Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to General Ward,

Petition of the Selectmen of the Town of Town shend, in Massachusetts, to the Provincial Congress. Are out of Powder, and ask for an order on the Town of Ashby for one of the two barrels they have,

Letter from Richard Derby, Jun., to Capt. James Kirkwood,

Report of Edward Bucknam and Seth Wales, to Colonels Bailey and Hurd, of the information gained from the Indians on the Canada Frontiers, by two Scouts, sent for that purpose,

Letter from the Secret Committee of South Carolina to Colonel Moultrie. Furnish him with Powder for the two Regiments of Infantry. Recommend to him the greatest caution and prudence, and to permit no Soldier to stand sentry over the Powder, but such as are known friends to the Liberties of America,

Deputation of the Provincial Congress of South Carolina, to present an Address to the Govern our, Lord William Campbell,

Address and Declaration of the Provincial Congress to the Governour,

Answer of the Governour,

Provincial Congress of South Carolina, to testify their resentment of the base and cruel conduct of the Inhabitants of Poole, a Seaport in the English Channel, refuse to hold any communication with that People, or carry on any transactions with them, or employ any shipping belonging to that Port, or to any Inhabitant of the place,

Committee of Observation for Frederick County, Maryland. Committees of Correspondence for each District in the County appointed. Two Companies of Riflemen raised, in compliance with a Resolution of the Continental Congress; Officers of the Companies appointed, and their pay established,

Letter from the Provincial Congress to the Committee for the City and County of New-York, requesting them immediately to purchase all the Saltpetre in the City and County, and to inform the Congress what quantity of Brimstone and Sulphur may be purchased in the City.

New-York Committee. Letter received, dated May 30, from Jonathan Parsons, Jun., Newfoundland, informing of the arrival there of the Ship Sally, Captain Taverner, from this Port,

Inquiry by a Committee into facts of Captain Taverner’s Voyage,

Deposition of Theophilact Bache, that Captain Taverner was ordered to proceed directly to Falmouth, or some other Port in Great Britain, and that he had no agency in causing the Ship Sally to stop at Newfoundland,

Petition of Joseph Johnson, a licensed Preacher of the Gospel amongst seven different Tribes of New-England Indians, and the Oneidas, to the Provincial Congress of New-York,

Letter from a Gentleman in New-York to his friend in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is a gross calumny to say we are aiming at Independency. Our political principles are the same that raised the House of Hanover to the Throne; and were your Ministers to adopt these principles we would lay down our arms,

Letter from the Albany, New-York, Committee, to the Continental Congress. Certain information received of the hostile intentions of Governour Carleton, who was daily giving presents to Caughnawaga Indians, they having agreed to take up the hatchet. The Troops at Ticonderoga are much in want of Powder. The Frontier Inhabitants are not half supplied with Arms or Powder, and they request some may be forwarded with all the despatch possible,

Letter from Captain Chapman, an officer in General Gage’s Army at Boston, to a friend in Ireland. The Army of the Rebels consists of at least fifteen thousand, and is daily increasing; the Pulpits and the Publick Meetings breathe nothing but sedition; the People are in

the most slavish subjection to the Priests and Demagogues; the Resolves of the Congress are mostly inflammatory; they have tried and passed sentence on several who have dared to contravene their inquisitorial decrees; their aim is Independency,

Petition to the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts from seven Stockbridge Indians, soldiers enlisted in the Provincial Army,

Petition of Thomas Twining to the Massachusetts Congress, in behalf of himself and the Association of Eastham, against Amos Knowles, a Member of the Congress, who is charged with being an opposer of the common cause of the Country; with sundry accompanying papers,

Report of a Committee on the complaint against Captain Knowles, not accepted,

Letter from the Reverend Samuel Webster to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety,

Provincial Congress of South Carolina, direct Absentees to return to the Colony; and forbid persons holding Estates to withdraw from its service,

Address to the People of Henrico County, Va.,

Letter from Samuel Adams to Elbridge Gerry,

Letter from General Charles Lee to Lord Barrington, renouncing his Pay as an Officer in the British Army,

Letter from General Gates to General Washington, accepting his appointment,

Petition of William Elphinston to the New-York Congress,

Letter from Elisha Phelps to the New-York Congress. Has been appointed by Connecticut Commissary for the Northern Army: has arrived at Albany, and has been furnished with no Supplies for the Troops,

Letter from Weathers field, in Connecticut, to a Gentleman in Philadelphia. Account of the Battle on the 17th instant. The People are rejoiced to hear of the coming of General Washington, and will receive him with open arms,

Letter to a Member of the Continental Congress, from a Gentleman in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Our Messengers to the Six Nations were taken by the Regulars, carried to Montreal, tried by a Court Martial, and condemned to be hanged, and were only released upon the threatenings of the Indian Sachems to treat them as enemies if they did not let the prisoners go,

Letter from the Committee of Correspondence at Plymouth to the Committee for Providence,

Letter from General Ward to the Massachusetts Congress. Thinks it is not proper to order a Regiment from Roxbury to Cambridge, as requested by the Congress, but if they order it he will do so,

Letter from Benjamin Greenleaf to the Massachusetts Congress. The Committee of New buryport are unwilling to give up the little Powder they have, as requested by the Congress, unless the publick cause renders it absolutely necessary, in which case they will give up the last ounce, the destruction of their Town being a trivial matter compared with a final defeat of the Army,

Letter from Stephen Hooper to the Massachusetts Congress,

Account of the Engagement on the 17th. Charles town set on fire by the British, contained about three hundred Dwelling Houses, many of them large and elegant, besides one hundred and fifty or two hundred other Buildings, which are almost all laid in ashes,

Letter from General Folsom to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety,

Letter from the Committee for Charles City County, Virginia, to the Committee and Freeholders of Buckingham County, in reply to their offer of an asylum for their Wives and Children, if the lower Counties are attacked by the enemy,

Letter from the Albany Committee to the Massachusetts Congress; they have received a vague and uncertain account of the late Action at