1774.
Dec. | 13, Meeting of the Freeholders of Northampton County, Virginia. Committee of Observation appointed. The Association to be considered the sole rule of the Committee's conduct in every emergency, 1044 |
| | Letter from the People of Northampton County, Virginia, of the 30th August, to the Committee of Donations, at Boston, 1044 |
| | Reply from David Jeffries, of the Committee of Donations, Boston, of the 30th of September, to John Harmanson, and others, of Northampton, Virginia, 1045 |
| 15, | Letter from Governour Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth, 1046 |
| 16, | Committee for Caroline County, Virginia. Recommend to the People of the County, as they would avoid being considered enemies to American Liberty, not to have any dealings with certain Merchants, charged with violating the Association, 1047 |
| 16, | Meeting of Freeholders of York County, Pennsylvania. Committee of Observation appointed, 1048 |
| 17, | Meeting of the Freeholders of Charles City County, Virginia. Committee of Observation appointed, 1049 |
| 17, | Town Meeting at Providence, in Rhode-Island. Committee of Correspondence appointed, 1049 |
| 17, | Letter received in London from an Officer in Boston. It is believed, from certain circumstances, that General Gage means to strike some stroke of importance soon, which the Americans are little aware of, 1049 |
| 18, | Letter from Arthur St. Clair to Governour Penn, 1050 |
| 19, | Letter from Lieutenant Governour Bull to the Earl of Dartmouth, 1050 |
| 19, | Philadelphia Committee order the Association of the Butchers, in the City and Suburbs of Philadelphia, to be printed, 1050 |
| 19, | Meeting of Committee for Fairfax County, Virginia. Irish Linens imported in the Ship Hope, from Belfast, directed to be sold agreeably to the Tenth Article of Association, 1051 |
| 19, | Meeting of the Committee of Observation, for Gloucester County, Virginia. Committee of Correspondence appointed, 1051 |
| 19, | Committee of Observation for Elizabethtown, in New-Jersey, Resolution relative to Rivington's Gazette, 1052 |
| 20, | Letter from London to a Gentleman of New-York. Efforts of the Ministry to accomplish their designs on the Colonies, 1052 |
| 20, | Meeting of the Inhabitants of Chester County, Pennsylvania. Committee of Observation appointed. Provincial Congress recommended, 1052 |
| 20, | United Colonies extremely active and zealous in the common cause, 1053 |
| 20, | Letter from a Gentleman in Boston to Mr. Rivington. Account of the proceedings at Portsmouth, in New-Hampshire, and the capture of Fort William and Mary, 1053 |
| 21, | Meeting of Committee for Halifax County, North Carolina. No dealings permitted with Andrew Miller, who has refused to sign the Association, 1055 |
| 21, | Meeting of the Committee for Prince George's County, Maryland. Eight hundred and thirty-three Pounds to be raised by subscription, and ten Companies to be enrolled in the County, 1056 |
| 22, | Meeting of Freeholders of Orange County, Virginia. Committee of Observation elected, 1056 |
| 22, | Circular Letter from the Committee of Correspondence of Philadelphia, to the Committee of Inspection of the several Counties in Pennsylvania, 1056 |
| 22, | Letter from Timothy Ruggles to the Printers of the Boston Newspapers, 1057 |
| | Association proposed by Mr. Ruggles, to be signed by the People of Massachusetts, to oppose the Congress, and support the King, 1057 |
| 22, | Letter from Arthur Lee to Richard Henry Lee, 1058 |
| 23, | Meeting of Inhabitants of Williamsburg, in Virginia. Committee of Observation appointed, 1059 |
| 23, | Meeting of Freeholders of Accomack County, in Virginia. Committee of Observation appointed, 1059 |
| 23, | Meeting of Gentlemen, Freeholders, and others, of St. Mary's County, Maryland. Committees of Observation and Correspondence, and Delegates to the Convention, appointed, 1060 |
Dec. 23, | Meeting of Committee for Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 1060 |
| 24, | Committee for Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Resolution relating to Thomas Charles Williams, and Mr. Williams's acknowledgement, 1061 |
| 24, | Letter from Governour Dunmore to the Earl of Dartmouth. Every County in Virginia has its Committee, and is, besides, raising an Independent Company, for the avowed purpose of being employed against Government, if occasion requires. There is not a Justice of the Peace in Virginia that acts, except as a Committee-man. The Association will defeat itself. The Non-Exportation Agreement will produce distress; and Manufactures cannot, advantageously, be carried on in Virginia, 1062 |
| 24, | Meeting of the Inhabitants of King's District, Albany County, New-York. Will, at the risk of their lives, suppress every Meeting, Association, or Combination, which may, in any wise, obstruct the due Administration of Justice, under the King, in the Province, 1063 |
| 24, | Address from "A Watchman," to the Inhabitants of British America, 1063 |
| 24, | Letter from London to a Gentleman in New-York, 1065 |
| 24, | Letter from Philadelphia to a Member of the British Parliament A Manufactory of Gunpowder begun in Pennsylvania, where there are Gunsmiths enough to make one hundred thousand Stand of Arms in a year, 1066 |
| 26, | Letter from Philadelphia to a Member of the British Parliament. The Ministry who believe the military preparations in the Colonies have been recommended and taught by General Lee, are entirely mistaken. The Americans were determined to seal their love of Liberty with their blood, long before they heard the name of that Officer, 1066 |
| 26, | Letter from London to a Gentleman in Virginia. The Petition of the Congress favourably received in England. Lord Chatham commends both the Petition and the other Proceedings in the highest terms, 1067 |
| 26, | Letter from London to a Gentleman in Virginia. The universal approbation the Proceedings of the Congress meets with in England, has disconcerted the Ministry, who appear unwilling to retract, and unable to proceed, 1067 |
| 26, | Letter from Arthur Lee to Richard Henry Lee, 1068 |
| 26, | Letter from an Officer in the Army, at Boston, to a Gentleman in Edinburgh. The Army is in high spirits, and the Town is quiet. The back settlements, in general, disapprove of the Non-Importation Resolves, 1068 |
| 26, | Letter from Governour Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth, 1069 |
| 26, | Proclamation of Governour Wentworth, for apprehending and bringing to condign punishment those who were guilty of the treasonable insults and outrages at his Majesty's Castle, William and Mary, on the 14th and 15th of this month, 1069 |
| 27, | Account of the seizure of Powder and Arms, at New-York, 1070 |
| 28, | Humble Petition and Memorial of the Assembly of Jamaica, to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, in Council, 1072 |
| 28, | Address to the Inhabitants of North America, in general, and those of the Province of New-York, in particular, in defence of the Congress, 1074 |
| 29, | Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Fair-field, in Connecticut. Approve the Association, and appoint Committee of Observation. Committee to attend a County Congress, and a Committee of Correspondence, appointed, 1075 |
| 30, | Letter from Governour Eden to the Earl of Dartmouth. The People of Maryland will undergo any hardship, rather than submit to the Tax on Tea; and will support the Association, even if it causes the total ruin of their Trade, 1076 |
| 30, | Meeting at Oyster Bay, in Queen's County, New-York, called to choose a Committee,— |
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