1775 |
June 30, |
Letter from General Thomas to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety, |
1141 |
30, |
Letter from General Heath to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety. Many of his Regiment are without Arms; requests they may be supplied, |
1141 |
30, |
Letter from the Committee of Safety for Massachusetts to the Provincial Congress. Desire to have a full knowledge of the emissions of Bills lately made, before they consider the further emission required by a Resolve of the Provincial Congress, |
1141 |
30, |
Letter from the Massachusetts Committee of Supplies to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety, requesting them to forward some Cannon they have, |
1142 |
30, |
Colonel John Fenton declared an enemy to the Liberties of America by the Congress of New-Hampshire, and sent under guard to Head-Quarters, |
698 |
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Eulogium sacred to the memory of the late Maj. Gen. Warren, who fell, June 17, 1775, fighting against the Ministerial Army at Boston, |
1142 |
RHODE-ISLAND ASSEMBLY.
May 3, |
Rhode-Island Assembly meet at Providence, |
1143 |
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List of the Members, |
1143 |
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Records of the Colony removed to Providence, |
1145 |
|
Committee to prepare a Bill for regulating the Army to be raised for the defence of the Colony, |
1145 |
|
Act for embodying, supplying and paying the Army of Observation ordered to be raised for the defence of the Colony, |
1145 |
|
Committee of Safety authorized to receive and distribute Arms, |
1147 |
|
Committee of Safety appointed, |
1147 |
|
Officers of the Army of Observation, |
1147 |
|
Resolutions disqualifying Governour Wanton, and authorizing the Lieutenant-Governour to
act as Governour, |
1149 |
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Committee of Safety directed to make out the account of the expenses of Raising and Equipping the Army of Observation, and transmit it to the Continental Congress, |
1150 |
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Proceedings of the Assembly, relative to the Disputes between Great Britain and the Colonies, directed to be sent to the Assembly of Connecticut and Committee of New-York, |
1150 |
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Pay to the Officers and Men of the Army of Observation, |
1150 |
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Embargo laid on all Provisions going out of the Colony, |
1151 |
|
Adjourn to second Monday in June, |
1151 |
June12, |
Meet according to adjournment, |
1151 |
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List of the Members, |
1151 |
|
Disqualification of Governour Wanton continued, |
1152 |
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Deputy-Governour requested to write to Captain Wallace, Commander of His Majestys Ship Rose, now in the Harbour of Newport, and demand of him the reason of his conduct to-wards the Inhabitants of the Colony, |
1152 |
|
Allowances to Soldiers in Camp, |
1152 |
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Rules for regulating the Army of Observation, raised by this Colony, |
1152 |
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Committee of Safety directed to fit out, with Arms and Men, two Vessels, to protect the Trade of the Colony, |
1158 |
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Officers appointed to command the Vessels, |
1158 |
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Memorial of William Potter, of South-Kingston, expressing his regret at having signed the Protest, in April last, against the Act for raising an Array of Observation, | 1158 |
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The Memorial is considered satisfactory, and Mr. Potter is reinstated in the favour of the Assembly, |
1159 |
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Military Officers appointed |
1159 |
|
Post-Offices established, Postmasters and Post-Riders appointed, and Rates of Postage fixed, |
1160 |
|
Ten Thousand Pounds in lawful money, Bills of Credit, authorized, |
1161 |
|
Officers chosen by the Light-Infantry Companies of Providence and Gloucester approved, |
1161 |
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Officers chosen by the Company of Scituate Hunters, approved, |
1161 |
|
An Act to prevent Desertion from the Army of Observation, |
1161 |
1775 |
|
Officers chosen by the Company of North-Providence Rangers, approved, |
1162 |
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The Deputy-Governour requested to transmit to the Rhode-Island Delegates in the Continental Congress a copy of the Proceedings of this Assembly, |
1162 |
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Adjourned to the third Monday in August next, |
1162 |
June 28, |
Meet again; convened by the Lieut. Governour, |
1162 |
|
List of the Members of the Assembly, |
1163 |
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Officers chosen to command the Pawtuxet Rangers, approved, |
1163 |
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Six additional Companies authorized to be raised and equipped; two Companies to be added to each of the Regiments now in the service of this Colony, and encamped near Boston, |
1163 |
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Ten Thousand Pounds in lawful money, Bills, to be emitted for the pay and support of the additional Companies, |
1163 |
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An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act for Regulating Appeals to His Majesty in Council, in Great Britain, |
1163 |
|
Disqualification of Governour Wanton continued, |
1164 |
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Army of Observation placed under the command and direction of the Commander-in-Chief of the combined American Army, stationed in the Province of Massachusetts, |
1164 |
|
Deputy-Governour requested to write a Reply to the Speech of the Oneida Indians to the four New-England Colonies, |
1164 |
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Committee appointed to take an account of the Powder, Arras and Ammunition, as well private as publick, in the Colony, |
1164 |
|
Committees of the several Towns requested to collect Saltpetre, and forward it to the Provincial Congress in New-York, |
1164 |
|
Officers chosen to command the Providence Grenadier Company, approved, |
1164 |
|
Officers appointed to command the six additional Companies to the Army of Observation, |
1165 |
|
Act for enlisting one-fourth part of the Militia of the Colony as Minute-Men, |
1165 |
|
Adjourned to the third Monday in August, |
1168 |
PENNSYLVANIA ASSEMBLY.
June 19, |
Pennsylvania Assembly meet, |
1167 |
20, |
Message to the Governour, that they are ready to proceed to any business he may have to lay before them, |
1167 |
21, |
Answer of the Governour; he has no business to lay before the House, |
1167 |
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Committee to prepare a bill for striking twenty-two thousand Pounds in Bills of Credit, |
1168 |
22, |
Bill for striking Bills of Credit reported and read, |
1168 |
23, |
Memorial from the Committee for the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, requesting them to appoint a Committee of Safety and Defence, |
1168 |
24, |
Resolution of the Continental Congress of June 22, requesting Pennsylvania to raise two or more Companies of Riflemen, presented to the House, |
1170 |
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Petition from a number of the Officers of the Association in the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, concurring with the Petition and Memorial from the Committee of the said City and Liberties, presented yesterday, |
1170 |
27, |
Consideration of the Petition from the Committee for Philadelphia resumed, |
1170 |
|
Committee appointed to consider of, and report to the House, such measures as may be expedient for putting the City and Province into a state of defence, |
1170 |
28, |
Message from the Governour, refusing his consent to the Bill entitled An Act for the support of Government of this Province, and payment of the Publick Debt, |
1171 |
|
Committee to prepare an Answer to the Message, |
1171 |
30, |
Resolves reported by the Committee on the Defence of the City and Province, considered and agreed to by the House, |
1172 |
|
Committee of Safety appointed |
1173 |
|
People conscientiously scrupulous of bearing Arms recommended to assist the indigent Associators, |
1174 |
|
Adjourned to Monday, the 18th of September next, |
1174 |
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