1775. |
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Ten Companies of Riflemen, from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, are ordered immediately to proceed to your Army, |
1019 |
June
18, |
Letter from John Adams to Elbridge Gerry. General Washington has been chosen Commander-in-Chief, General Ward First Major General, and General Lee Second, and Major Gales Adjutant-General. The virtuous attachment of our countrymen to their own officers presented an objection to the appointment of Lee and Gates, which was overcome by the earnest desire of General Washington to have their assistance, |
1019 |
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General Wooster to the New-York Congress, |
1306 |
18, |
Letter from General Wooster to Governour Trumbull, enclosing a Letter, dated yesterday, from New-York, |
1020 |
17, |
Letter from the New-York Congress to General Wooster, informing him of the change in the destination of the Troops; a Ship-of-War is off Sandy Hook, to direct the Transports to proceed to Boston, |
1020 |
18, |
Letter from an Officer of the British Army at Boston to a Gentleman in London. Account of the Battle of Bunkers Hill; the Provincials were defeated, but the victory has cost us very dear, and we do not enjoy one solid benefit from it; we have learned one melancholy truth, which is, that the Americans, if equally well commanded, are as good Soldiers as ours, |
1021 |
18, |
Letter from General Thomas to the Massachusetts Congress, recommending the appointment of an Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, |
1021 |
18, |
Letter from the Massachusetts Committee of Supplies to the Committee of Safety, |
1022 |
18, |
Circular Letter from the Committee of Supplies to the several Towns in Massachusetts, urging them to forward Provisions for the Army, |
1022 |
18, |
Letter from Colonel Bartlett to General Folsom, with intelligence of the Battle yesterday, and the burning of Charlestown, |
1022 |
19, |
Meeting of the Committee for the County of Prince Edward, Virginia. Resolutions on the seizure of the Powder by Lord Dunmore, and approving the conduct of Captain Patrick Henry in making reprisals for it, |
1023 |
19, |
Meeting of the Frederick County, Virginia, Committee. Resolutions on the seizure of the Powder by Lord Dunmore, and the Address from the Council to the People of Virginia, |
1023 |
19, |
Queen Anne County, Maryland, Committee. Prohibit the dealing with any Merchant in the County who does not produce satisfactory evidence that his Goods were imported agreeable to the Association, |
1024 |
19, |
Letter from Brook Watson to the New-York Congress, |
1025 |
19, |
Meeting of the Governour and Committee of War for Connecticut, |
1038 |
19, |
Letter from Governour Trumbull to the New-York Congress. Has ordered seventeen hundred Men, under the command of Major-General Wooster, to march immediately within five miles of the City of New-York, subject to the orders of the Continental Congress and Provincial Congress of New-York, |
1025 |
19, |
Letter from Governour Trumbull to the Massachusetts Congress, |
1026 |
19, |
Letter from Governour Trumbull to Benedict Arnold. The invasion of Canada should be moved by the Continental Congress; the Army at Boston, and the prospect of one arriving at New-York, forbid our thinking of an Expedition to Canada, |
1026 |
19, |
Speech of the Chiefs and Warriors of the Oneida Tribe of Indians to the four New-England Provinces, directed to Governour Trumbull, |
1116 |
19, |
Town Meeting at Providence, Rhode-Island. Authorize Cartridges to be delivered out to the Inhabitants, |
1027 |
19, |
Providence, Rhode-Island, Packet, seized by the British, and retaken, near Conanicut, |
1027 |
19, |
Proclamation by General Gage, requiring all the Inhabitants of Boston to deliver up their Fire-Arms, and declaring all who omit to do so enemies to His Majestys Government, |
1027 |
19, |
Letter from General Ward to the Massachusetts Congress, |
1028 |
1775. |
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June 19, |
Letter from Joseph Ward to the Massachusetts Congress, requesting the Troops to be furnished with Blankets, and Spears or Lances, |
1028 |
19, |
Letter from the Massachusetts Committee of Safety to the Provincial Congress, requesting that measures may be taken to obtain the names and places of abode of all who were Killed or Wounded in the Battle of Lexington, and at any time since, and of such as may be Killed or Wounded at any future time, in the contest between Great Britain and the Colonies, |
1028 |
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Resolution of the Provincial Congress, for carrying into effect the foregoing request, |
1028 |
19, |
Letter from Colonel John Stark to the New-Hampshire Congress. Account of the engagement on the 17th instant, |
1029 |
19, |
Letter from James McGregore to the Committee of Safety of New-Hampshire, |
1029 |
20, | Arrival of Governour Lord William Campbell at Charlestown, South-Carolina, |
1030 |
20, |
Association adopted and signed by the Committees of the District of Wilmington, in North-Carolina, |
1030 |
20, |
Meeting of the Committee of Accomack County, Virginia; requiring Masters of all Vessels bringing Goods for sale to bring certificates that the Goods were imported agreeable to the Continental Association, |
1031 |
20, |
Letter from General Washington to the Independent Companies of Fairfax County, Virginia; informing them of his appointment to the command of the Continental Army, |
1031 |
20, |
Letter from General Washington to John Augustine Washington. Has been chosen to the command of the Continental Army, by the partiality of Congress, joined to a political motive, and will set out to-morrow for Boston, |
1031 |
20, |
Meeting of the Committee for the new County proposed to be formed in Delaware, at Broad Creek: bind themselves and constituents, by every thing sacred, collectively and separately, to enforce and carry into execution whatever measures have or may be recommended, for the preservation of the Liberties of America, |
1032 |
20, |
Letter from Philadelphia to a Gentleman in London. Two propositions which Congress intend to make to the British Government, |
1033 |
20, |
Letter from Philadelphia to a Gentleman in London. Colonel George Washington is, at the particular request of the People of New-England, and with the unanimous consent of Congress, appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Forces, |
1033 |
20, |
Letter from President Hancock to the New-Hampshire Congress, enclosing a Resolve passed yesterday for re-enforcing the Army before Boston, |
1034 |
20, |
Letter from the New-Hampshire Delegates at Philadelphia to the Provincial Congress. The greatest unanimity prevails in the Congress, one and all being determined to defend our rights to the last, |
1035 |
20, |
Letter from the New-York Congress to Governour Trumbull, enclosing a Resolution of the Continental Congress of the 16th instant. A small supply of Gunpowder has been lately received, and half a ton of it will be forwarded to General Wooster for the Provincial Army at Boston, |
1306 |
20, |
Letter from the Provincial Congress of New-York to General Wooster, in reply to his Letters of the 17th and 18th instant, |
1307 |
20, |
Letter from Governour Trumbull to the Continental Congress. Has sent fifty barrels of Powder with the greatest secrecy and despatch to the American Army before Boston, and will send ten barrels more, which is all that can be supplied, as none can be obtained in the Colony, |
1035 |
20 |
Letter from a Gentleman in Providence, Rhode-Island, to his friend in New-York. Account of the Battle of Bunkers Hill on the 17th instant, |
1036 |
20, |
Meeting of the Governour and Committee of War for Connecticut, |
1039 |
20, |
Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to the Continental Congress. Account of the Battle of Bunkers Bill, |
1039 |
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