that we consider the unnatural civil war which we are about to be forced into, with anxiety and distress; but that we are determined to oppose the novel claim of the Parliament of Great Britain to raise a revenue in America, and risk every possible consequence rather than submit to it.

Resolved, That it appears to this meeting that there are a sufficient number of Arms for the people.

Resolved, That a sum of money be now raised to purchase what further quantity of Powder and Ball may be necessary; and it is recommended that every man capable of bearing arms enter into Companies to train, and be prepared to march at a minute’s warning; and it is further recommended to the people that they do not waste their Powder in fowling or hunting.

A subscription was then opened, and One Hundred and Sixty Pounds instantly paid into the hands of a person appointed for that purpose. The Officers of four Companies were then chosen, and the meeting broke up in perfect unanimity.

ELISHA LAWRENCE, Clerk.

TOWN-MEETING, NEWARK, NEW-JERSEY.

Newark, New-Jersey, May 4, 1775.

At a meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Township of Newark, in New-Jersey, on Thursday, the 4th day of May, A. D. 1775:

Doctor WILLIAM BURNETT in the Chair.

An Association having been entered into and subscribed by the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of said Town, a motion was made and agreed to, that the same be read. The same was accordingly read, and is as follows:

“We, the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Township of Newark, having deliberately considered the openly avowed design of the Ministry of Great Britain to raise a revenue in America; being affected with horrour at the bloody scene now acting in the Massachusetts-Bay for carrying that arbitrary design into execution; firmly convinced that the very existence of the rights and liberties of America can, under God, subsist on no other basis than the most animated and perfect union of its inhabitants; and being sensible of the necessity, in the present exigency, of preserving good order, and a due regulation in all publick measures, with hearts perfectly abhorrent of slavery, do solemnly, under all the sacred ties of religion, honour, and love to our Country, associate and resolve, that we will, personally, and as far as our influence can extend, endeavour to support and carry into execution whatever measures may be recommended by the Continental Congress, or agreed upon by the proposed Convention of Deputies of this Province, for the purposes of preserving and fixing our Constitution on a permanent basis, and opposing the execution of the several despotick and oppressive Acts of the British Parliament, until the wished-for reconciliation between Great Britain and America, on constitutional principles, can be obtained.

“That a General Committee be chosen by this Town for the purposes aforesaid, and that we will be directed by, and support them in all things respecting the “common cause, the preservation of peace, good order, the safety of individuals, and private property.”

Voted, That Isaac Ogden, Esquire, Captain Philip Van Cortlandt, Bethuel Pierson, and Caleb Camp, be the Deputies to represent said Township in the Provincial Congress referred to in the said Association.

The General Committee also mentioned in the said Association, was then chosen, consisting of forty-four.

Agreed, That the powers delegated to the Deputies and General Committee, continue until the expiration of five weeks after the rising of the next Continental Congress, and no longer.

Agreed, That the General Committee have power to appoint one or more Sub-Committees, to act on any emergency. ISAAC LONGWORTH, Town Clerk.

The General Committee immediately convened, and elected Lewis Ogden, Esquire, Chairman, Doctor William Burnett, Deputy Chairman, and Elisha Boudinot, Esq., Clerk of the said General Committee.

Agreed, That the above-named Lewis Ogden, Esquire, Doctor William Burnett, Elisha Boudinot, Esquire, Isaac Ogden, Esquire, and Mr. Isaac Longworth, be a Committee of Correspondence for said Town.

ELISHA BOUDINOT, Clerk to Committee.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN IN NEW-YORK TO HIS CORRESPONDENT IN LONDON, DATED MAY 4, 1775.

The General Committee of One Hundred have stopped all supplies to Boston, Newfoundland, and all the Fishing Coasts, after the example of Philadelphia. The members of His Majesty’s Council have sent a copy of the Minutes of their proceedings to the Committee this morning, with liberty to communicate the purport of them. The minutes (which are the outlines of a letter to be transmitted by this packet) contain a just and true account of the circumstances which took place on the news of an engagement; acknowledged the receipt of a letter from Lord Dartmouth of the 24th of March, wherein he hints at a plan of accommodation being to be offered; in answer to which they give their opinion explicitly, that no terms will be attended to in the present ferment; and unless General Gage ceases hostilities, it will be in vain to make proposals of any kind. In short, that this and all other Provinces are resolved, not only to refuse submission to the late and present Acts of Parliament, but to oppose, at the risk of their lives and fortunes, all those who come to enforce them.

New-York, May 4, 1775.

We hear that the Post, having been interrupted, the Postmaster (who has hitherto, without legal authority, been appointed from home, and as a conveniency, permitted here unquestioned) has discharged the riders, the expense of which he has no longer a fund to support. An office for this necessary business will doubtless be put under proper regulations by the Continental Congress, and no more be permitted to return to the rapacious hands of unauthorized intruders, since it would be the most contemptible pusillanimity to suffer a revenue to be raised from our property to defray the expense of cutting our throats ! We hear Mr. William Goddard, who has been a great sufferer, with many others, by the malpractices of an illegal holder of this office, is now on a journey to the Eastward, in order to put the business under proper regulations to be laid before the Congress.

GOVERNOUR TRUMBULL TO DOCTOR JOSEPH WARREN.

Hartford, May 4, 1775.

SIR: Your letter of the 2d of May instant, is received. You may be informed from our letter to Brigadier-General Putnam, what is already done by our General Assembly, and need not fear our firmness, deliberation, and unanimity to pursue the measures which appear best for our common defence and safety, and in no degree to relax our vigilant preparations for that end, and to act in union and concert with our sister Colonies, and shall be cautious of trusting promises which may be in the power of any one to evade. We hope no ill consequences will attend our embassy to General Gage.

Should be glad to be furnished with the evidences duly authenticated concerning the attack on the 19th of April last, at Lexington, which it is presumed you have taken. Though we are at a distance from the distressing scene before your eyes, yet are most sensibly affected with the alarming relations of them.

I am, in behalf of the Governour and Company, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,

JONATHAN TRUMBULL.

To the Honourable Joseph Warren, Esquire.

COMMITTEE OF SAFETY OF MASSACHUSETTS TO GOVERNOUR TRUMBULL.

Cambridge, May 4, 1775.

The distressed situation into which a wicked and despotick Administration have involved this Country, will justify us in your eyes, as we presume, in our present most earnest and pressing desire that you will immediately send us three or four thousand men of your establishment, in order