1775. |
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Congress. Ticonderoga taken yesterday morning by one hundred Green Mountain Boys, and fifty Soldiers from Massachusetts; the latter were under the command of Col. Easton,
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556
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May 11, |
Letter from Benedict Arnold to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety. Account of the capture of Ticonderoga, and the state of affairs there. Allen, who has assumed the command, is a proper man to head his own wild People, but entirely unacquainted with military service; and every thing is in confusion,
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557
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11,
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Letter from Edward Mott, Chairman of the Committee of War, to the Massachusetts Congress. Account of planning the Expedition against Ticonderoga, and of the capture of that Fortress. The Committee have given the command to Colonel Allen, to the exclusion of Arnold, who claimed it after the surrender of the Fort,
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557
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CONNECTICUT ASSEMBLY.
May 11,
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Connecticut Assembly meets, |
559
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Members of the Council,
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559
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Members of the House of Representatives,
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559
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Acts extending the Boundaries of the Town of Westmoreland, and making it one Regiment,
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561
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Bills of Credit for fifty thousand Pounds authorized,
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561
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Embargo laid in April continued to the first of August,
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562
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Quartermasters and other Stores ordered for the Troops,
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562
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Act for encouraging the manufacturing of Fire-Arms and Military Stores within the Colony, for the safety and defence thereof,
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563
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Act for regulating and ordering the Troops that are or may be raised for the defence of this Colony,
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564
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Articles, Rules and Regulations for the government of the Troops in the service of the Colony,
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565 |
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Payment authorized for the Ammunition furnished the Inhabitants of the Colony, who marched either Eastward or Westward in the late alarm,
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570 |
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Committee to take care of, and provide for the Officers and Soldiers taken prisoners at Crown Point,
|
570 |
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Forms of Commissions for Field and Staff-Officers adopted,
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571
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Committee to provide such store of Lead as may be necessary for the use of the Colony,
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573
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Committee to employ News Carriers at the publick expense,
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573
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Committee of War appointed,
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373
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Five hundred pounds of Powder to be sent to Crown Point and Ticonderoga, to Colonel Easton,
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574
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Officers appointed,
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574 |
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Officers of the Company of Northbury, in Waterbury, cashiered, for being totally disaffected to the general cause of American Liberty,
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575
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Committee on a Petition from New-London, recommending the encouragement of certain Manufactures,
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575
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Report of Committee on what Intelligence, Papers and Documents are necessary to be communicated to the Continental Congress,
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576
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CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC.
May 12,
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Letter from London to a Gentleman in Philadelphia. Mr. Burke is to present the Remonstrance of the New-York Assembly on Monday next; the Ministry are determined it shall not be received,
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577
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12,
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Richmond County, Virginia, Committee. Resolutions of the Committee, vindicating their Constituents from the atrocious aspersions in Lord Dunmores Proclamation of the third instant,
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578
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12,
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Proclamation by Lord Dunmore, appointing the first Thursday in next month for the meeting of the General Assembly,
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578
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12,
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Joseph Galloways Address to the Publick. Denying the charge that he had wrote Letters to the Ministry inimical to America,
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579 |
1775.
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|
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May 12,
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Committee of Correspondence for Bergen County, in New-Jersey, appointed,
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579
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12,
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Delegates to the Provincial Congress of New-York chosen by the Committees in Charlotte County,
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833
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12,
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Freeholders and Inhabitants of Haverstraw Precinct, in Orange County, New-York, choose Delegates to the Provincial Congress,
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834
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12,
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Letter from the Albany Committee to the New-York Committee, enclosing a copy of a Letter from Ethan Allen, dated Ticonderoga, May 11, giving an account of the capture of that Fortress,
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605
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12,
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Letter from S. Osgood to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety. Notwithstanding the agreement with General Gage, the People of Boston, though they complied with it on their part, are not permitted to leave Boston,
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579
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12,
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Petition from the Inhabitants of the Eastern parts of Massachusetts to the Provincial Congress, praying for assistance in Powder, Balls and Flints, that they may have wherewithal to defend themselves,
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580
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12,
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Letter from the Selectmen of Amesbury to the
Massachusetts Committee of Safety,
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580
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12,
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Letter from the Committee of Supplies to the
Massachusetts Congress,
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581
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12,
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Letter from General Thomas to the Committee of
Safety,
|
581
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13,
|
Letter from James Cavet to Arthur St. Clair.
The situation of the well-affected Inhabitants of Pittsburgh is almost intolerable; if not assisted they will be ruined,
|
581
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13,
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Letter from the Committee for Mainicoting to the New-York Congress. The Inhabitants have all signed the Association, and are determined to stand by it; they have chosen Militia Officers, and request the appointments may be confirmed by the Congress,
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834
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13,
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Letter from Dr. Wheelock to Governour Trumbull,
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582
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13,
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Letter from Thomas Fraser, in London, to George
Erving, of Boston,
|
583
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13,
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Letter from Timothy Ladd to the New-Hampshire Congress, offering his services for the defence of the liberties of America,
|
584
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14,
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Letter from Benedict Arnold to the Massachusetts
Committee of Safety. Crown Point, with eleven Prisoners, and a number of Cannon, taken. Major Skene made prisoner. Mr. Allens party is decreasing, and the dispute subsiding,
|
584
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14,
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Letter from Jedediah Preble to the Massachusetts
Congress. Proceedings of Colonel Thompson, at Falmouth; his capture and detention of Captain Mowatt, who is released on his promise to return on shore the next morning: he does not return, and his securities are arrested,
|
585
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15,
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Letter from the Committee of Correspondence
for Falmouth, in Massachusetts, to the Committee of Safety. Dangerous consequences anticipated from the conduct of Col. Thompson,
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586
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Resolution of the Provincial Congress disapproving of the conduct of Col. Thompson,
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587
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15,
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Address of the Council to the People of Virginia. A redress of Grievances is more likely to be obtained by gentle methods than by intemperate behaviour. An Assembly will soon meet, when the People may represent their Grievances in the manner prescribed by the Constitution,
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587
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15,
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Chester County, Pennsylvania, Committee. The British Parliament having in an Address to His Majesty declared the People of Massachusetts-Bay to be in a state of open Rebellion, encouraged by several other Colonies, it is the duty of the Freemen of this County to associate and provide themselves with Arms and Ammunition, to defend their lives and liberties,
|
588
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NEW-JERSEY ASSEMBLY.
May 15,
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Assembly of New-Jersey meets,
|
589
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List of Representatives,
|
589
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Letters from the Agents in England, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of New-York, laid before the House,
|
589
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