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1775.      
 
Condemn the conduct of Lord Dunmore in regard to the Powder. Justify Patrick Henry in demanding satisfaction for it; as, in their opinion, the violent proceedings of the Troops in Massachusetts would have justified reprisals of a much greater magnitude,
667
May 22,
Buckingham County, Virginia, Committee. Offer to receive the Wives, Children and Slaves of such of the Inhabitants of the lower Counties as may be driven from their habitations; and will give them Lands to cultivate, and let their Cattle feed with their own,
667
22,
Meeting of Inhabitants of Charles County, in Maryland. Appoint Deputies to the General Convention of the Province,
668
22,
Letter from a Gentleman in Philadelphia to his Friend in Williamsburgh, Virginia. There has been a complete revolution in New-York. The Province is arming; the Governour dare not call his Assembly to receive Lord North’s Plan; the Tory leaders have been obliged to fly,
668
22,
Letter to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety, from their Delegates in the Continental Congress. The Congress have ordered the Forts of Ticonderoga and Crown Point to be demolished, and the warlike Stores to be removed to the south end of Lake George.— All the Colonies in Congress are firmly united, and preparing for the worst,
670
22,
New-York Committee Motion by Mr. McDougall for a Committee to confer with the Deputies of the County of Albany, now in New-York, whether Albany can furnish Men to garrison Ticonderoga; rejected on motion of Mr. De Lancey,
671
22,
Letter from the New-York Committee to Governour Trumbull, enclosing a copy of the Resolution of Congress for removing the Military Stores from Ticonderoga and Crown Point to the south end of Lake George,
671
22,
Deputies for Queen’s County to the New-York Provincial Congress chosen by the Freeholders,
838
22,
Delegates to the Provincial Congress chosen in King’s County, New-York,
838
22,
Letter from the Corporation of Albany to Colonel Guy Johnson. If he studies the welfare of his Country he need not be apprehensive of any injury to his person or property. There has been no intention of taking him captive, or offering him any indignity; these reports are only propagated to rouse the Indians to take up arms against the Americans,
671
23,
Letter from the Albany Committee to Colonel Guy Johnson,
672
22,
Letter from Benedict Arnold, Commander at Ticonderoga, to the Albany Committee. On the 13th captured the Garrison at St. John’s, and took a King’s Sloop of seventy tons; on his return he met one Colonel Allen, with a party for St. John’s, who were attacked and defeated by the Regulars. Requests Seamen and Powder may be sent him,
839
22,
Narrative of the Excursions and Ravages of the King’s Troops, under the command of General Gage, on the 19th of April, 1775, together with the Depositions taken by order of Congress to support the truth of it,
673
 
Ravages of the King’s Troops,
675
 
Damages sustained in Lexington,
675
 
Damages sustained in Concord,
675
22,
Letter from Samuel Bullard to the Massachusetts Congress,
675
22,
Letter from the Committee of Supplies to the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, complaining of ungenerous treatment from Gen. Ward,
676
22,
Letter from the Massachusetts Committee of Safety to the Provincial Congress, with the Letter from Captain Benedict Arnold, of May 11, requesting the Congress to take such measures as they deem necessary,
676
22,
Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to Benedict Arnold. As the affairs of the Expedition began in Connecticut, that Colony has been written to, to take the whole under their direction until the advice of the Continental Congress can be had,
676
1775.    
May 23,
Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to Governour Tryon. The King received the Petition of the New-York Assembly with the most gracious expressions of regard. The Memorial to the Lords, and Representation to the Commons contained claims which made it impossible for Parliament, consistent with its dignity to receive them,
677
 
The Crisis, No. 8.        On American affairs,
677
23,
Letter from William Hooper, at Philadelphia, to Samuel Johnston, in North-Carolina. The strict secrecy which Congress enjoins upon its Members prevents his communicating any information of their Proceedings. The most perfect harmony subsists among its Members.— The character of New-York is no longer suspicious; they take an active share in the opposition. Government has sent them the Asia, Man-of-War, to give spirit to the Tories.— North-Carolina will probably be called on for Money, and a Provincial Convention should be immediately called,
680
23,
Address of Williamsburgh Volunteers to Peyton Randolph,
680
 
Mr. Randolph’s Answer,
680
23,
Westmoreland County, Virginia, Committee.— Resolutions on Lord Dunmore’s Speech in Council, on the 2d of May, and his Proclamation of the 3d of May,
681
23,
Talbot County, Maryland, Committee of Observation. Proceedings in relation to the Ship Johnston, belonging to Mr. Gildart, of Liverpool, loaded with Salt and Dry Goods, and bound to the Chesapeake Bay,
682
23,
Letter from Robert Hanna, James Cavet and Thomas Scott, at Pittsburgh, to Governour Penn, complaining of their treatment from the authorities of Virginia,
683
23,
Letter from Æneas Mackay and others, at Pittsburgh, to Governour Penn. They are treated by the Officers under Virginia like degraded beings, not entitled to the common rights of mankind; the very name of a Pennsylvanian is sufficient to render a man odious there,
684
23,
Letter from a Committee of the Assembly of Connecticut to the Speaker. The New-York Committee will supply Provisions to the Connecticut Forces at Ticonderoga. St. Luke La Corne has sent Belts to all the Northern Tribes of Indians, to engage them to take up Arms against the New-England Colonies. It is supposed the Plebeians of the Canadas will not willingly engage against the Colonists, but the Nobles are their bitter enemies,
685
23,
Letter from the Albany Committee to the Committee of Palatine District, in Tryon County,
841
 
Speech of the Mohawks to the Magistrates and Committee of Schenectady, and the Mayor and Committee of Albany, delivered by Little Abraham, May 20,
841
 
Answer to Little Abraham’s Speech, by the Magistrates and Committee of Albany and Schenectady, May 20,
842
 
Reply of the Mohawks to the Answer of the Magistrates, &c., of Albany and Schenectady,
842
23,
Letter from Benedict Arnold to the General Assembly of Connecticut. Defeat of Colonel Allen at St. John’s; there are four hundred Regulars there, making preparation to cross the Lake, with the design of retaking Crown Point and Ticonderoga,
840
23,
Letter from Benedict Arnold, Commander-in-Chief at Crown Point, to Captain Noah Lee, at Ticonderoga. Preparations of the Regulars and Indians for retaking Ticonderoga and Crown Point; requests every man within fifty miles of Skenesborough may be sent to Ticonderoga with Powder and Provisions,
841
23,
Letter from Ticonderoga to a Gentleman in Hartford, Connecticut, giving a Journal of Military operations from the 11th to the 19th of May,
685



NEW-JERSEY PROVINCIAL CONGRESS

May 23,
New-Jersey Provincial Congress meets,
685
 
List of Deputies who attended,
685
24,
Hendrick Fisher elected President, Jonathan D.
 

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