1775. |
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April 25,
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Letter from John Hancock to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety,
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390
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25,
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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,
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391
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25,
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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,
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391
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List of the Provincials who were Killed and Wounded by the British Troops on the 19th of
April,
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392
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25,
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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,
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489
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25,
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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,
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393
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25,
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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,
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393
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25,
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Letter from Colonel John Wentworth to the New-
Hampshire Congress,
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394
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26,
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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,
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394
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26,
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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,
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395
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24,
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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,
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395
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26,
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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,
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396
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26,
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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,
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396
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26,
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Association, for defending with Arms, their
property, liberty, and lives, adopted at a meeting
of near eight thousand of the Inhabitants of
Philadelphia,
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399
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26,
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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,
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400
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26,
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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,
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400
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26,
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Letter from the Committee of Inspection for New-port, Rhode-Island, to General Ward,
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400
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26,
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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,
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401
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26,
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Letter from John Hancock to the Committee of Safety, recommending several persons for Officers in the Army,
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401
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26,
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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,
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402
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1775.
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1775.
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April 26,
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Address of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts to the Inhabitants of Great Britain,
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487
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26,
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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,
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488
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26,
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Letter from the Falmouth, Massachusetts, Committee, to the Committee of Safety, asking their
assistance in procuring Powder,
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402
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26,
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Letter from Colonel John Fenton to the People
of the County of Grafton, in New-Hampshire,
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698
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26,
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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 Governours new Commission has been received,
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402
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New Commission to the Governour of Quebeck,
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403
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CONNECTICUT ASSEMBLY
Apr. 26,
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Assembly of Connecticut meets,
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409
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Governour and Council,
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409
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List of Representatives,
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409
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Embargo laid to prohibit the exportation of Provisions by water,
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410
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Committee to confer with General Gage,
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410
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News Carriers to convey intelligence at the publick expense, authorized,
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410
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Committee to procure Provisions for the Inhabitants of the Colony who have gone to the assistance of Massachusetts,
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411
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Act for Assembling, Equipping, &c., a number
of the Inhabitants of this Colony, for the special defence and safety thereof,
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411
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Forms of Commissions for the Officers of the Troops raised for the special defence and safety of the Colony,
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413
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Officers for the six Regiments raised for the defence and safety of the Colony,
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414
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Commissaries to supply Provisions for the Troops,
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418
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Committee for settling and paying accounts of expenses incurred by raising Troops,
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418
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Bills of Credit for fifty thousand Pounds authorized, and a tax laid to sink the whole amount,
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419
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Committees to provide and take charge of Powder and Military Stores for the use of the Colony,
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419
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Committee to consider the best means of defending the Sea-Coasts,
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419
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Committee to provide Carriages and other necessary apparatus for the Cannon at New-London,
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420
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Enlistments for six Regiments under General Spencer, authorized,
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420
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Four Regiments to be got in readiness forthwith
to march to Boston,
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420
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An Act to exempt, for a limited time, the persons of Debtors from being imprisoned for debt,
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420
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Committee to inquire how far the Officers of the Militia Company of Northbury, in the Town of Waterbury, are inimical to the American cause,
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422
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Permission given to Joseph Monson, of New-Haven, to transport twenty-six head of Cattle to
the West-Indies,
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422
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Permission given to Joseph White, of Weathersfield, to ship twenty Cattle,
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422
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Permission given to Hezekiah Smith to ship fourteen Cattle,
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422
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Assembly adjourned by Proclamation, without day,
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422
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CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC.
April 27,
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Philadelphia Committee stop all Exportations
from Philadelphia to Quebeck, Nova-Scotia,
Georgia, and Newfoundland, until the Continental Congress shall give further orders
therein,
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421
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27,
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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 Kings Officers answerable for the treatment of Mr. Brown. Reprisals recommended by the Continental Congress, and
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