1774.
Sept. 14. | Letter from Fredericksburg, in Virginia. Further Indian Intelligence. Liberal contributions made in Fredericksburg, for relief of the Poor in Boston, 787 |
| 14, | Letter from Joseph Spencer to Governour Trumbull. Doctor Beebe, a Tory, tarred and feathered by the friends of Liberty, in East Haddam, has applied to him for a surety of the peace against some of those concerned in it.—He has declined, and asks the Governour's advice on the subject. He believes if one should be granted it would not be executed to advantage, 787 |
| 15, | An Army of Observation for the Colonies proposed in Connecticut, 787 |
| 15, | Resolutions adopted at a Meeting of Delegates from the Towns in the Counties of Hartford, New-London, and Windham, and a part of the County of Litchfield, in Connecticut, 788 |
| 15, | Proclamation of Governour Penn, establishing the Lines of Jurisdiction between the Province of Maryland and the Province of Pennsylvania, and Counties of New-Castle, Kent, and Sussex, on Delaware, 789 |
| 17, | Proclamation of Lord Dunmore, requiring all his Majesty's Subjects, west of Laurel Hill, to pay entire obedience to the Laws of Virginia, and forbidding the exercise of any authority there, by the Province of Pennsylvania, 790 |
| 17. | General Carleton arrived at Quebeck, 791 |
| | Address of the Clergy to Guy Carleton, Governour of Quebeck, 791 |
| | Address of his Majesty's Subjects, in the City of Quebeck, to Governour Carleton, 792 |
| 17, | Letter from CÆsar Rodney to Captain Thomas Rodney. Action of the Congress on the Resolves of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 792 |
| 19, | Letter from Samuel Adams to Dr. Chauncy. The Suffolk County Resolves read in Congress with great applause. America will sustain Boston to the utmost, 793 |
| 19, | Letter from CÆsar Rodney to Captain Thomas Rodney. On the late false report of the attack upon the Town of Boston, by the British Ships in the Harbour, fifty thousand Men. from Connecticut and Massachusetts, well armed, were on the march for the relief of the Town, 793 |
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PENNSYLVANIA ASSEMBLY. |
Sept. 19, | The Assembly met. pursuant to their adjournment, on the 23d of July, 794 |
| 20, | Letter from Dr. Franklin, dated London, May 7, laid before the House, 794 |
| 21, | Governour has no business to lay before the House, 794 |
| 26, | Message from the Governour. The Indian Disturbances not yet at an end The Governour of Virginia is still prosecuting an Expedition against the Shawanese. The Troops on the Frontiers should be continued m pay, 794 |
| 28, | One hundred Rangers to be kept in pay until the 14th of October, 794 |
| 29, | The Treasurer ordered to pay the Overseers of the Poor of Philadelphia, one hundred Pounds for the support of the French Neutrals, 795 |
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CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. |
Sept. 20, | Letter from Governour Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth. The Country People are exercising in Arms, in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and RhodeIsland, and threaten to attack the Troops in Boston, to which place the friends of Government are daily resorting for protection. The Commissioners of the Customs afraid to remain in Salem, have come to Boston, where the Governour is also obliged to reside, 795 |
| 21, | Resolutions adopted at a Convention of Committees for the County of Worcester, Massachusetts, held by adjournment on the 29th of August, and continued, by adjournments, to the 21st of September, 795 |
| 21, | Meeting of Freeholders in Boston, Instructions to Delegates in Provincial Congress, 798 |
| 21, | Convention of the several Towns of the County of Cumberland, in Massachusetts. 798 |
| | Sheriff of the County required to attend the Convention, 799 |
1774.
Sept.
21. | He subscribes a Declaration that he has not acted under the late Acts of Parliament; and that he will not, without the general consent of the County, 799 |
| | Committee appointed to draw up the sentiments of the Convention, 79 |
| 22, | Report presented by the Committee, and unanimously accepted, 799-802 |
| 24, | Meeting of the Selectmen and Committee of Correspondence of Boston. Consider it inexpedient for the Mechanicks, or other Inhabitants of the Town, to assist the Troops, by furnishing them with Artificers, Labourers, or materials of any kind to build Barracks, 802 |
| 24, | Letter from J, Warren to the Publick, with an Extract of a Letter from Samuel Adams, dated September 9th. Gentlemen of the established Church of England, among the most resolute defenders of the rights of the People of the Continent, 802 |
| 24, | Declaration of Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Town of Rye, in West-Chester County, New-York. They have not been concerned in any Resolutions entered into in regard to the disputes with the Mother Country, Disapprove of the hot and furious proceedings, in consequence of the disputes, and declare they will live and die peaceable Subjects of George the Third, 803 |
| | Apology of Abraham Miller and others, for signing the above Declaration, 803 |
| | Apology of Timothy Wetmore, another subscriber, (Note,) 803 |
| | Letter from the Committee of Mechanicks of Boston, dated September 8th, to the Committee of Mechanicks of NewYork, 803 |
| 24, | Resolutions of the Committee of Mechanicks of New-York, on receiving the foregoing Letter, 804 |
| 25, | Letter from Governour Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth, The Carpenters in New-York refuse to come to Boston to build the Barracks, but the Boston Artificers have undertaken the work. Nothing but extravagances and military preparations heard of from Boston to NewYork. The support Massachusetts receives from the other Colonies, is beyond conception. The disease is now so universal that there is no knowing where to apply a remedy, 805 |
| 26, | Account of the transactions at a Meeting of the Freeholders of the County of Middlesex, in England, 805 |
| | Engagement signed by John Wilkes and John Glynn, at the Middlesex Meeting, 806 |
| 26, | Inhabitants of Worcester, in Massachusetts, from the age of sixteen to seventy, form themselves into Military Companies, and choose Officers, 806 |
| 27 | Application of Doctor Warren to General Gage, for information as to his intentions in erecting Fortifications and purchasing Military Stores, 806 |
| | Answer of General Gage to Doctor Warren, 806 |
| 27, | Meeting of the Committees of Boston and the neighbouring Towns. Resolve that any person who may supply the Troops at Boston with any thing for the annoyance of the Inhabitants, shall be deemed an inveterate enemy of the. People, 807 |
| 27, | Letter from the Joint Committees of Boston and the neighbouring Towns, to every Town and District in the Province, 807 |
| 28, | Letter from Colonel William Preston, at Fincastle, in Virginia. March of Virginia Troops to meet Lord Dunmore at the Great Kenhawa. Attacks of the Indians on the White settlements, 808 |
| 28, | Letter from Maryland to a Gentleman in London, 809 |
| 28, | Handbill published at NewYork. Supply of the British Troops, 809 |
| 28, | Proclamation by Governour Gage. In consequence of the disordered state of the Province, will not meet the General Court at Salem, on the 5th of October, and discharges all persons elected, as Representatives from giving their attendance, 809 |
| 29, | Letter from the Committee of Correspondence of Boston, to the Continental Congress, Account of the attack upon the House of Joseph Scott, upon the discovery of his selling Cannon to General Gage, 810 |