1774.
July 20 | Resolutions adopted at a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of Kent County, on Delaware, on the 20th of June, 664 |
| | Resolutions adopted at a General Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the County of Sussex, on Delaware, on the 23d of July, 665 |
| | Letters from the Committees of Correspondence of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, the Dominion of Virginia, the Colonies of Rhode-Island, South Carolina, and Maryland, read, 666 |
| | Grievances of the Colonies, under the Acts of Parliament, 667 |
| | Deputies to the Congress appointed, 667 |
| | Instructions to the Deputies, 667 |
Aug. 1, | Letter from London to a Gentleman in New-York. Act of Parliament prohibiting the shipping of Utensils used in the manufacture of Cotton, Wool, or Silk, 668 |
| 1, | Condition of the Town of Boston, 669 |
| 2, | Letter from Lieutenant Governour Colden to the Earl of Dartmouth. The Deputies from New York, to the General Congress, moderate men. Though great pains have been taken in the several Colonies to induce the People to enter into Resolves, they have succeeded only in Sulfolk County, 669 |
| 2, | Letter from Wilmington, in North Corolina, to a Gentleman in Boston. Subscriptions for the relief of Boston. At a meeting of six Counties in Wilmington, it was unanimously resolved to assist Massachusetts by every legal measure, 670 |
| 3, | Letter from Wilmington, in North Carolina, to a Gentleman in Boston. Two thousand Pounds subscribed for Boston: very considerable will be contributed at Newbern and Edenton; Subscriptions on foot in every County. The Vessel, with a load of Provisions for Boston, goes freight free, and the Master and Mariners navigate her without receiving one farthing; wages, 670 |
| 2, | South Carolina Assembly meet at eight o'clock in the morning, 671 |
| | Ratify and confirm the Proceedings of the General Meeting of Inhabitants on the 6th, 7th, and 8th of July, 671 |
| | Message from the Assembly to Lieutenant Governour Bull. Request him to distribute among the poor Settlers. Arms and Ammunition to protect them against the Indians, 671 |
| | Assembly prorogued by the Lieutenant Governour at half past eight o'clock, 672 |
| 3, | Notice of the Proceedings of the Assembly at the Session held yesterday, 672 |
| 3, | Letter from Lieutenant Governour Bull to the Earl of Dartmouth. The Assembly met privately and punctually at eight yesterday morning. I immediately went to the Council Chamber and prorogued them to September 6, but they had, previously, passed their Resolutions, 672 |
| 3, | Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to Lieutenant Governour Colden. Encloses an Order in Council disallowing certain Acts, 672 |
| | Representation of the Board of Trade to the King, of the 12th of May, with reasons for disallowing certain Acts passed by the Assembly of New York, 673 |
| | Order in Council, of the 6th of July, declaring the Acts void, and of no effect, 673 |
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COUNCIL OF PENNSYLVANIA. |
Aug. 4, | Letters and Papers submitted to the Council, by the Governour, 674 |
| | New Town to be laid out at Kittaning, for accommodation of Traders and Inhabitants of Pittsburgh, 674 |
| 6, | Letter from Governour Penn to Arthur St. Clair, 674 |
| | Message from Governour Penn to the Chiefs and Warriors of the Shawanese Indians, 675 |
| | Message from Governour Penn to the Chiefs and Warriors of the Delaware Indians, 676 |
July 22, | Letter from Arthur St. Clair to Governour Penn. Friends of Pennsylvania determined to abandon Pittsburgh. Kittaning most suitable place for a new Town, 677 |
| 13, | Deposition of William Wilson, a Trader, taken by one of Connolly's parties, 677 |
| 19, | Letter from John Connolly to Arthur St. Clair.Complains of the depredations of the Indians. Will no longer be a dupe to their amicable professions, but will pursue every measure to offend them, 678 |
July 22, | Letter from Arthur St. Clair to John Connolly. 22, Ample reparation ought to be made to the Indians, and an honest intercourse established with them; this would be a more cheap and easy manner of re-establishing peace than any offensive operations whatever, 678 |
| 26, | Letter from Arthur St. Clair to Governour Penn. Further account of Indian affairs. No prospect of accommodation between the Shawanese and the Virginians, 679 |
| 24, | Deposition of David Griffey. Indians near Hanna's Town, 680 |
| 23, | Speech of the Delawares to Mr. Croghan, 680 |
| | Intelligence from Captain White Eyes, 681 |
| | Address from Mr. Croghan to Captain White Eyes, 681 |
| | Answer of Captain White Eyes to Col. Croghan, 681 |
| 25, | Letter from Æneas Mackay to Arthur St. Clair, 682 |
Aug, | , Letter from Arthur St. Clair to Governour Penn. Favourable accounts from the Indian Nations about the Lakes. Most of them disposed to continue in friendship with the English, 682 |
| 25, | Letter from Arthur St. Clair to Governour Penn. It is impossible to tell what will be the consequence of the Virginia operations. Lord Dunmore must soon see the necessity of a peace. Goods seized by Connolly's orders, and per sons confined in the common Guard House, 683 |
| 27, | Letter from Arthur St. Clair to Governour Penn. Mr. Butler was not only made a prisoner, but treated with insult and abuse. This has been done by Mr. Campbell, Connolly having gone to meet Lord Dunmore, 685 |
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CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. |
Aug. 4 | Address to the People of Virginia. Urged to 4, unite their utmost endeavours, by all means in their power, to prevent the ruin they are threatened with, 685 |
| 1, | Convention of Delegates from the different Counties in the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, begun at Williamsburg, on the 1st day of August, and continued, by adjournments, to the 6th, 686 690 |
| | After the first day of November, will import no Goods, Wares, or Merchandise, from Great Britain, nor British Manufactures from any other place; nor purchase any that may be imported, 687 |
| | Will neither import any Slave, nor purchase any that may be imported after the 1st November 687 |
| | No Tea to be imported hereafter; and that which is on hand, not permitted to be used, 687 |
| | No Tobacco to be exported after the 10th of August next, unless American Grievances are sooner redressed; and the Inhabitants of the Colony advised to refrain from the cultivation of it, 687 |
| | The breed of Sheep to be improved, and their number increased, to the utmost extent, 687 |
| | Merchants are not to take advantage of the scarcity of Goods, but to sell at the present prices, 688 |
| | No Merchant or Trader to be dealt with, after the first of November next, who will not sign this Association, 688 |
| | If any person shall, after the 10th of August next, export Tobacco, contrary to this Association, he shall be considered an approver of American Grievances, 688 |
| | All alterations of these Resolutions that may be made by the General Congress, with the consent of the Delegates for Virginia, shail be binding upon the Colony, 688 |
| | The Inhabitants of the Colony requested to make liberal Contributions for the relief of the distressed in Boston, 688 |
| | Instructions for the Deputies appointed to meet in General Congress on the part of the Colony of Virginia, 689 |
| | A Summary View of the Rights of British America, set forth in some Resolutions intended for the inspection of the present Delegates of the People of Virginia, now in Convention, 690 |