Governour’s Speech to the Council and House of Assembly,

Address to the King from the Lords and Commons of Great Britain, of the 7th of February, 1775, and a copy of Lord North’s Resolution laid before the House,

Letter from Governour Franklin to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated February 1, 1775, laid before the House,

Governour’s Speech and Papers referred to a Committee of the Whole House, and considered,

Address to the Governour in answer to his Speech ordered, and Committee appointed to prepare it,

Message to the Governour, requesting him to in form the House, whether the Letter to the Earl of Dartmouth, presented to the House on the 16th, is authentick or not,

Address in answer to the Governour’s Speech, considered in Committee of the Whole, reported, amended, and agreed to,

The Speaker with the House wait upon the Governour in the Council Chamber with the Address,

The Speaker declares his dissent to the Address,

Address of the House to the Governour,

Governour’s Answer,

The House cannot comply with and adopt the Resolution of the House of Commons of February 27th, but recommend to their Delegates to lay it before the Continental Congress,

Message from the Governour to the Assembly in reply to their Address on the subject of his Letter to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated February 1, 1775,

Committee appointed to consider the Message, and make report to the next sitting of the Assembly,

Assembly prorogued to the 20th of June next,

New-York Committee,

Address from the Captains of six Companies, offering their services to co-operate in carrying into effect the Continental Association,

Copies of the General Association of New-York, left in the several Wards of the City for signature; all persons recommended to sign it as speedily as possible,

Letter from New-York Committee to the Continental Congress, enclosing copies of Letters, with authentick intelligence of the capture of Ticonderoga,

Newburgh, New-York, Committee. A number of persons having neglected or refused to sign the Association, they are requested to do so; such as do not sign it on or before the 29th instant, to be considered enemies to the Country, and no person shall have any dealings with them,

Inhabitants of Cornwall Precinct, in Orange County, New-York, choose Deputies to the Provincial Congress,

Providence, Rhode-Island, Town Meeting. Committees authorized to purchase Arms for all able-bodied Men not able to purchase themselves; and the Town stock of Powder and Lead to be made up into Cartridges,

Letter from Newport, Rhode-Island, Two Sloops at Bedford taken by Capt. Lindsay, of the Falcon, sloop-of-war, retaken by the People of Bedford; one of the enemy was killed, two were wounded, and thirteen made prisoners,

Sloop at Dartmouth seized by Captain Linsday, of the Falcon, retaken with the prize crew,

Recantation of the Rev. Samuel Dana, of Groton, Massachusetts,

Letter from General Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth,

Petition from several Towns in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, to the Committee of Safety, requesting the appointment of Colonel Lemuel Robinson, of Dorchester,

Petition of John Boice and Hugh McLean to the Massachusetts Congress, requesting that certain enlisted Soldiers, who are Paper Makers, may be discharged,

Letter from a Committee at Berwick, to the Committee of Safety, objecting to the appointment of one Alexander Scammell, who lives in New-Hampshire,

Letter from Jedediah Preble to the Committee of Safety, objecting to the raising of two Regiments in the County of Cumberland,

Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to the Eastern Indians,

Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, Town Meeting. The Committee of the Town empowered to inquire touching any obnoxious persons who may flee to this Town, and none but the Committee shall have any concern with such Refugees,

Letter from the Committee and Selectmen of Marlow, New-Hampshire, to the Provincial Committee. They are not able to support a Delegate to the Provincial Congress, but with their lives and interests will assist in defence of the Colonies,

Letter from the Town of Alstead, in New-Hampshire, to the Delegates of the Province, now sitting at Exeter. Cannot support a Delegate to the Congress, but will abide by all its decisions,

Meeting of the Inhabitants of Augusta County, Virginia, on the West side of Laurel Hill, at Pittsburgh; appoint a Committee for the District. The Committee resolve to support all the American measures; make provision for embodying the Militia, procuring Arms and Ammunition, and for cultivating a friendship with the Indians,

Instructions to John Harvie and George Roote, Delegates from the People West of Laurel Hill, to the Virginia Convention,

Letter from Dr. Franklin to Dr. Priestley,

Meeting of the Inhabitants of the County of Westmoreland, in Pennsylvania. It is the indispensable duty of every American, by every means which God has put in his power, to resist and oppose the system of tyranny and oppression attempted to be exercised by the Parliament and Ministry of Great Britain,

Association of the Inhabitants of Westmoreland County, in Pennsylvania,

Meeting of the Council of Pennsylvania. Eight Indians, who arrived in Philadelphia on the 14th, brought before the Council,

Speech of one of the Indians to the Governour,

The Indians sent for, and the Governour began delivering a Speech in reply to them, but having a bad translator, it was postponed to the 20th instant,

Speech of the Governour in reply to that of the Indians,

The Indians receive three hundred Dollars, and signed a receipt for it on the back of the Deed executed at Fort Stanwix, in 1768,

New-York Committee. The Ward Companies of Militia recommended to enrol their Men in the different Beats, to be in readiness to take their tour of duty as a Military Night Watch,

Letter from the Delegates from New-York in the Continental Congress, to the New-York Committee, enclosing a Resolution of the Congress of the 15th, recommending to the Inhabitants, in the event of the arrival of any Troops, to act on the defensive, so long as may be consistent with their safety and security,

Dutchess County, New-York, Committee, certify the election of Deputies to the Provincial Congress,

Letter from the Committee of Correspondence for Connecticut to the Massachusetts Congress. The expedition against Ticonderoga was set on foot by some private persons in Connecticut, and carried into effect without the aid of those afterwards sent from Massachusetts; but as it was done for the common cause, they will not contend for the precedency,

Letter from Joseph Warren to Arthur Lee,

Letter from the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts to the Continental Congress, representing the dangerous situation of affairs there without a regular Government, and asking their advice about taking up and exercising