stated; he makes his defence, and is politely admonished,

Lady Frankland permitted to pass into Boston,

Colonel Bond, with a guard, ordered to escort Lady Frankland to Boston,

Letter from the Committee of Correspondence of Connecticut read, respecting the taking of Ticonderoga,

Answer to this Letter reported by Mr. Gerry, and accepted,

Commission for the Committee of Safety,

Commission to General Ward, as General and Commander-in-Chief of all the Forces raised by the Congress of the Colony of Massachusetts, for the defence of this and the other American Colonies,

Committee to get the Depositions and Narrative of the late Excursion of the King’s Troops to Concord printed,

Report of the Committee appointed to consider the case of the Prisoners in Boston, and the Inhabitants there kept in duresse,

Committee to consider what measures are proper to be taken for organizing the Massachusetts Army in the most effectual and ready manner,

Receiver-General authorized to issue Notes to the amount of Twenty-Six Thousand Pounds, for advance pay to the Massachusetts Army,

Report of the Committee on the practicability of providing Chaplains for Massachusetts Army,

The President desired to deliver to General Ward his Commission as General and Commander-in-Chief of the Massachusetts Forces,

Report of Committee on Petition of a number of the Inhabitants of Dear-Island, in Lincoln County,

Report of Committee appointed to consider what should be done with the Estates of persons unfriendly to the Country,

Letter from General Ward, requesting a supply of Ordnance, Arms and Ammunition,

Letter to Colonel Arnold, signed and ordered to be forwarded,

Report of Committee on the Depredations of the British Troops on the Islands and Sea-Coasts; read, and referred to the next Provincial Congress,

Report of Committee appointed to consider what further measures are necessary to be taken for the organization of the Army,

Ebenezer Cutler permitted to go into Boston, without his effects,

Committee to effect the removal of the Poor of the Town of Boston,

Quantity of Powder that may be spared for the publick service from the stocks of the several Towns,

Report of the Committee on the subject of absconding Soldiers,

Letter to the New-York Provincial Congress,

Able-bodied Men, without Arms, to be received and mustered in the Army,

Report of Committee on the complaint of the Committee of Safety against Mr. Jonathan Brewer,

Officers in Colonel Read’s Regiment,

Officers in General Ward’s Regiment,

Officers in Colonel Learned’s Regiment,

Officers in Colonel Walker’s Regiment,

Officers in Colonel Walker’s Regiment,

Officers in Colonel Prescott’s Regiment,

Officers in Colonel Cotton’s Regiment,

Officers in Colonel Frye’s Regiment,

Officers in Colonel Patterson’s Regiment,

Officers in General Thomas’s Regiment,

Officers in Colonel Bridge’s Regiment,

Officers in Colonel Mansfield’s Regiment,

Officers in Colonel Danielson’s Regiment,

Officers in Colonel Fellows’s Regiment,

Officers in Colonel Gardner’s Regiment,

Officers in Colonel Whitcomb’s Regiment,

Officers in Colonel Doolittle’s Regiment,

Officers in Colonel Woodbridge’s Regiment,

Officers in Colonel Glover’s Regiment,

Officers in Col. Jonathan Brewer’s Regiment,

Officers in Colonel David Brewer’s Regiment,

Officers in Colonel Gerrish’s Regiment,

Officers in Colonel Moses Little’s Regiment,

Note from the Secretary of State’s Office, published in the London Gazette, discrediting the report of a Skirmish between some of the People in Massachusetts-Bay and a Detachment of His Majesty’s Troops,

Remarks on this Official paragraph, (Note,)

Letter from Arthur Lee, contradicting; the statement in the London Gazette, and informing those who wish to see the original affidavits which confirm the account, that they are deposited with the Lord Mayor of London, for inspection,

Letter from Colonel James Easton to the Provincial Congress, Committee of Safety, and Council of War, in Cambridge and Watertown. The necessity of protecting Ticonderoga; Connecticut will furnish Men for its defence, but expects Massachusetts to organize and pay them. Offers to take the command of a Regiment, and recommends other persons for appointments,

Letter to the New-York Congress, from their Delegates in the Continental Congress. The proceedings of the Provincial Congress approved by the Continental Congress; they are requested to come to a speedy determination on the Paper Currency. Further suggestions for their consideration,

Letter from the New-York Congress to their Delegates in the Continental Congress, enclosing a Report on Paper Currency: it is sent to show their opinion of what ought to be done, and not to be laid before the Continental Congress,

Letter from Governour Trumbull to the Albany Committee. One thousand Men ordered to proceed to Ticonderoga and Crown Point; expects the Provincial Congress of New-York will forward Provisions,

Letter from Jonathan Parsons, Jun., at St John’s, Newfoundland, to the New-York Committee of Safety, Hatred of the People there towards the Americans, for their opposition to the British Government; yet, if they are short of Provisions, they will probably petition the Continental Congress for a supply of Bread and Flour,

Declaration of John Nutting and others, of their reasons for signing the Address to Governour Hutchinson, declared satisfactory by the Committee of Salem,

Letter from Joshua Upham to the Committee of Correspondence for the Town of Brownfield: explanation of his conduct; voted satisfactory by the Committee,

Letter from the Committee of Safety of Massachusetts to the Town of Sudbury. Have examined and dismissed Ezra Taylor,

Letter from the Selectmen of Hopkinton to the Massachusetts Congress,

Letter from General Ward to the Committee for Salem. Expects an attack this night from the British Forces in Boston,

Letter from London to a Gentleman in Philadelphia. Account of the defeat of the British Troops on the 19th of April has been received. The intelligence has panick-struck the Administration and their Tory dependants, who have daily denounced the Americans as cowards,

Committee for Mecklenburgh County, North-Carolina. Resolutions declaring all Laws and Commissions derived from the authority of the King or Parliament null and void, and the Civil Constitutions of the Colonies wholly suspended, and that no Legislative or Executive power exists in the Colonies, other than the Provincial Congresses, under the direction of the Continental Congress,

The Declaration of Independence by the Citizens of Mecklenburgh County, North-Carolina, on the twentieth day of May, 1775, with the accompanying Documents, published by the Governour, under the authority and direction of the, General Assembly of North-Carolina, (Note,).