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1775.    
Charlestown; request to be furnished with acircumstantial detail of the Engagement, and its consequences,
1064
June 23,
Letter to Mr. Holt. The County of Cumberland, in New-York, having been represented as inimical to the late Continental Congress and the Provincial Congresses, he is requested to publish the Proceedings of the General Committee of that County, in October last,
1064
Proceedings of the Committees from a number of Townships in the County of Cumberland, held at the County Hall, at Westminster, on the 19th and 20th days of October, 1774,
1065
23,
Letter from Colonel Arnold to the Continental Congress. The opinion of the Committee sent by Massachusetts, to inquire into the importance of holding Ticonderoga and Crown Point, is, that if the Enemy had possession of these Fortresses it would place the New-England Colonies and New-York in the utmost danger,
1066
23,
Letter from Governour Trumbull to the Continental Congress,
1067
23,
Letter from an Officer on board one of the King’s ships, at Boston, to a friend in London. The Engagement on the 17th lasted four hours, and ended infinitely to our disadvantage. The Americans, when we landed, so far from retreating, as we expected, marched towards us with the greatest coolness and regularity. The Provincials fought like men who had no care for their persons, and disputed every inch of ground,
1067
23,
Petition to the Massachusetts Congress, from the Selectmen, Officers of the Militia, and Committee of Correspondence of Manchester. The Town being greatly exposed to their merciless enemies, they request permission to raise a Company of Men on the Provincial establishment, to be kept there for their security and defence,
1068
23,
Letter from General Folsom to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety. Colonel Stark refuses to be under any subordination to any person appointed by the Congress of New-Hampshire to the general command of the New-Hampshire Troops,
1069
23,
Address of Colonel Bailey to the Northern Indians,
1070
24,
Meeting of the Livery of London, in Common Hall. An humble Address, Remonstrance and Petition to the King on this important crisis in American affairs, ordered to be presented to His Majesty, silting on his Throne,
1070
July 4,
Report of the Sheriffs who waited on the King to know when he would permit the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council to wait on him with their Petition. The King refuses to receive it on the Throne; and the Lord Mayor refuses to present it to him in any other place. The Petition ordered to be published,
1071
June 24,
Humble Address, Remonstrance and Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Livery of London to the King,
1073
24,
Letter to General Gage,
1041
24,
Letter from President Hancock to the New-York Congress. The Continental Congress are of opinion that the employing of Green Mountain Boys would be advantageous to the common cause; they are requested to embody them with the Troops raised for the defence of the Northern Frontier,
1076
24,
Meeting of the General Committee of Observation for the County of Burlington, New-Jersey. Association and other Proceedings of the Provincial Congress at Trenton approved of,
1077
24,
Letter from General Schuyler, New-Brunswick, New-Jersey, to the New-York Congress.—General Washington will be at Newark to-morrow morning, at nine o’clock, where he wishes to meet a Deputation of the Provincial Congress,
1078
24,
Letter from John Hart, Jun., Stamford, Connecticut, to Dr. Barrington, enclosing an intercepted Letter, dated New-York, June 19th,
1078
24,
Letter from a Merchant in Boston to his Brother in Scotland, giving him an account of the Battle with the Rebels on the 17th instant
1775.    
The chief breastwork of the Provincials was the strongest post that was ever occupied by any set of men; the spirit and bravery the British Troops exhibited on the occasion is not to be surpassed in history. To the great satisfaction of all good men, Dr. Warren was slain,
1079
June 24,
Order by the Massachusetts Congress for observing Thursday, 13th of July, as a day of Publick Fasting and Prayer throughout the Colony,
1080
24,
Letter from General Ward to the Massachusetts Congress. Lieutenant Francis Cox, of Salem, has deserted the service, and told his men they might go home, for no one had a right to stop them; many of the men are gone, and it is probable others will go,
1080
24,
Letter from General Folsom to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety, for Cannon for the Camp at Winter Hill. General Ward, who has been applied to, cannot supply them,
1081
25,
Proposed vindication and offer to Parliament, drawn up in a Committee of Congress, (by Dr. Franklin,)
1081
25,
Letter from General Washington to the American Congress. One thousand pounds of Powder were sent from New-York to the camp at Cambridge, leaving at this time but four barrel sin the City of New-York,
1084
25,
General Washington’s Orders and Instructions to General Schuyler, appointed to the command of the Northern Department,
1084
25,
Letter from General Washington to the President and Members of the Continental Congress,
1085
25,
Contradiction of the Statement made by Colonel Easton to the Massachusetts Congress, on the17th of May last, of the reduction of Ticonderoga, denying to Colonel Easton any participation in its capture,
1085
25,
Letter from Thaddeus Burr to General Wooster, enclosing a Letter to him from Isaac Lothrop, one of the Provincial Congress at Watertown, dated June 22, giving an account of the action on the 17th instant,
1089
25,
Andrew Gilman appointed a Lieutenant by the Massachusetts Congress, and instructed to visitand cultivate a peaceable disposition with the Indians,
1090
25,
Letter from John Lane to the Massachusetts Congress,
1090
25,
Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to Governour Trumbull, for re-enforcements for the Army,
1090
25,
Letter from the Massachusetts Committee of Safety to the Selectmen of Bradford. A Company of fifty Minute-Men enlisted in the Town of Bradford, under Captain Gage, to serve for one year from February, 1775, have all, except two, scandalously deserted the cause of their Country, and stained their own honour by leaving the Camp and returning home,
1091
25,
Letter from General Folsom to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety,
1090
25,
Letter from an Officer in the Army at Boston to his friend in England, giving an account of the Battle of Bunker’s Hill,
1093
25,
Letter from General Burgoyne to Lord Stanley. Account of the Battle of Bunker’s Hill,
1094
Letter to General Burgoyne: Strictures on his Letter to Lord Stanley,
1095
25,
Letter from General Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth. The trials we have had show the Rebels are not the despicable rabble too many have supposed them to be; when they find cover they make a good stand. The conquest of this Country is not easy, and can be effected only by time and perseverance and strong armies attacking it in various quarters and dividing their forces,
1097
25,
Letter from General Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth, with his account of the Battle of Bunker’s Hill,
1097
Return of the Officers, Non-Commissioned Officer sand Privates Killed and Wounded of His Majesty’s Troops, at the attack of the Redoubt sand Intrenchments, on the Heights of Charles-town, June 17, 1775,
1098

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