears what the Long Knife will say, 546 |
July 2, | Letter from Richard Lee, President of the Mary-land Council, to Governour Penn, 546 |
| 4, | Letter from Arthur St. Clair, at Ligonier, to Governour Penn. Large body of Virginians in motion. Colonel Henry Lewis ordered to Kenhawa; Major M'Donald to Wheeling; Cresap, and three others, to raise Ranging Companies, 547 |
| 8, | Letter from Æneas Mackay, Joseph Spear, and Devereux Smith, at Pittsburgh, to Joseph Shippen, Junior. Captain White Eyes has returned, with assurances of friendship from the Shawanese, Delawares, Wyandots, and Cherokees. Dr. Connolly continues his authority. The persons of the Magistrates are daily insulted, their property forcibly taken, and their lives threatened. Various instances of his outrages, 547 |
| 12, | Letter from Arthur St. Clair, at Hanna's Town, to Governour Penn, 548 |
| 17, | Letter from Arthur St. Clair, at Ligonier, to Governour Penn. Virginians determined to put a stop to the Indian Trade with Virginia. Connolly and two others have an exclusive privilege to carry it on, on the Frontiers of Virginia. The laying out of a new Town proposed, 549 |
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CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. |
July 14, | Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Province of Georgia called, to be held at the Liberty Pole, at Savannah, on the 27th, 549 |
| 14, | Chiefs of the Six Nations on their way to hold a Congress with Sir William Johnson, 550 |
| 15, | Meeting of the loyal and patriotick People of the County of Henrico? in Virginia, 550 |
| 15, | Meeting of the Freeholders of the County of Middlesex, in Virginia, 551 |
| 15, | Meeting of the Inhabitants of the County of Dinwiddie, in Virginia, 552 |
| 15, | Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of Middlesex, in New-Jersey, 553 |
| 15, | Delegates to the General Congress of Commissioners of the English American Colonies, appointed by the Committee of Correspondence of Connecticut, 554 |
| | Three of the Delegates having resigned, others appointed on the 3d August, (Note,) 554 |
| 15, | Proclamation by General Gage. Deserters who return by the 10th of August, to be pardoned; on failure of so doing, to expect no mercy, 555 |
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