1775.
Jan. 27, | Votes and Resolves passed at a Convention of Committees for the County of Worcester, in Massachusetts, 1192 |
| 28, | Letter from a Merchant in Annapolis, to a Gentleman in Philadelphia. They have defeated an insolent plan of levying Money upon his Majesty's faithful Subjects in Anne Arundel County, to raise a fund for the express purpose of purchasing Arms and Ammunition, to join the treasonable purpose projected by Adams and the Eastern Republicans, to carry on a formal Rebellion in the Colonies, 1194 |
| 30, | Answer of the Governour of his Majesty's Province of Pennsylvania, in America, to the several heads of Inquiry, relative to the present slate and condition of the said Province, transmitted by the Right Honourable the Earl of Dartmouth, in his Letter of July 5, 1773, 1194 |
| 30, | Letter from Governour Penn to the Earl of Dartmouth, 1698 |
| 30, | Meeting of Freeholders in the Precinct of Wall-kill, Ulster County, New-York. Approve of the Association of the General Congress.—"Free Thoughts on the Resolves of the Congress," burnt, 1201 |
| 30, | Letter from London to a Gentleman of New-York. Commission sent to General Gage, to try and execute certain persons in the Colonies, 1202 |
| 30, | Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of Ridgefield, hi Connecticut. Refuse to adopt or conform to the Association of the Continental Congress; and protest against the Congress and their measures, as unconstitutional, and as countenancing licentiousness. Acknowledge the lung as the rightful Sovereign, and the King and Parliament as the rightful Government of the whole British Empire, 1202 |
| 30, | New-York Committee appoint Sub-Committee, to observe the conduct of all Vessels that arrive after the first day of February, 1203 |
| 30, | Letter from New-York, to a Gentleman in Boston. There is now no chance of the Assembly's aiding or abetting the Congress. The friends of Government are open-mouthed against the Proceedings of the Congress; and no one dares, among gentlemen, to support them, 1203 |
| 31, | Meeting of the Freeholders of Westmoreland County, Virginia. Delegates to the Convention elected. Instructions to the Delegates.—Committee of Observation appointed, 1203 |
| | Letter to Lord North. Proposes settling the differences with the Colonies, without subjugating the Americans on the one hand, or impairing the supreme authority of the Parliament on the other, 1204 |
Feb. | Letter from Thomas Cushing to Arthur Lee.—The People are not dismayed at the King's Speech; and if an attempt is made to carry the Acts of Parliament into execution, by a Military Force, the People of America will make the last appeal. They are determined Life and Liberty shall go together, 1208 |
Feb. | Letter from Annapolis, to a Gentleman in New-York. Thousands in Maryland would return to their duty and allegiance, but for the cunning of their leaders, which has rendered retreat so difficult. Every man in private must think the Congressmen, and their sattelites the Committee-Men, the truest, though absurdest, tyrants, that any country ever had cause to complain of, 1208 |
Feb. 1, | Letter from Colonel Adam Stephen to Richard Henry Lee, 1209 |
| 1, | Letter from Boston, to a Gentleman in Philadelphia. The report that the Quakers in Boston opened their Shops, on the day of Publick Thanksgiving, is without foundation, and propagated for the most vile and malevolent purposes, 1210 |
| 1, | Letter from Governour Franklin to the Earl of Dartmouth. Had hopes that the Assembly would not approve the Proceedings of the General Congress; but, by the artful management of those who espoused the measure, it was carried through the morning it was proposed, 1697 |
Feb. 2, | Declaration of sundry Inhabitants of Ridgebury, in the Town of Ridgefield, that, at the Meeting on the 30th of January, they did not vote with the majority against adopting the Association of the Continental Congress, 1210 |
| 4, | Letter from London, to a Gentleman in Philadelphia. Does not know how soon communication with the Colonies may be cut off by hostilitiea The Americans have many enemies in England, 1211 |
| 4, | Letter from Philadelphia, to James Rivington, New-York. May assure his readers that Mr. Dickinson has declared that "he was really alarmed at the proceedings of the Committee." He formerly took the lead; at the late Provincial Congress he did not speak at all. In spice of the arts of the fiery Republicans, Associations are concerting to counteract the authority of unconstitutional Congresses and Committees of all sorts, 1211 |
| 4, | Address to the Americans. It is the duty and the interest of the People to offer terms of reconciliation to the Parent State. The Congress have adopted such irritating measures, as disqualify them for offering terms of accommodation, 1211 |
| 6, | Meeting of the Freeholders of Lancaster County, Virginia. Committee to carry into effect the American Association, elected. Delegates to the Convention appointed and instructed, 1213 |
| 6, | Letter received in New-York, from London.—Nothing can be more false than the representations of hostile intentions against America, formed by the present Administration. The Americans should make the first advances towards a reconciliation. A Petition from the Assemblies will be attended with success, if their claims are accurately limited and defined, 1214 |
| 6, | Letter from Philadelphia, to a Gentleman in New-York. A faithful adherence to the Association in New-York, will go far to remove the infamy which will fall upon that Province, whose defection may tend to defeat the virtuous struggles in which we are engaged, 1215 |
| 6, | Meeting of the Freemen and Inhabitants of New-town, in Connecticut. Refuse to adopt or conform to the Association, and protest against the Continental Congress, and their measures, as unconstitutional, and tending to licentiousness, 1215 |
| 6, | Town Meeting at Danbury, in Connecticut.—Refuse to appoint Delegates to meet the County Congress, to be held at Fairfield, on the 14th instant, and rescind the vote appointing a Committee of Inspection, 1216 |
| 6, | Handbill distributed through Boston. Let us seize our seducers, make peace with the Mother Country, and save ourselves, 1216 |
| 6, | Letter from Boston, to a Gentleman in Philadelphia. The Tories are perpetually holding up to view the terrifick consequences of Treason and Rebellion; but they bellow to the winds. So generally are the principles of Liberty disseminated among the People, that nothing but Arms can suppress it, 1216 |
| 7, | Proceedings of the Committee of Observation for |
| | the Borough of Norfolk, in Virginia, on a complaint against Dr. Gordon, 1217 |
| 7, | Address presented to General Gage, from Six Towns in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 1218 |
| 6, | Meeting of the Merchants, Traders, and others, in London, concerned in the American Commerce, Report of the Committee appointed to present the second Petition to the House of Commons, 1219 |
| 7, | Meeting of the Merchants, Traders, and others, in London, concerned in American Commerce. Report of the Committee appointed to present the Petition to the House of Lords, 1220 |
| 8, | Address of the Merchants, Traders, and Manufacturers, of Birmingham, concerned in the Trade to America, to Mr. Edmund Burke, 1221 |
| 8, | Meeting of the Committee for Westmoreland County, Virginia, Pedlars required to produce proof to the Committee that their Goods were imported before the 1st of February, 1222 |
| 8, | Letter from Doctor John Connolly to Colonel George Washington. Wishes to have information how he is to proceed with the Mingoe Prisoners, 1222 |
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