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1775.    
 
Observations on the Government account of the late Action near Charlestown,
1099
 
Further Observations,
1101
June26,
Message from the Governour of Grenada to the House of Assembly, requiring that the Address and Minutes of the House, in favour of the rebellious subjects in America, be rescinded,
1102
 
Message from the House to the Governour, informing him an Address to the King had passed the House in consequence of an unanimous Resolution for that purpose; it had been delivered to the late Speaker, and is no longer in the possession of the House,
1102
 
Resolutions of the House refusing to comply with the peremptory demands of the Governour to rescind the Minutes,
1102
 
Proclamation of the Governour dissolving the Assembly,
1103
26,
Meeting of sundry Gentlemen at Savannah, in Georgia. Declare the Acts of Parliament, for raising a Revenue in America, are grievances, and they will do all they legally may to obtain a redress of those grievances,
1103
26,
Meeting of the Committee for Talbot County Maryland. Information of the arrival in the Chesapeake Bay of the Ship Johnston, Captain Jones, from Liverpool, with Salt and Dry Goods,
1104
 
Report of the Sub-Committee who examined the Ship Johnston, with a schedule of the Goods on board, shipped by James Gildart and John Gawith, of Liverpool, who are declared to have violated the Association,
1104
26,
Committee for the City and Liberties of Philadelphia. Resolve that Henry Cour and Nicholas Ashton, of Liverpool, have knowingly violated the Association of the American Congress, by shipping Salt to America in the Ship Albion, and that the Ship and Cargo return to Liverpool forthwith,
1105
26,
Letter from John Lamb to the New-York Congress,
1106
26,
Letter from John French to the New-York Congress. Cannot take his seat in Congress, as it appears he was not elected by a majority,
1106
26,
Letter from Robert R. Livingston to the New-York Congress. His Powder Mill is in operation, and will immediately begin making the Powder,
1106
26,
Letter from Governour Trumbull to President Hancock,
1106
26,
Letter from General Gage to Lord Dunmore, informing him of his victory over the Rebels, on the 17th,
1107
26,
Letter from General Ward to the Massachusetts Congress,
1107
26,
Letter from the Committee for Northfield, Massachusetts, to the Provincial Congress,
1108
26,
Petition of the Committee of Correspondence for the Town of Plymouth, Massachusetts, to the Provincial Congress,
1108
26,
Letter from the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety to General Folsom,
1109
27,
Letter from Governour “Wright to General Gage. The unhappy affair of the 19th of April, and some late occurrences in South-Carolina, have forced the People of Georgia into the same predicament with others. He has neither Men nor Money. The King’s Officers, and friends to Government are left naked, and exposed to the resentment of an enraged People,
1109
 
Letter sent in place of the foregoing, (which was intercepted and suppressed,) by the Secret Committee of Charlestown, South-Carolina, (Note,)
1110
27,
Letter from Gov. Wright to Admiral Graves, urging him to send a Sloop-of-War to Savannah immediately; a Vessel with a quantity of Gunpowder is expected, and Boats and Men from South-Carolina are waiting to take her, and he has no means to prevent it,
1111
 
Letter substituted for the foregoing by the Secret Committee of South-Carolina, (Note,)
1111
27,
Letter from Charlestown, South-Carolina, to a Gentleman in Philadelphia, enclosing Extracts of Letters from the Superintendent and Agent of Indian Affairs in Georgia,
1111
1775.    
June 27,
Meeting of the Committee of Accomack County, Virginia. John Sherlock declared an enemy to American Liberty. Recantation of Mr. Sherlock,
1112
27,
Committee for Bedford County, Virginia: offer assistance and protection to such of the Inhabitants of the lower parts of the Colony as may be obliged to quit their habitations,
1113
27,
Letter from President Hancock to the New-York Congress, enclosing a List of the General Officers appointed to command the Continental Forces,
1114
27,
Letter from the New-York Congress to Governour Trumbull. A Guard has been sent to escort four Wagons loaded with Gunpowder, from New-Jersey, for the Camp at Cambridge,
1114
26,
Meeting of the Committee of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New-York. Adopt the Resolutions and determinations of the Continental Congress, and the injunctions of the Provincial Congress, and will abide by, adhere to, and support them. Apologize for their past conduct, in having so late come into the Congressional measures,
934
27,
Letter from Thomas Hicks to the New-York Congress, with his reasons for not taking his seat in Congress, and account of the election in Queen’s County, where they decline for the present to send Delegates,
1114
27,
Petition and Remonstrance of Hermann Zedtwitz to the New-York Provincial Congress, for permission to raise a Regiment of Riflemen, and appoint him to the command of it,
1115
27,
Letter from Elisha Phelps, at Ticonderoga, to the Massachusetts Congress,
1116
27,
Letter from Governour Trumbull to the Massachusetts Congress. Is informed by Colonel Hinman, at Ticonderoga, that the British are fortifying St. John’s, and that the Caughnawaga Indians have had a war-dance, being brought to it by General Carleton,
1116
27,
Meeting of the Committees of Inspection for the Towns of Tiverton and Little Compton, R. I.
1117
27,
Letter from Governour Cooke to the Massachusetts Congress. Rhode-Island is about to fit out two Armed Vessels for the protection of their trade; a few Vessels, properly armed and manned, would be a great means of protecting the coast, and might enable us to make reprisals,
1118
27,
Extracts of Letters received in Philadelphia, from Gentlemen in the Army at Cambridge,
1118
27,
Letter from General Ward to the Massachusetts Congress, recommending Col. William Henshaw for Adjutant-General,
1119
27,
Letter from General Thomas to the Massachusetts Congress, with a request from the Selectmen of Boston that Provisions may be sent into Boston for the American Prisoners taken on the 17th, at Charlestown,
1119
27,
Letter from Colonel David Brewer to the Massachusetts Congress,
1119
27,
Petition of the Officers of Colonels Prescott, Frye and Bridge’s Regiments, to the Massachusetts Congress, praying an allowance for their losses in the Battle on the 17th instant,
1119
27,
Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to the Continental Congress. The Continental Army before Boston are restrained from returning the fire of the British, which is kept up daily, lest by so doing they exhaust their little stock of powder, and place them at the mercy of their enemies. Nothing can so much merit the immediate attention of the Congress as the means of supplying this Army in the speediest manner with Gunpowder,
1120
27,
Letter from General Folsom to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety,
1121
27,
Letter from the Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, Committee, to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety, enclosing an intercepted Letter from Boston,
1122
27,
Letter from the Committees of Hanover and Lebanon to the New-Hampshire Congress.—Mr. Dean has just arrived with important intelligence from Canada, and will set out for Philadelphia to-morrow, to lay it before the Continental Congress,
1542

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