1774.
Aug. 5 | Proclamation by Govermour Sir James Wright, declaring the Meeting of the Inhabitants of Georgia, proposed, to be held at Savannah, on the 10th inst, under the pretence of consulting together for redress of grievances, or imaginary grievances, unconstitutional; illegal, and punishable by law, 699 |
| 9, | Letter from the New-York Committee to the Boston Committee of Correspondence, 323 |
| 9, | Letter from the New-York Committee to several Counties of the Province, 323 |
| 10, | Resolutions entered into at Savannah, in Georgia, at a General Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Province, assembled to consider the state of the Colonies in America, 700 |
| | His Majesty's Subjects in America owe the same allegiance, and are entitled to the same rights, with their fellow-subjects in Great Britain, 700 |
| | As protection and allegiance are reciprocal, the Americans have an indisputable right to petition the Throne on every emergency, 700 |
| | The Boston Port Act is unconstitutional, 700 |
| | The Act for abolishing the Charter of Massachusetts Bay, is subversive of American Rights,700 |
| | The British Parliament has not the right to Tax his Majesty's American Subjects, 700 |
| | It is contrary to the Law of the Land to take any person to Great Britain, to be tried for an offence committed in any of the Colonies, 700 |
| | Will concur with the other Colonies in every constitutional measure to obtain a redress of Grievances, 701 |
| | Committee of Correspondence appointed, 701 |
| 10, | Letter from London to a Gentleman in Boston. The Ministry; by their emissaries, will try to bring about disunion when the Congress meets. It is not prudent to rely on any support in England; the Colonies must depend on their own unanimity and steadiness. Massachusetts should not enter into any violent measures without concert with other Colonies, particularly Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas, 701 |
| 10, | Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Poughkeepsie Precinct, in Dutchess County, New-York. Refuse to comply with the request of the New-York Committee of Correspondence, to elect Delegates, 702 |
| 10, | Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Township of Rye, in West-Chester County, New-York, 703 |
| 10, | Meeting of the Committee of Charles County, Maryland. Tea shipped in the Mary and Jane, Captain George Chapman, now lying in St. Mary's River, to be returned to London, 703 |
| 11, | Meeting of the Committee for Frederick County, in Maryland. Resolutions in relation to the Tea shipped in the Mary and Jane, 704 |
| 12, | Town Meeting at Providence, in Rhode-Island. Instructions to the Deputies from the Town in the General Assembly, 705 |
| 12, | Council of North Carolina. Address of Governour Martin. Considers it his duty to advise with the Council on the measures to be taken to prevent the assemblies of the People, 705 |
| 13, | Proclamation, of Governour Martin. Requires all persons, as far as in them lies, to prevent the meeting of certain Deputies, appointed to be held at Newbern, on the 25th, 706 |
| 13, | Letter from Colonel William Preston, at Fincastle, in Virginia. Incursions of the Indians. A number of the Inhabitants on the Frontiers killed, 707 |
| 13, | Letter from Governour Sir James Wright to the Earl of Dartmouth. Two meetings of the Liberty Folks have been held in Savannah. He will transmit all the particulars, 708 |
| 14, | Letter from a Gentleman, in London, to his Correspondent in Williamsburg. Policy of the Ministry to attack one Colony at a time. America has no friends in Great Britain. Nothing but an Association strictly observed and enforced, to stop Exports and Imports, will procure a repeal of the Acts, 708 |
| 14, | John Hancock, Colonel of the Company of Cadets, having been dismissed by Governour Gage, the Company agreed to return their Standard to the Governour and disband themselves, 709 |
| 16, | Letter from Silas Deane to Governour Trumbull, 710 |
Aug. 14, | The Rev. Samuel Peters of Hebron, Connecticut. |
| | Account of an attack on him by the Sons of Liberty, 711 |
| 18, | Statement of Mr. Peters's affair, by the Bolton Committee, 712 |
| | Resolves drawn up by Mr. Peters, 713 |
| 15, | Mr. Peters's Declaration, 714 |
Oct. 13. | Letter from Thaddeus Burr, in Boston, to Governour Trumbull, 714 |
Nov. 3, | Further account of Mr. Peters, 715 |
| | Letter from the Reverend Samuel Peters, in Boston, to his mother, in Hebron, 715 |
Oct. 1, | Letter from the Reverend Samuel Peters, in Boston, to the Reverend Doctor Auchmuty, at New-York, 716 |
Nov. 29, | Saul Aylford and others, to Governour Trumbull, 29, on Mr. Peters's affair, 716 |
Dec. 6, | Hezekiah Huntington and others, to Governour Trumbull, on Mr. Peters's affair, 717 |
Aug. 17, | Address to the People of Pennsylvania. The opposition in the Colonies to the measures of Parliament condemned. The principal difficulties have been caused by the influence of the Smuggling interest in the Colonies, 718 |
| 18, | Letter from a Gentleman, at Red Stone, to Williamsburg. Wagatomica and five other Shawanese Towns on the Muskingum, destroyed in July, by four hundred Virginia Troops, under the command of Major M'Donald, 722 |
| 18, | Courts at Great Barrington prevented from proceeding with business, 724 |
| 20, | Letter from Matthew Griswold to Governour Trumbull Account of an attack on Mr. Ingersoll, of Great Barrington, 724 |
| 20, | Letter from Josiah Quincy, Jun., to John Dickinson. Defends Massachusetts on the charge of breaking the line of opposition. At the request of many warm friends to the country, he will soon embark for England, in the hope that he may do some good the ensuing Winter, at the Court of Great Britain, 725 |
| 20, | Letter from John Dickinson to Arthur Lee. The Colonists now know what is designed against them. All classes are united in sentiment. The People in general look forward to extremes with resolution, 726 |
| 20, | Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Borough Town of West-Chester, in New York, 726 |
| 22, | Meeting of the Inhabitants of Norfolk, Virginia, on information received that nine chests of Tea were imported in the Mary and Jane, 727 |
| 22, | Letter from the Committee of Correspondence of Boston, to the Committee for New-Jersey, 728 |
| 23, | Address to the Inhabitants of New-Jersey. This Country was settled for the sole purpose of Trade; and an absolute submission to the Laws of the Mother Country was one of the terms under which our forefathers settled. Under these terms they lived and prospered; and we have grown, rich and lived happily. Should the Congress listen to the folly of the times, and think the Colonies were not planted nor protected, for the extension of Commerce, but for a new Empire, then will our Country become a scene of blood and distraction; we can have no recourse but in Arms, 728 |
| 23, | Proclamation of Governour Gage, to prohibit all persons from attending a Town Meeting at Salem, on the 25th, 729 |
| 25, | Town Meeting at Salem. Governour Gage orders the Meeting to be dispersed, and brings Troops to the Town. Members of the Committee of Correspondence arrested, for calling the Meeting without the permission of the Governour, 730 |
| 24, | Letter from Governour Sir James Wright to the Earl of Dartmouth. Every thing was done that could be thought of to frustrate the attempt of the Liberty People in Georgia, but could not totally prevent it If the meetings are suffered, there will be nothing but cabals and combinations in the Province. The Executive power is too weak to rectify such abuses. Prosecutions would only be laughed at No Grand Jury would find a Bill of Indictment; and persons attempting it would, probably, be insulted and abused, 731 |