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1775.    
June 7,
Meeting of the Governour and Committee of War for Connecticut. Fifty barrels of Powder ordered to be sent to the American Army before Boston,
1037
7,
Meeting of the Committee of Worcester County, Maryland. Acknowledge their allegiance to the King, an affection for his person, and zeal for the support of his crown and dignity; will do all in their power to oppose the detested Ministerial plan for enslaving their Country, and will cheerfully contribute to assist their suffering brethren in Boston,
924
7,
Dixon Quinton and Thomas Lambden declared enemies of their Country, by the Worcester, Maryland, Committee,
925
7,
Delaware Assembly declare they will be chargeable with their share of the expense incurred in the defence of the lives and liberties of the People of the Twelve United Colonies, and of the Parish of St. John’s, in Georgia,
925
7,
Letter from General Charles Lee to General Burgoyne,
925
7,
Philadelphia Committee examine the complaint against Captain Robert Torrans, for having imported and sold some Irish Linens about the first of May last, and resolve that he has wilfully and knowingly violated the Continental Association,
928
7,
Letter from the New-York Congress to their Delegates in the Continental Congress, enclosing the Report of a Committee appointed on erecting Fortifications at King’s Bridge. The ground is so irregular on the Northern part of Manhattan Island that no Fortifications can be constructed there so as to be tenable for any length of time. No part of the Island is adapted for a Magazine or place of Arms, with an enemy superiour in the field, and with the command of both Rivers,
1278
7,
Letter from the New-York Congress to the Committee of Albany. Highly approve of their zeal and activity in raising Troops, but request them to proceed no further without orders; the two Companies raised may be sent to Ticonderoga. The Prisoners taken at St. John’s should remain at liberty, and be supported out of the Colony Provisions,
1280
7,
Letter from the New-York Congress to their Delegates in the Continental Congress; calling their attention to the necessity of immediately providing Money, without which it will be impossible to comply with their further requests. Their attention is particularly called to the situation of New-York, with respect to the Indians on their Northern Frontiers, whom policy will teach the British Ministry to set upon them, that they may be driven for protection to embrace their terms of slavery; this evil may be remedied by the appointment of a Continental Superintendent of Indian affairs, instead of leaving the management of Indian affairs in the hands of Crown Officers. The appointment of a General is left to the wisdom of the Continental Congress,
1281
7,
Letter from the New-York Congress to their Delegates in the Continental Congress, recommending Colonel Philip Schuyler and Captain Richard Montgomery to the offices of Major and Brigadier-General,
1282
7,
Letter from the New-York Congress to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety. They are fully aware of the dangerous consequences that await them, either from supineness, or a confidence in the honour of the avowed instruments of Ministerial vengeance,
928
7,
Petition of Donald McLeod, late from Scotland, to the New-York Committee, asking for a Commission,
929
7,
Letter from Benjamin Lindsay to the New-York Committee, asking permission to take on board a parcel of Flour for the Poor of Boston,
929
7,
Application of the Selectmen of the Town of Lancaster to the Massachusetts Congress, to know what shall be done with the Estates of those who have gone to General Gage,
930
7,
Letter from Committee of Belfast, &c., to the Massachusetts Congress, representing the defence-less condition of the Towns they represent,
930
1775.    
June 7,
Petition of Davis and Coverly to the Massachusetts Congress,
931
8,
Hanover, Virginia, Volunteers, declare they will risk their lives to aid and assist in protecting the Liberties of their Country, and approve of the reprisals on the King’s property for the Powder taken by Lord Dunmore,
931
8,
Three Battalions of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, the Artillery Company, a Troop of Light-Horse, several Companies of Light-Infantry, Rangers, and Riflemen, in all above two thousand Men, reviewed by the Members of the Continental Congress,
931
8,
Letter from Abraham Clark, of Elizabethtown, New-Jersey, to the New-York Congress. Forward six quarter casks and two half barrels of Gunpowder, to be sent on to the Camp near Boston,
931
8,
Letter from the New-York Congress to the Continental Congress, enclosing a Letter from General Ward, Joseph Warren, and Moses Gill, dated Camp, June 4, 1775,
931
4,
Letter to the Provincial Congress of New-York, from General Ward, Dr. Warren President of the Committee of Safety, and Moses Gill Chairman of the Committee of Supplies, of Massachusetts, informing them of their distressed condition for want of Powder, and urging them in the strongest terms to assist them with a supply,
932
8,
Petition of Donald McLeod, late from Scotland: can raise a Company of Scottish Highlanders, to enter the service of the Colonies, and requests an answer to his application for a Commission,
932
8,
New-York Committee. Isaac Sears elected a Deputy to the Provincial Congress, in place of George Folliot. Committee appointed to examine the cargo of any Vessel which arrives, suspected of having on board Goods not admissible,
933
8,
Meeting of Freeholders of Brookhaven, in Suffolk County, New-York, choose a Committee of Observation,
933
8,
Letter from the Committee of Cumberland County, New-York, to the Provincial Congress. Will support all the American measures in opposition to the arbitrary, tyrannick, and sanguinary measures of the British Parliament,
934
8,
Petition of the Senior Class of Rhode-Island College to the President,
935
9,
Answer of the President to the Petition of the Senior Class,
936
8,
Letter from Governour Trumbull to the Massachusetts Congress,
936
8,
Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to Captain Solomon Uhhaunnauwaunmut, Chief Sachem of the Moheakonnuck Tribe of Indians, at Stockbridge,
937
8,
Letter from the Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, Committee, to the Provincial Congress,
937
8,
Committee appointed by the New-Hampshire Congress to demand of George Jaffrey, Treasurer of the Colony, the Money in his hands,
937
9,
The Provincial Congress of South-Carolina have determined to raise two Regiments of Foot and one of Horse immediately, and to put the Militia on a respectable footing,
938
9,
Volunteer Company of Lancaster County, Virginia. Thank Captain Patrick Henry for his spirited conduct in the late expedition, and will defend him and the Delegates, and all other friends to America, whom the abandoned tools of Administration may dare to attack,
938
9,
Letter from the New-York Congress to the Commander-in-Chief, at Ticonderoga,
1288
9,
Letter from the New-York Congress to the Commissioners at Albany, appointed to superintend the removal of the Stores from Ticonderoga,
1188
9,
Letter from William Williams, Benjamin Waite, and Joab Hoisington, to the New-York Congress, requesting to be appointed Field-Officers,
938
9,
Letter from Ethan Allen to the Massachusetts Congress. Two or three thousand Men, conducted by intrepid commanders, would at this juncture make a conquest of Canada. Sucha plan would make a diversion in favour of the

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