1774.
Oct. 21, | Address to the People of Great Britain, 917 |
| | Memorial to the Inhabitants of the Colonies, 921 |
| | Committee to prepare an Address to the People of Quebeck, and Letters to the Colonies of St. John's. Nova-Scotia, Georgia, and East and West Florida, 928 |
| | Committee to revise the Minutes of Congress, 928 |
| | Address to the King considered, recommitted, and Mr. Dickinson added to the Committee, 928 |
| | The seizing a Person, in America, to transport him beyond the Sea, for Trial, declared to be against the Law, and ought to meet with resistance and reprisal, 928 |
| 22, | Peyton Randolph unable to attend the Congress, Henry Middleton chosen President, 928 |
| | Address from Christopher Tully received, 928 |
| | Journal ordered to be printed, 928 |
| | A Congress to be held on the 10th of May next, unless redress of Grievances should be sooner obtained, recommended, 928 |
| | Letter from Congress to the Colonies of St. John's, &c., 929 |
| 24, | Address to the People of Quebeck reported, considered, and recommitted, 929 |
| | Address to the King reported, 929 |
| 25, | Address considered, approved, and ordered to be engrossed, 929 |
| | To be sent to the Colony Agents, to be presented to his Majesty; and the Agents requested to call in the aid of such Noblemen and Gentlemen as are firm friends to American Liberty, 929 |
| | Committee to prepare a Letter to the Agents, 929 |
| | Thanks of Congress to the patriotick Advocates of Civiland Religious Liberty who have espoused the cause of America, both in and out of Parliament, 929 |
| 26, | Letter to the Colony Agents, 929 |
| | Address to the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebeck, 930 |
| | Address to the King, 934 |
| | List of the Colony Agents, 938 |
| | List of the Delegates who attended the Congress, 938 |
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CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. |
Oct. 20, | Letter from Governour Gage to Peyton Randolph, in reply to the Letter from the Congress, of the 10th of October, 939 |
| | Letter to Peyton Randolph, late President of the American Continental Congress, from an Inhabitant of Massachusetts, against the Proceedings of the Congress, and defending the conduct of General Gage, 939 |
| 27, | Letter to General Gage, from Williamsburg, in Virginia, 945 |
| 27, | Letter from John Dickinson to Arthur Lee. The Colonies have taken such grounds that Great Britain must relax, or involve herself in a Civil War. A determined and unanimous resolution animates the Continent, 947 |
| 28, | Letter from John Dickinson to Josiah Quincy, Jun. The most peaceable Provinces are now animated; and a Civil War is inevitable, unless there be a quick change of British measures, 947 |
| 29, | Letter from Colonel Charles Lee to the Duke of —All orders of men, throughout the Colonies, are enthusiastick in the cause of Freedom. The People have Arms, and are expert in their use, 949 |
| 30, | Letter from Governour Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth. The Provincial Congress, it is reported, had in agitation the embodying of fifteen thousand Men, to be ready, at a moment's warning, and to be supported by the neighbouring Provinces. It is the intention of the Congress to assemble the old Council at the next meeting, to form as complete a Government as possible for the Province, 950 |
| 31, | Letter from Josiah Quincy to Josiah Quincy, Jun, 951 |
| 31, | Letter from Governour Penn to the Earl of Dartmouth, 952 |
Nov. 1, | Address of the Grand Jury for the County of Essex, in New-Jersey, to Frederick Smith, Chief Justice of the Province, 967 |
| 1, | Letter from a Gentleman, at Bladensburg, Mary-land, to his brother, in Glasgow. Virginia is raising a Company of Men in every County. Maryland has begun to raise Men in every County also. To the Northward they have large Bodies ready for the field. Regulation of prices of imported Goods, 953 |
Nov. 2, | Circular Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to the Governours of the Colonies. Requires Returns every three months of the state of their respective Councils, 953 |
| 2. | Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to Lieutenant Governour Colden. Requires him to be particularly attentive to prevent the importation of Gunpowder: he has every day intelligence of the Americans purchasing large quantities of Arms and Ammunition in the different Ports of Europe, 953 |
| 2, | Council of Pennsylvania authorize the laying out a King's Highway, from the Wind Gap, on the North side of the Blue Mountain, to Wyoming, 954 |
| | Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to Governour Penn, dated August 26. Requires him to desist from extending the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania to the line run by the Commissioners of that Province and Maryland, 954 |
| 2, | Proclamation of Governour Penn, requiring Magistrates and others to desist from exercising jurisdiction beyond those places where it has been heretofore exercised, until his Majesty's pleasure shall be known in the premises, 955 |
| 3, | Letter from Governour Penn to the Earl of Dartmouth. Explanation of his motives for issuing the Proclamation for extending the jurisdiction, 955 |
| 2, | Letter from Arthur St Clair to Governour Penn Report of the Battle between the Indians and Colonel Lewis, 956 |
| 2, | Address of the Committee to the Freeholders and Electors of the City and County of Philadelphia. Recommend the election of a new Committee, under the Association of the Congress, 956 |
| 2, | Letter from Lieutenant Governour Colden to the Earl of Dartmouth. The Congress broke up last week. Their measures do not meet with applause in New-York; on the contrary, the City is rather dissatisfied. The Merchants dislike the Non-Importation, and the Farmers will not bear the Non-Exportation. A great majority in the Province disapprove of the dangerous measures of the New England Governments, 957 |
| 2, | Letter from an Officer at Boston, to his friend in Edinburgh, The Faction at Boston is very low. All ranks of People are heartily tired of disorder: and as soon as the determination of Great Britain to despise their Resolves and Petitions, is known, all will be quiet, 957 |
| 3, | Letter from Doctor Chauncy to Josiah Quincy, Jun., London. The Colonies are united in their resolution to defend their Liberties. All wish for a restoration of harmony, and dread a bloody conflict; yet this they will universally go into, rather than submit to the tyrannical measures imposed on them, 958 |
| 4, | Letter from Governour Penn to the Earl of Dartmouth, 958 |
| 5, | Charge of William Henry Drayton, one of the Judges of the General Sessions of the Peace, for the Districts of Camden and Cheraws, in South Carolina, on his Circuit, the fifth and fifteenth days of November, to the several Grand Juries, 959 |
| | Presentments of the Grand Jury for the District of Camden, 961 |
| | Presentments of the Grand Jury for the Cheraws District, 962 |
| | Address of the Petit Jury of Cheraws District, to Judge Drayton, 962 |
| 5, | Resolutions adopted at a Meeting of the Officers under the command of Lord Dunmore, convened at Fort Gower, 962 |
| 6, | Sheep not permitted to be sent from New-York to the West Indies, 963 |
| 6, | Letter from Joseph Reed to Josiah Quincy, Jun. The Quakers have directed their members not to serve on the Committee for carrying into effect the Association of Congress; yet, in Philadelphia, there is no fear that any discontented spirit dares oppose the measures necessary for the publick safety. There is more fear for |