1775. | purchase of Arms and Ammunition, shall be considered an enemy to America, 1140 |
| | Objections to the Proceedings of this Meeting, (Note,). 1141 |
Jan. 16, | Meeting of Freeholders and other Inhabitants of Prince George's County, Maryland, Members added to the Committee of Inspection, and to the Committee of Correspondence. Delegates to the Provincial Congress appointed, 1142 |
| 16, | Meeting; of the Inhabitants of Baltimore County, Maryland. Proceedings of the late Provincial Convention, approved, 1142 |
| | Delegates to the next Provincial Congress appointed, 1143 |
| | Members added to the Committee of Observation, 1143 |
| | Name of every person refusing to subscribe for the purchase of Arms and Ammunition to be returned to the Committee, 1143 |
| | Forming the Inhabitants into Military Companies, and resisting with force, illegal attempts upon their Property, not repugnant to the Oaths of Allegiance, 1143 |
| | Subscriptions to be opened throughout the County to supply the necessities of the Sufferers at Boston, 1143 |
| | Committee to purchase Powder and Lead, 1143 |
| 16, | Meeting of the Committee of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Approve the Proceedings of the Congress. Agree to support the Association. Recommend raising Money for support of Poor Inhabitants of Boston; and appoint Committee of Correspondence, 1144 |
| 16, | Committee of Berks County, in Pennsylvania. Recommend the Inhabitants of the County not to sell Sheep to Butchers, preserving the Wool, being of the greatest consequence, 1144 |
| 17, | Meeting of the Supporters of the Bill of Rights, in London. Members of the Society who have seats in Parliament, requested to exert themselves in bringing to justice the advisers of the measures for establishing Arbitrary Government in the Colonies, 1145 |
| 17, | Meeting of the Committee for Fairfax County, Virginia. Ammunition should be immediately provided; and the Inhabitants of the County requested to form themselves into Military Companies, 1145 |
| | Association proposed for the Inhabitants of Fair-fax County, 1145 |
| 17, | Meeting of the Committee of Observation for Baltimore County, Maryland. Charges against the Rev. William Edmiston, 1146 |
| 18, | Meeting of the West India Merchants and Planters, in London, assembled to deliberate on the measures necessary to be pursued on this very important crisis, 1147 |
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA. |
Jan. 18, | Meeting of the Assembly, 1152 |
| | Speech of Governour Wright to both Houses, 1152 |
| | Message from the Upper House to the Commons,1153 |
| 20, | Address of the Upper House of Assembly to the Governour, 1154 |
| | Answer of the Governour, 1155 |
| | Address of the Commons House of Assembly to the Governour, 1155 |
| | Governour's Answer, 1156 |
| | Resolutions Declaratory of the Rights of the Colonies, 1156 |
| | Association entered into by the Provincial Congress of Georgia, assembled in Savannah, on the 18th of January, and subscribed by forty-five Deputies, on the 23d, when they chose Noble Wimberly Jones, Archibald Bullock, and John Houston, Delegates to represent that Colony in the Continental Congress to be held in May next, 1158 |
| | Letter from Georgia, dated February 18th, to a Gentleman in New-York. Proceedings of the Assembly, and of the Continental Congress, 1160 |
| | Committee for St. John's Parish, Georgia, at Charlestown, on the 23d of February, to wait on the General Committee there, 1161 |
| | Letter from Lyman Hall, Chairman of a Meeting held in St. John's Parish, Georgia, dated February 9, to the Committee of Correspondence of Charlestown, in South. Carolina, 1161 |
1775.
Jan.
20 | Message from the Committee of St. John's Parish, to the Commutes of the several Parishes of Georgia, in Congress, on the 18th of January, 1162 |
| | Another Message to the Committees of the several Parishes in Congress met, on the 20th, 1162 |
| | Answer of the Parishes met in Congress to the St. John's Committee, 1162 |
| | Resolutions of the St. John's Committee, 1162 |
| | Resolution of the General Committee at Charlestown, South Carolina, of February 8th. Will have no Trade, Commerce, Dealings, or Intercourse, with the Colony of Georgia, 1163 |
| | Chairman of the General Committee at Charlestown directed, on the 24th of February, to write to the Committee of the Parish of St John, in reply to their Letter of the 9th inst., that they cannot trade with them; and refer them to the Continental Congress, 1163 |
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CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. |
Jan. 18, | Meeting of the several Township Committees of Hunterdon County, New-Jersey. Approve the Association of the Continental Congress, and appoint a Committee of Correspondence, 1163 |
| 18, | Association signed by a number of the Inhabitants of Dutchess County, New-York. No Legal authority in America, but what is derived from the King. They will defend themselves whenever attacked on any pretence not warranted by the Laws of the Land: They will on all occasions exercise all their rights under the Laws of the Land, notwithstanding the Association of the Continental Congress; and will enforce obedience to the authority of the King, whenever called upon to do so, 1164 |
| 18, | Letter from Montreal. Parties in Canada, 1164 |
| 18, | Letter from Shrewsbury, New-Jersey, to a Gentleman in New-York. At a meeting of Free-holders, on the 17th, it was determined that the appointment of a Committee was not only useless, but would disturb the peace and quiet of the Township, 1165 |
| 20, | Meeting of the Freeholders of Fincastle County, Virginia. The Association of the Continental Congress approved and subscribed, and a Committee of Observation appointed, 1165 |
| 20, | Address of the People of Fincastle County, Virginia, to the Delegates from that Colony, who attended the Continental Congress, 1165 |
| 19, | Address from the Committee of Correspondence of Jamaica, in Queen's County, to the Delegates who represented New-York in the late Continental Congress, 1166 |
| | Answer of the Delegates, 1167 |
| 21, | Letter from Massachusetts Bay to a Gentleman in London. The Colonies will submit to no terms without a restoration of their rights; England cannot dragoon them out of their Liberties. The Congress have drawn a constitutional line: they have claimed exclusive jurisdiction over all internal concerns, and have left Great Britain the sovereignty of the Ocean, 1167 |
| 21, | Meeting of the Committee of Charles County, Maryland. No further restraints to be laid upon the bringing of suits at law, than is done by the last Provincial Convention, 1168 |
| 23, | Proclamation of Governour Dunmore. Peace with the Shawanese, who have agreed not to hunt on this side the Ohio, nor to molest passengers on that River, 1169 |
| 23, | Proceedings of the Convention for the Province of Pennsylvania, held at Philadelphia, January 23d, and continued by adjournments, until the 28th, 1169 |
| | List of the Members, 1169 |
| | The City Committee and each County Committee to have one vote in determining every question, 1170 |
| | Proceedings of the Continental Congress approved, 1170 |
| | Members of the Assembly to be instructed to procure a Law prohibiting the importation of Slaves into the Province, 1170 |
| | In case the Trade of Philadelphia shall be suspended, in the present struggle, assistance to be given to the Inhabitants of the City, 1170 |