1775. |
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a Resolution of May 31, and requesting their immediate compliance with it, so far as respects the furnishing Batteaus, Provisions, Stores, &c., at Ticonderoga and Crown Point, |
1271 |
June 2, |
An Old Mans Company formed in Reading, Pennsylvania. It consists of eighty Germans, of the age of forty and upwards. The person who led them at their first assembling under arms is ninety-seven years of age, |
878 |
2, |
List of the Committees for the several Districts in Tryon County, New-York, |
878 |
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Letter from the Committee for Tryon County to Colonel Guy Johnson. The People have quietly assembled, signed the General Association, and appointed a Committee. It is their determination to do what they can to save their Country, and will, if called upon, be the foremost to take the field. They request him to dissuade the Indians from interfering in the dispute between the Mother Country and the Colonies, |
879 |
2, |
Letter to John Holt, approving of his publishing and putting his name on the Address against unlawful Standing Armies, |
880 |
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No Standing Army in the British Colonies: or an Address to the Inhabitants of the Colony of New-York, against unlawful Standing Armies, |
881 |
2, |
Letter of Robert and John Murray to the New-York Congress, |
887 |
2, |
Memorial of Robert and John Murray to the New-York Congress, |
887 |
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Memorial of Robert and John Murray, Merchants of the City of New-York, to the Continental Congress, |
888 |
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Papers accompanying the Memorial, |
890 |
2, |
Letter from John Lamb to the New-York Congress, offering his services in the Artillery Department, |
891 |
2, |
Letter from Ethan Allen, at Crown Point, to the New-York Congress. Importance of the Posts on Lake Champlain, which have been taken, and the necessity of retaining them. With fifteen hundred Men he can take Montreal, and it would be no difficult matter to take Quebeck; this object should be accomplished, though it required ten thousand Men to do it. If it is thought premature to push an Army into Canada, he proposes to make a stand at Isle-au-Noix, |
891 |
2, |
Address of the New-York Provincial Congress to the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebeck, |
893 |
2, |
Letter from the Committee of Albany to the Provincial Congress of New-York, requesting them to furnish Provisions, except Flour, for the thousand Men sent by Governour Trumbull to Ticonderoga. They desire full instructions as to what is expected of them, and also what disposition to make of the Prisoners taken at St. Johns, |
1276 |
2, |
Letter from General Greene to Jacob Greene, |
894 |
2, |
Petition of the Inhabitants of Georgetown, on Kennebeck River, to the Massachusetts Congress, for one or two barrels or half-barrels of Powder, as they have but thirty pounds, and are in daily expectation of being plundered by the British armed vessels, |
894 |
2, |
Letter from Colonel Gridley to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety, |
894 |
2, |
Letter from Nathaniel Shaw, at New-London, to the New-Hampshire Congress. Has ordered a large quantity of Powder, but, from its not arriving, fears the Cruisers in the British Channel, or the negotiations between Great Britain and the States of Holland, have prevented it, |
894 |
2, |
Letter from the New-Hampshire Congress to their Delegates in the Continental Congress. Circumstances appear daily more and more alarming: the Men-of-War stop all Provision Vessels coming to Portsmouth: Arms and Gunpowder must be procured, if possible, in the Southern Governments; it is indispensable that some plan be adopted by the Continental Congress for a Paper Currency, or some other to meet the present urgent necessity, |
895 |
2, |
Letter from the New-Hampshire Congress to the Continental Congress, remonstrating against the abandonment of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, and removing the Cannon to the south end of Lake George, |
895 |
1775. |
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June 2, |
Letter from the New-Hampshire Congress to the New-York Congress. The Fortress of Ticonderoga is important to the welfare of all the Northern Colonies, and particularly so to New-Hampshire, where the thoughts of its demolition casts a damp on the spirits of the People; they trust the order for its abandonment will be reconsidered by the Continental Congress, but are determined to abide by the determination of that body, |
895 |
2, |
Letter from the Committee of Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, to the Provincial Congress. Request the Congress will regulate all future movements of any bodies of armed men from one Town to another, |
896 |
3, |
Provincial Congress of South-Carolina earnestly recommend to their Constituents the promotion of union and harmony, |
896 |
3, |
Association unanimously agreed to in the Provincial Congress of South-Carolina, |
897 |
3, |
Norfolk, Virginia, Committee. Order the immediate return of the Ship Molly, Captain Mitcheson, lately arrived from Great Britain, laden with a large quantity of Goods, in violation of the Association, |
897 |
3, |
Letter from the New-York Delegates in the Continental Congress to the Provincial Congress. They are much pleased with the New-York plan for raising Money, but doubt of its being adopted by the Continental Congress. As General Officers will, in all probability, be appointed soon, they wish to know who would be most acceptable to them, to take command of the Continental Army in the Province, which is to be maintained at the general charge, |
898 |
3, |
Letter from the New-York Congress to the Inhabitants of Tryon County, urging them, for their own reputations sake, the love of their Country, their regard for the welfare of the whole Continent, and of millions yet unborn, not to separate from their brethren upon this momentous occasion, but to unite with the rest of the Colony, and send Deputies to the Provincial Congress. Perhaps this will be the last application, as the time has almost come when we should be able to know our enemies, |
1274 |
3, |
Letter from the Congress of New-York to Colonel Guy Johnson. They will discountenance every attempt against his person and property, and expect he will not counteract any measures recommended by the Continental or Provincial Congress, or by the Committees formed, or to be formed. The dispute has become so serious that they cannot silently suffer their plan to be frustrated by their own Countrymen, |
1275 |
3, |
New-York Committee. Mr. George Folliot declines taking his seat in the Provincial Congress, and Isaac Sears is nominated in his place, |
898 |
3, |
Proclamation by Lieutenant-Governour Colden, further proroguing the Meeting of the Assembly to the 5th of July next, |
899 |
2, |
Letter from James Rivington to the New-York Congress, |
899 |
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Letter from the New-York Committee to the Continental Congress, referring to their decision in the case of James Rivington, |
899 |
3, |
Post-Master and Post-Rider appointed by the Committee of Providence, Rhode-Island, to be under their direction until the Assembly of the Colony, or the Continental Congress, shall make other regulations and appointments, |
900 |
3, |
Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to Henry Gardner, requiring him to proceed immediately to sign Bills for the payment of the Troops, to prevent their returning home, |
900 |
3, |
Letter from the Committee of the Town of Arundel, in Massachusetts, to the Provincial Congress. They have seized a Vessel from Boston, with a number of the Kings Arms on board, and send the persons and papers seized, to be disposed of by the Congress, |
900 |
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Deposition of Samuel Smith, |
901 |
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Orders from William Sheriff, dated Boston, May 30, to Josiah Jones, to proceed to Windsor, in Nova-Scotia, |
901 |
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Letter from William Sheriff, dated Boston, May 30, to Day Scott, at Windsor, Nova-Scotia, |
901 |
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