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1775.    
March
21,
Letter from Samuel Adams to Richard Henry Lee. Virginia from the beginning of the contest has distinguished herself in the cause of American liberty: the People of Massachusetts, with some few exceptions, are firm and united The conduct of the British Soldiers and Officers highly offensive to the citizens; the Officers endeavoured to create a disturbance on the 6th, when Dr Warren delivered his Oration,
176
21,
Letter from Colonel E. Doolittle to John Hancock, suggesting the establishing of a Civil Constitution for the Province, to remedy the evils every where felt for want of a regular Government,
177
22,
Letter from Arthur Lee, enclosing one received from the Lord Mayor of London, giving information of attempts to procure counterfeits of the Bills of Credit of the Colonies,
178
22,
Letter from Dr Franklin to his son, giving a history of his private negotiations in London, for a settlement of the difficulties between the Colonies and Great Britain,
178-210
22,
Letter from Dr. Wheelock to Governour Trumbull. There are reports of an invasion from Canada, and the Indians, if not secured in our interests, will likely join on the other side. Several of their children, from some of the most respectable tribes, are now at the Seminary, (Durtmouth,) and may be considered hostages; Mr. Dean, now among them, will probably bring more; this connection is our surest bulwark against an invasion,
210
22,
Letter from Boston to a Gentleman in New-York. Outrages of the British Officers and Soldiers in Boston,
211
23,
Letter from New-York to John Dickinson; reviewing and condemning his political conduct,
211
23,
Letter to the Committee of Inspection for the City and County of New-York. Their censure of Mr. Rivington is arbitrary and tyrannical, and breathes a spirit of intimidation towards him,
213
23,
Account of the Riots in Cumberland County, New-York,
214
23,
Benjamin Hough to the Inhabitants of the City of New-York,
215
 
Statement of Benjamin Hough, under oath, of the indignities and violence he received from the Rioters in Cumberland County,
215
23,
A relation of the proceedings of the People of the County of Cumberland, and Province of New-York,
218
23,
Letter from Colonel Gilbert to Captain Wallace of His Majesty’s Ship Rose. Many threats have been made against those who have taken Arms in the King’s name, and there is fear the Rebels will attack them,
222
23,
Guilford, Connecticut, Committee, acquit Captain Griffin of an intentional violation of the Association in taking fourteen Sheep to Martinico,
222
23,
Address to the Inhabitants of Massachusetts Bay, No 6, from the County of Hampshire. The question examined. Whether we are in truth a part of the British Empire, in such a sense as to be subject to her supreme authority in all cases whatsoever?
222
24,
Committee of Nansemond County, Virginia, publish the Rev. John Agnew, Rector of Suffolk Parish, for his opposition to the Association and the Provincial Congress,
226
24,
Worcester (Massachusetts) Committee require punctual attendance of Members of the Committee,
228
24,
Letter from Colonel Thomas Wheeler to the Printers of the Massachusetts Gazette, explaining the reasons for resigning his commission, acknowledging his former errours, and avowing his firm attachment to the cause of Liberty,
228
24,
Letter from a Freeholder of the County of Worcester The violence and misrepresentations of the Tory writers cannot injure the cause of Liberty,
229
24,
Letter from Montreal. The Canadians were highly offended by the Address of the Congress to the People of England,
231
25,
“Nestor” to the People of England. Boston is become a Garrison. The inhabitants are ruined, but Hutchinson is pensioned,
232
1775.
 
 
March
25,
Letter from Governour Eden to Governour Penn, refusing to join in issuing a Proclamation, recalling that of November 2, 1774, respecting the Boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland,
303
25,
Letter from Essex, New-Jersey, to D. C. The late news from England has strengthened the union of the Colonies Not more than three Towns in the four New-England Provinces opposed to the measures of the Congress; in New-Jersey and the Southern Provinces the opposition is as small. Some few places in New-York are delinquent, but they appear to be returning to their duty,
232
25,
Confession of Thomas Lilly, of Marblehead, that he has been guilty of purchasing Tea,
234
 
Deposition of Simon Tufts, March 31st, that in purchasing Tea he had no intention of violating the Association,
234
25,
Orange County, Virginia, Committee, meet, and demand of the Rev. John Wingate the surrender of a number of Pamphlets containing reflections on the Continental Congress. The Committee obtain them after some difficulty and delay, and order them to be burnt,
234
28,
Proclamation by Lord Dunmore, requiring all Magistrates and Officers to use their endeavours to prevent the appointment of Deputies to the Continental Congress, and exhorting all persons within the Colony to desist from such an unjustifiable proceeding,
236
Remarks on Lord Dartmouth’s Circular to the Governours of the Colonies, requiring them to do their utmost to prevent the choice of Deputies to the Continental Congress,
236
28,
Letter from an Englishman in New-York to the Committee of Correspondence for Philadelphia Charges them with falsehood, hypocrisy and rebellion; condemns their whole proceedings, and asserts that the number of loyal subjects is increasing with a rapid progress,
238
28,
Meeting of the Committee for Worcester, Massachusetts,
242
29,
Letter from a Gentleman in London to his friend in North-Carolina,
242
29,
New-York Committee recommend to the Inhabitants to stop the exportation of Nails, and to withhold all Supplies, which are essential to hostilities, from the Troops at Boston,
242
29,
Letter from J. Brown to the Committee of Correspondence at Boston. The Canadians appear to be quite friendly towards the Colonies, but there is no prospect of Canada sending Delegates to the Continental Congress. The Fort at Ticonderoga must be seized should hostilities be committed by the King’s Troops; the People on the New-Hampshire Grants have engaged to do this business, and they are the most proper persons for the job,
243
30,
Committee for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, approve the conduct of George Ross for opposing, in the Assembly, the recommendation of the Governour to send a separate Petition to His Majesty,
245
30,
Chiefs of the Six Nations in consultation with Colonel Guy Johnson,
245
30,
Letter to the Inhabitants of Massachusetts-Bay, No. 7, from the County of Hampshire,
245
31,
Freeholders of Jamaica, on Long-Island, refuse to send Deputies to the Provincial Congress,
251
31,
Letter to the Subscribers to an Association agreed to in January last, in Portsmouth, New-Hampshire,
251
April
1
Letter from London to a Gentleman in Philadelphia. The behaviour of the New-Yorkers has raised the drooping spirits of the Ministry, who now declare their intention of starving the four New-England Colonies,
252
1,
Letter from New-Haven to Mr. Rivington. The Committee of Inspection have proceeded to very unwarrantable lengths, and threaten those who drink. Tea If they carry matters to extremity, now is the time to repel force by force,
252
2,
Council of North-Carolina advise the Governour to issue a Proclamation to forbid the holding a Provincial Congress,
253
3,
Proclamation by Governour Martin, to forbid the sitting of the Provincial Congress, at New
 

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