1774.
Dec. | 6, Meeting of the Freeholders of Essex County, Virginia. Committee of Observation appointed, 1026 |
| | Committee of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1026 |
| 6, | Meeting of Freeholders of Princess Anne County Virginia. Committee of Observation appointed, 1026 |
| 6, | Regulations, for the sale of Goods imported after the first day of December, adopted by the Philadelphia Committee, 1026 |
| 6, | Letter from Governour Penn to the Earl of Dartmouth. Philadelphia and several of the Counties have appointed Committees to enforce the Association, 1027 |
| 6, | Meeting of Freeholders and other Inhabitants of Jamaica, in Queen's County, New-York. Approve the Resolutions of the Congress. Committee of Correspondence and Observation appointed, 1027 |
| 7, | Meeting of Freeholders of Newark, in Essex County, New-Jersey. Committee of Observation appointed, 1028 |
| | Address of the Committee to the Delegates for New-Jersey, in the Continental Congress, 1029 |
| | Queries of the Committee relative to Rivington's Newspaper, 1029 |
| 7, | Letter from Lieutenant Governour Colden to the Earl of Dartmouth. Proceedings in New-York on the Resolutions of Congress. Dispute between the smugglers and fair traders will probably defeat the Association. Men opposed to the Congress on the Committee; they at present support the measures of the Congress, to prevent dangerous men from taking die lead, 1030 |
| 8, | Meeting of the Freeholders of Caroline County, Virginia. Committee of Observation appointed, 1030 |
| 8, | Meeting of the Deputies appointed by the several Counties of the Province of Maryland, at the City of Annapolis, by adjournment, on the 8th of December, and continued till the 12th, 1031 |
| | Proceedings of the Continental Congress unanimously approved, 1031 |
| | Woollen, Linen, and Cotton Manufactures recommended, 1031 |
| | Advances on the prime cost of Goods regulated, 1031 |
| | Suits not to be brought in any case for any Person who violates the Continental Association. 1032 |
| | None but Members of Committees to meddle with, or determine, any question under the Association, 1032 |
| | Will support, to the utmost of their power, any Colony where an attempt shall be made to carry into execution, by force, the assumed power of Parliament to Tax the Colonies, 1032 |
| | Inhabitants of the Province, from sixteen to fifty years of age, to form themselves into Military Companies, 1032 |
| | Ten thousand Pounds to be raised by the Counties for the purchase of Arms and Ammunition, 1032 |
| | Committee of Correspondence for the Province empowered to call a Meeting of the Convention on the 24th of April next, 1033 |
| | Contributions for the Suffering Poor of Boston to be continued, 1033 |
| | Committee of Correspondence appointed, 1033 |
| | Delegates to the next Continental Congress appointed, 1033 |
| | Colonies and Provinces generally requested to enter into such Resolutions as have been adopted by this Province, for mutual defence and protection, 1033 |
| 9, | Letter from Savannah, to a Gentleman of Philadelphia. Meeting at Savannah, on the 8th. Georgia will unite with the other Colonies. Large Donations made for Sufferers in Boston, 1033 |
| 9, | Meeting of the Freeholders of Prince William County, Virginia. Committee of Observation elected. Resolutions adopted on the 21st to enforce the Continental Association, 1034 |
| 10, | Circular from the Earl of Dartmouth to the Governours of the several Colonies, The Resolution of Parliament to sustain the King-in carrying into execution the Laws of the last Session, will put an end to the expectations of the Colonies of receiving support in their unwarrantable pretensions, 1034 |
Dec. 10, | Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to Lieutenant Governour Colden. Does not think the assistance of the King's Troops to quell the disturbances at Bennington, under the New-Hampshire Grants, ought to be called for until every other effort has been found insufficient; and hopes these disputes may be settled without the risk of bloodshed, 1035 |
| 10, | Meeting of Freeholders of Newtown, in Queen's County, New-York. Committee of Observation appointed, 1035 |
| 10, | Letter from London, to a Gentleman in New-York. Advantages to the Colonies from an union with England. Parliament cannot make the first advances towards reconciliation, 1035 |
| 10, | Letter from London to a Gentleman in New-York. The American writers, by their pretensions to Independence, and their claims to exemption from Taxation, have ruined the cause, 1036 |
| 12, | Meeting of the Freeholders of King and Queen County, Virginia. Committee of Observation appointed, 1037 |
| 12, | Meeting of Henrico County, Virginia, Committee. The Resolutions of Congress to be considered by the Committee as the sole rule of their conduct, respecting their present engagements. Committee of Correspondence appointed, 1037 |
| 12. | Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dan-bury, in Connecticut. Resolutions to support the Congress. Committee of Observation appointed. The Inhabitants requested to contribute liberally, Money or Provisions for Boston Sufferers, 1038 |
| 12, | Letter from Boston to a Gentleman in New-York, It was moved on the 10th instant, in the Provincial Congress, that Arms be immediately taken up against the King's Troops: a Member stated such a move was infamous, as the Members knew that neither Connecticut, nor any of the Southern Colonies, meant to oppose his Majesty's Arms. At Plymouth they are now beating up for Volunteers to attack the Troops, 1039 |
| 12, | Letter from Captain Wallace to Vice Admiral Graves, dated on board his Majesty's Ship Rose, at Newport, Rhode-Island. The Kind's Cannon upon Fort-Island carried off by The Inhabitants, 1039 |
| 13, | Letter from Sir James Wright to the Earl of Dartmouth. Attempt to raise a flame again in Georgia, since the return of the Carolina Delegates from the Congress, whose Resolutions and Proceedings have sanctioned Rebellion, 1040 |
| 13, | Letter from Arthur Lee to Richard Henry Lee, 1040 |
| 14, | Letter from Newport, in Rhode-Island, to a Gentleman in New-York. The People there have declared themselves openly against Government. The Publick Authorities have dismantled the King's Fort, and moved the Cannon and Stores to Providence, 1041 |
| 14, | Letter from Governour Wentworth to Governour Gage. This day about four hundred Men proceeded 10 his Majesty's Castle, William and Mary, and carried off by violence one hundred barrels of Powder, belonging to the King; tomorrow, it is expected, they will carry off the Cannon and Arms. The persons who took the lead in this enormity are well known, 1041 |
| 14, | Letter from Captain Cochran, Commander of Fort William and Mary, to Governour Wentworth, Informs him of the storming of the Fort, and the seizure and removal of the Powder, 1042 |
| 16, | Letter from Governour Wentworth to Governour Gage. Last night many Cannon, and about sixty Muskets, were taken from the Fort. Portsmouth is full of armed Men, who appear determined to dismantle the Fort entirely, 1042 |
| 16, | Letters from Portsmouth, in New-Hampshire, to a Gentleman in New-York. Further accounts of the seizure of the Powder and Cannon at Fort William and Mary, 1043 |
| | Address of the Council of Virginia to Governour Dunmore, 1043 |
| | The Governor's Answer, 1044 |