1775. |
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removing the Cannon and Stores from Ticonderoga, |
1248 |
May 24, |
Letter to the Governour of Connecticut, informing him of what they have done relative to Ticonderoga, |
1248 |
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Committee to prepare a Letter and Instructions to the Agents for removing the Cannon and Stores from Ticonderoga, |
1248 |
25, |
Committee appointed to confer with the Gentlemen from Connecticut, on their written request, |
1250 |
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Arrangement of the Clergy of New-York, to open the Congress with Prayer every morning, |
1250 |
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Report of the Committee after their Conference, |
1250 |
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Motion rejected, that the Letter to the Governour of Connecticut be withheld, and the subject-matter thereof reconsidered, |
1250 |
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Letter to the Agents for removing the Cannon and Stores from Ticonderoga, |
1251 |
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Instructions to the Agents, |
1251 |
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The Congress recommend to all persons not to commit any hostilities against the People of Canada, and declare every such step infamous, and highly inimical to all the American Colonies, |
1253 |
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Motion made, and consideration postponed, that this Congress do fully approve of the Proceedings of the late Continental Congress, |
1253 |
26, |
Committee of Correspondence appointed, and instructed to inform the People of Canada that nothing hostile is intended against them, |
1254 |
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Letter to the Committee of Safety for Massachusetts, and the Committee of Correspondence for New-Hampshire, |
1254 |
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Committee appointed to consider the expediency of emitting a Continental Paper Currency, |
1254 |
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Letter to the Delegates representing this Colony in the Continental Congress, |
1255 |
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Propositions and requests of Capt. Asa Douglass, |
1255 |
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Members of the Congress desired to sign the Association, |
1256 |
27, |
Letter from Abraham Lott, for information whether he is authorized to supply the Ship Asia with Provisions: permission given, |
1257 |
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Committee on Continental Paper Currency report; to be considered on Tuesday next, |
1257 |
29, |
Letter from the Provincial Congress of New-Jersey, dated May 26, |
1258 |
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Letter from President Hancock, dated May 26, with Resolves of the Continental Congress of May 25, respecting the measures they conceive necessary for the defence and safety of the City and Province of New-York, |
1259 |
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Letter to the Provincial Congress of New-Jersey, |
1260 |
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Letter to the Delegates in the Continental Congress, |
1260 |
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Recommendation to the several Counties to appoint Committees to obtain the signatures of all the Inhabitants to the Association, and to report the Names of those who refuse to sign, |
1261 |
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Letter to the Counties, enclosing the foregoing Recommendation, |
1261 |
30, |
Report of the Committee on the Continental Paper Currency, |
1262 |
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Agreed to unanimously by the House, and a copy directed to be transmitted to the Delegates of the Colony in the Continental Congress, |
1264 |
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Letter to the Delegates in Continental Congress, enclosing the Report on Paper Currency, |
1264 |
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Committee to examine the Ground at or near Kings Bridge, to ascertain if it will admit of making a Fortification there that will be tenable, |
1265 |
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Committee to go to the Highlands, and report the most proper place for erecting one or more Fortifications, |
1265 |
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Motion by Mr. Kissam, that a Committee be appointed to prepare and state the terms on which a reconciliation may be tendered to Great Britain, |
1265 |
31, |
Inhabitants of the Colony recommended to furnish themselves with Arms and Ammunition, |
1267 |
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Committee to Report an arrangement of the Troops to be embodied for the defence of this Colony, |
1267 |
June 1, |
Letter to the Delegates of the Colony in the Continental Congress, |
1268 |
1775. |
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June 1, |
Letter to Sub-Committee of the City of Albany, |
1269 |
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Mr. Kissam, with leave of the Congress, withdrew his motion of the 30th of May, |
1269 |
2, |
Committee of Correspondence reported a Letter to the People of Canada, which was read and approved, |
1270 |
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Fifteen hundred copies of the Letter in French, and five hundred in English, ordered to be printed and distributed among the People of Canada, |
1270 |
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Motion by Mr. Kissam, that a Committee be appointed to prepare a Plan of Accommodation between Great Britain and the Colonies, |
1271 |
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Debated and adopted: affirmative seven Counties, negative four Counties, |
1271 |
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Committee to prepare the Plan of Accommodation, |
1271 |
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Letter from President Hancock, dated May 31, enclosing a Resolution of the same day, requesting the Governour of Connecticut to send a strong re-enforcement to Crown Point and Ticonderoga, |
1271 |
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Peter T. Curtenius appointed Commissary to supply the Northern Posts; and the Members of the Congress become responsible to him for the disbursements he may make, |
1272 |
3, |
Letter from James Rivington, Printer, received and read, and the consideration of it deferred, |
1274 |
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Recommendation to the Inhabitants of the City not to obstruct the embarkation of the British Troops, |
1274 |
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Letter to Inhabitants of Tryon County, |
1274 |
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Letter to Colonel Guy Johnson, |
1275 |
6, |
Letter from the Committee at Albany, dated June 2, 1775, |
1276 |
6, |
Letter to the Governour and Company of Connecticut, |
1277 |
7, |
Letter to the New-York Delegates at the Continental Congress, on the subject of erecting a Fortification at Kings Bridge, |
1278 |
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Report of the Committee who viewed the Grounds at Kings Bridge, and places adjacent, |
1279 |
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Colonel Philip Schuyler recommended to the Continental Congress as a Major-General, and Richard Montgomery as a Brigadier-General, |
1280 |
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Letter to the Committee of Albany, |
1280 |
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Letter to the Delegates of this Colony in the Continental Congress, calling their attention to the necessity of immediately providing Money; recommend the appointment of a Continental Superintendent of Indian Affairs; and leave to the wisdom of the Continental Congress the appointment of a General, |
1281 |
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Letter to the Delegates in Continental Congress, recommending Colonel Schuyler for Major-General, and Captain Montgomery for Brigadier-General, |
1282 |
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Any attempt to raise tumults, under pretext of a doubtful interpretation of the Resolves or Recommendation of the Congress, is declared to be a high infraction of the General Association, and tending directly to the dissolution of this Congress, |
1282 |
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Letter to the Committee of Safety for Massachusetts, |
1283 |
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James Rivington having signed the General Association, and asked pardon of the publick, who have been offended by his ill-judged publications, is permitted to return to his house and family, |
1284 |
8, |
Letter to Artemas Ward, General of the Massachusetts Army, Joseph Warren, Chairman of the Committee of Safety, and Moses Gill, Chairman of the Committee of Supplies, |
1285 |
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The late seizure of the Military Stores belonging to the Crown, at Turtle Bay, is a direct violation of the Continental Order of the 15th of May; is inimical to the true interest of the Colonies, and tends to involve this City in the utmost confusion and distress, |
1285 |
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Committee appointed to repair to Turtle Bay, and inform the persons assembled there of the opinion of this Congress, and to order them to desist from the further execution of their intentions, |
1285 |
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Motion by Mr. Scott, to dismantle the Fort and secure the Cannon, rejected: affirmative five Counties; negative five Counties, |
1286 |