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1775.
to induce a compliance on the part of the Assembly,
29
March
4,
Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to Lieutenant-Governour Colden, His Despatch of the 1st of February hag been received. The sentiments of duty to the King and wishes of a reconciliation, so fully expressed in the Addresses of the Council and Assembly, have been very graciously received by His Majesty,
29
4,
Letter from London to a Gentleman in New-York. The conduct of New-York has filled every heart with joy. The Resolution of Lord North, of February 27, which is founded on the truest principle of policy and benevolence, will be outrageously censured and traduced by the Opposition. By this measure Parliament gives a proof that while it sends forth the sword of justice to punish the factious, it extends also friendly proposals to invite the good citizens to peace and reconciliation,
29
4,
Meeting of the Committee of Chowan County, North-Carolina. Premiums offered for the encouragement of Manufactures,
30
4,
Letter from John Sullivan to Mr. Fowle, enclosing the Articles of Association of the Military Company of Durham, New-Hampshire,
31
Remarks on Mr. Sullivan’s Letter. The extraordinary spirit to acquire the use of Arms at this time of civil discords, marks strongly a disposition to employ oar Arms against the Government,
32
Mr. Sullivan’s Reply,
32
6,
Address of the Committee of Norfolk to the Freemen of Virginia, on the conduct of John Brown, in importing Slaves in violation of the Continental Association,
33
6,
Committee of Observation for Baltimore prohibit the landing of Salt imported in violation of the Continental Association,
34
6,
Committee of Cumberland County, New-Jersey, break off all dealings with Silas New-comb, a Member of the Committee, who has drank East-India Tea in his family ever since the 1st day of March, instant, in violation of the Continental Association,
34
Recantation of Silas Newcomb, which is accepted by the Committee,
34
6,
Committee of Observation and Inspection for Freehold, New-Jersey, declare James Riv-ington, of New-York, Printer, a malignant enemy to the liberties of this Country, for his attempts to disunite the Colonies,
35
6,
Letter from Major Benjamin Floyd, of Brook-haven, Suffolk County, New-York, to Mr. Rivington, in reply to some Resolutions adopted by a Committee at Smithtown, on the 23d of February,
36
6,
Meeting of the People of Danvers. Officers chosen for an Alarm list Company,
37
6,
Reflections on the present state of affairs in America. The Americans will be compelled to follow the example of the United Provinces, and publish a Manifesto to the world, showing the necessity of dissolving their connection with Great Britain,
37
6,
Oration delivered at the request of the Inhabitants of Boston, to commemorate the bloody tragedy of the 5th of March, 1770, by Doctor Joseph Warren,
38
6,
Address to the Inhabitants of New-York against the recommendation of the Committee to elect Delegates,
44
6,
Address to the Inhabitants of the City of New-York, The method proposed by the Committee for the nomination of Delegates extremely exceptionable,
44
6,
Address to the respectable Inhabitants of the City of New-York against the election of Delegates to the Continental Congress. The Pro-ceedings of the Late Congress were violent and treasonable. One of their Members (Sullivan) guilty of open treason in the broad face of day. Deputies to a Provincial Congress ought not to be chosen. In the other Colonies Provincial Congresses are closing the Courts of Justice, wresting the Troops out of the King’s hands, and enlisting Minute-Men to annihilate his just and legal authority,
44
1775.    
March
7,
Address to the Publick, in answer to the fore-going,
46
7,
Affidavit of John Graham, Clerk to Robert and John Murray, owners of the Ship Beulah. The Ship left the watering place at Staten Island yesterday, and passed the Light-house at eight o’clock this morning. Does not believe any boat was employed to land any Goods from the vessel,
48
8,
Account of the Meetings on the evenings of Thursday, Friday and Saturday last, and on Monday morning, the 6th instant, when it was determined, by large majorities, to send Deputies to a Provincial Congress authorized to choose Delegates to the next Continental Congress,
48
8,
Another account of the Proceedings and of the Meeting on Monday. The friends of constitutional liberty disapprove of the measures. They proposed the postponement of all action until after the adjournment of the Assembly and the arrival of the Packet from England. The Committee, in recommending the choice of Delegates, exceeded their powers, and at the Meeting held on Monday, at their request, it was impossible to determine on which side the majority was,
49
8,
Meeting of the New-York Committee. Philip Livingston and John Jay appointed to inquire of Mr. Rivington on what authority he made a false and groundless statement in his Paper,
50
Mr. Livingston and Mr. Jay, March 13, report to the Committee that Mr. Rivington says he made the statement on common rumour, but will be more careful for the future,
50
Mr. Rivington’s Explanation, March 16, (Note,)
50
7,
Address to the People of England. A defence of the Americans against the charge of High Treason,
51
7,
Meeting of the Constitutional Society in London. Contributions for the suffering Inhabitants of Boston,
54
7,
Extract of a Letter from London. The Crisis, No. 3, (a periodical Paper,) burnt by the common hangman yesterday at Westminster, and to-day at the Royal Exchange, by order of the House of Commons,
55
The Crisis, No. 1. To the People of England and America,
56
The Crisis, No. 2. To a Bloody Court, a. Bloody Ministry, and a Bloody Parliament,
59
The Crisis, No. 3. To the King,
62
The Crisis, No. 4. To the Conspirators against the Liberties of Mankind at St. James’s, in St. Stephen’s Chapel, the House of Lords, or amongst the Bench of Bishops, and to the Officers, Soldiers and Seamen, who may be employed to butcher their Relations, Friends and Fellow-Subjects in America,
63
The Crisis, No. 5. To the People,
66
The Crisis, No. 6. To the Right Honourable Lord North, First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Hanger of Bushy Park, &c,
69
The Crisis, No. 8. To the Lords Suffolk, Pom-fret, Radnor, Apsley and Sandwich,
71
The Crisis, No. 9. To the King,
73
7,
Letter from Charlestown, S. C., to a Gentleman in London. This Province cannot long subsist without a Free Trade. Before the Non-Exportation Scheme took effect there was a lively Commerce here; now the temper of the People is soured, and their fortunes consuming fast, for want of Trade, It is the wish of the wise and the sober that a speedy reconciliation may be effected,
76
7,
Meeting of the Committee of Princess Anne County, Virginia. Examination of the charges of John Sauuders, Benjamin Dingly Gray and Mitchell Phillips, for violations of the Provincial and Continental Associations. They are all declared to be inimical to the liberties of this Country, and that no person ought to have any commercial intercourse or dealing with them,
76
7,
Outrage committed by Captain Graves, of the King’s armed Schooner Diana, upon George Taylor, in the Delaware,
78

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