Address to the Inhabitants of New-York. Obedience and submission to Government urged and enforced on the authority of the Bible,

Reply to the foregoing. Absolute passive obedience and non-resistance is contrary to the Word of God,

Declaration of the Grand Jury and Magistrates at a Court of Quarter Sessions, at Johnstown, Tryon County, New-York. Condemn the destruction of the Tea at Boston as an outrageous and unlawful act. Renew their professions of attachment and pledges of true allegiance to their lawful Sovereign, and will, in any extremity, exert themselves in support of Government,

Letter from the Rev. Dr. Wheelock to Governour Trumbull. Has sent Mr. James Dean among the Indian Tribes in Canada to preserve peace on the frontier Settlements. Mr. Dean has great influence with the Six Nations, and could, if authorized, get them to join the Colonies against any invasion that may be attempted,

Remonstrance presented by the Selectmen of Billerica to General Gage, demanding satisfaction for the outrage committed on Thomas Ditson, by the authority of Colonel Nesbit. If the Inhabitants of the Country Towns are treated with this brulish ferocity they will hereafter use a different style from that of petition and complaint,

Address to the Gentlemen of the Provincial Congress of Virginia, by Charles Lee. The Addresses of the New-York Assembly are more alarming than the threats of the Minister—Any defection amongst ourselves is a matter of the most serious concern. It behooves every Provincial Congress to consider of some effectual means to prevent the mischievous consequences intended by these abandoned men,

“Lucius” on the treatment the Colonies have received from Great Britain. Their patience and forbearance under all their wrongs. Their conduct defended and their resistance justified,

Letter to Governour Wentworth. Formerly no man in his station could be more honoured and revered. By his late conduct in carrying out the plans of the Ministry he has lost the affections of the People, and will never possess them in future,

Letter from Essex, New-Jersey, to D. C. Danger to be apprehended to the Country from the influence of a party too near the Throne,

Letter from Dr. Franklin to Arthur Lee, transferring to him all the Papers of the Massachusetts Agency,

Proclamation of the States-General of the United Provinces, prohibiting the exportation of Ammunition or Arms, in vessels belonging to the Dominions of Great Britain, for six months,

Proceedings in Charlestown, South-Carolina, on the arrival of the Snow Proteus from London, with Merchandise, &c. The Committee authorize the landing of two Horses from the vessel. The People, dissatisfied with this decision, petition for a reconsideration of it in a full Committee. The permission to land the Horses reconsidered and rescinded by the Committee, and a Resolution adopted, directing the Horses, Merchandise and Furniture to be returned to England,

A full account of these Proceedings, by Mr. Drayton, (Note.)

Instructions drawn up for the Delegates to the Convention, from a certain County in Virginia,

Virginia Convention meets at Richmond,

List of the Delegates,

Peyton Randolph elected President, and John Tazewell Clerk,

President laid before the Convention the Proceedings of the Continental Congress, and a Letter from Benjamin Franklin, William Bollan and Arthur Lee,

The Proceedings of the Congress to be considered to-morrow,

 

Letter from the Inhabitants of Augusta County, west of the Alleghany Mountains, requesting John Nevill and John Harvie may be admitted as their Delegates,

Mr. Nevill and Mr. Harvie admitted,

Proceedings of the Continental Congress considered,

Further considered, and after the maturest consideration cordially approved,

Petition and Memorial of the Assembly of Jamaica to the King, laid before the Convention,

The President directed to transmit the thanks of the Convention to the Assembly of Jamaica, for their patriotick conduct,

Committee to prepare a plan for embodying, arming and disciplining such number of men as may be necessary for the defence of the Colony,

Plan for embodying the Militia reported,

The Committee of Correspondence directed to procure authentick information from the Committee of New-York, whether their House of Representatives, by any vote, have deserted the union of the American Colonies,

Committees of the several Counties and Corporations directed to exert themselves in procuring contributions for the suffering Inhabitants of Boston,

On account of the unsettled state of the Country, Lawyers, Suiters and Witnesses are requested not to attend the next General Court,

Plan for embodying, arming and disciplining the Militia, adopted,

Vote of Thanks to Lord Dunmore for his noble, wise and spirited conduct on the late expedition against the Indians,

Delegates to the Continental Congress elected by ballot,

Committee to prepare a plan for the encouragement of Manufactures in the Colony,

Plan for the encouragement of Arts and Manufactures reported, and unanimously agreed to,

For the more effectually carrying this plan into execution, it is earnestly recommended to form Societies in different parts of the Colony, and to offer premiums,

Committee to inquire whether the King may of right advance the terms of granting Lands in this Colony,

Thomas Jefferson appointed a Deputy to the General Congress in the room of Peyton Randolph, if Mr. Randolph cannot attend,

The People recommended to choose Delegates to represent them in Convention for one year,

Convention dissolved,

Field Officers chosen for New-Castle County,

Delaware,

Committee for Chester County, Pennsylvania, direct each Member to use diligence in collecting money for Boston,

Letter from Boston to Newport, R. I. The insolence of the British Soldiers at Boston, encouraged and headed by their Officers, makes it unsafe for people to walk the streets at noon-day,

Letter from a Gentleman in the service of a Counsellor of State at Paris, to his friend in Rhode-Island,

Proclamation by Lord Dunmore, for the sale of the King’s vacant Lands in Virginia, and prohibiting Richard Henderson from taking possession of any Lands under a pretended purchase from the Indians,

Address of the Committee of Norfolk, Virginia, to the Publick, declaring Captain Simpson a violator of the Association, and an enemy of American Liberty,

Committee for Talbot County, Maryland, direct two bales of Goods imported in the Ship Baltitirnore, in violation of the Continental Association to be sent back to Glasgow,

Albany, New-York, Committee appoint Deputies to the Provincial Congress,

Liberty-Pole cut down at Poughkeepsie, in New-York, by the Sheriff of Dutchess County, attended by a Judge of the Inferiour Court, and two of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace,