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1775.  
 
 
April
25,
Letter from John Hancock to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety,
390
25,
Letter from the Committee of Boston to the Committee of Safety; requesting Wagons may be furnished to remove the Inhabitants from Boston, and that those who wish to come into the Town may be permitted to do so without hinderance,
391
25,
Account of the march of the British Troops. Their attack on and killing a number of the Inhabitants of Massachusetts; their burning and destroying of private property, and of their retreat to Boston, on the 19th of April,
391
 
List of the Provincials who were Killed and Wounded by the British Troops on the 19th of April,
392
25,
Depositions taken by order of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, in proof of the attack of the Troops under General Gage, on the People of the Province, on the 19th instant,
489
25,
Letter from John Sullivan to the President of the Massachusetts Congress. There seems some opposition in the New-Hampshire Congress to the assistance Massachusetts has expected,
393
25,
Instructions of the Town of Williamstown, Massachusetts, to their Delegates to the Provincial Congress. They are ready to assist with their lives and fortunes in the common cause of American Liberty,
393
25,
Letter from Colonel John Wentworth to the New- Hampshire Congress,
394
26,
Letter from a Merchant in London to his friend in Virginia. Hopes the Non-Exportation Resolutions will be expunged; if they are adhered to, Maryland and Virginia will lose the Tobacco trade,
394
26,
Letter from Captain Grayson to Colonel George Washington. His Company is ready to march for Williamsburgh; they may be depended on for any service that respects the liberties of America,
395
24,
Letter from the Officers of the Independent Company of Spottsylvania to Captain Grayson. The People have received no satisfaction for the Powder taken by Lord Dunmore; a submission to this outrage will subject Virginia to a suspicion of defection,
395
26,
Henrico County, Virginia, Committee. The removal of the Powder by Lord Dunmore is an insult to every freeman; every endeavour will be used to procure an immediate restitution of it,
396
26,
Address to the Publick, in defence of Mr. Galloway and the “Plan of Union between Great Britain and the Colonies,” proposed by him in the late Continental Congress,
396
26,
Association, for defending with Arms, their property, liberty, and lives, adopted at a meeting of near eight thousand of the Inhabitants of Philadelphia,
399
26,
Letter from Reading, Pennsylvania. Two Companies of Foot have been raised in the Town; in three weeks there will be one in every Town in the County, ready to assert, at the risk of their lives, the liberty of America,
400
26,
Address of the New-York Committee, recommending that a new Committee be elected by the Freeholders and Freemen of the City and County; and that Delegates to a Provincial Congress, to meet on the 22d of May next, be chosen,
400
26,
Letter from the Committee of Inspection for New-port, Rhode-Island, to General Ward,
400
26,
Letter from the Congress of New-Hampshire to the Congress of Massachusetts. It is not thought expedient now to establish an Army of Observation; a Provincial Congress will meet on the 17th of May next, who will no doubt co-operate with their brethren in New-England,
401
26,
Letter from John Hancock to the Committee of Safety, recommending several persons for Officers in the Army,
401
26,
Letter from the Committee of Safety of Massachusetts to the Assembly of Rhode-Island; urging their immediate assistance, by forwarding as large a number of Troops as they can, well stocked with Provisions and Ammunition,
402
1775.
 
1775.
April
26,
Address of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts to the Inhabitants of Great Britain,
487
26,
Letter from the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts to Dr. Franklin, in London, enclosing the Address to the Inhabitants of Great Britain, and the Depositions taken on the 25th; requesting him to have them printed and circulated throughout England,
488
26,
Letter from the Falmouth, Massachusetts, Committee, to the Committee of Safety, asking their assistance in procuring Powder,
402
26,
Letter from Colonel John Fenton to the People of the County of Grafton, in New-Hampshire,
698
26,
Intercepted Letter from Woodfield, in Canada, to Colonel Philip Skene. The sooner the laws are put in force against the Americans, the better; procrastination encourages the seditious, and weakens Government. The Governour’s new Commission has been received,
402
 
New Commission to the Governour of Quebeck,
403


CONNECTICUT ASSEMBLY

Apr. 26,
Assembly of Connecticut meets,
409
 
Governour and Council,
409
 
List of Representatives,
409
 
Embargo laid to prohibit the exportation of Provisions by water,
410
 
Committee to confer with General Gage,
410
 
News Carriers to convey intelligence at the publick expense, authorized,
410
 
Committee to procure Provisions for the Inhabitants of the Colony who have gone to the assistance of Massachusetts,
411
 
Act for Assembling, Equipping, &c., a number of the Inhabitants of this Colony, for the special defence and safety thereof,
411
 
Forms of Commissions for the Officers of the Troops raised for the special defence and safety of the Colony,
413
 
Officers for the six Regiments raised for the defence and safety of the Colony,
414
 
Commissaries to supply Provisions for the Troops,
418
 
Committee for settling and paying accounts of expenses incurred by raising Troops,
418
 
Bills of Credit for fifty thousand Pounds authorized, and a tax laid to sink the whole amount,
419
 
Committees to provide and take charge of Powder and Military Stores for the use of the Colony,
419
 
Committee to consider the best means of defending the Sea-Coasts,
419
 
Committee to provide Carriages and other necessary apparatus for the Cannon at New-London,
420
 
Enlistments for six Regiments under General Spencer, authorized,
420
 
Four Regiments to be got in readiness forthwith to march to Boston,
420
 
An Act to exempt, for a limited time, the persons of Debtors from being imprisoned for debt,
420
 
Committee to inquire how far the Officers of the Militia Company of Northbury, in the Town of Waterbury, are inimical to the American cause,
422
 
Permission given to Joseph Monson, of New-Haven, to transport twenty-six head of Cattle to the West-Indies,
422
 
Permission given to Joseph White, of Weathersfield, to ship twenty Cattle,
422
 
Permission given to Hezekiah Smith to ship fourteen Cattle,
422
 
Assembly adjourned by Proclamation, without day,
422


CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC.

April
27,
Philadelphia Committee stop all Exportations from Philadelphia to Quebeck, Nova-Scotia, Georgia, and Newfoundland, until the Continental Congress shall give further orders therein,
421
27,
Letter from Stephen Hopkins to the President of the Massachusetts Congress, informing them of the seizure and detention of Mr. John Brown, of Providence, and requesting them to make the King’s Officers answerable for the treatment of Mr. Brown. Reprisals recommended by the Continental Congress, and
 

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