1775.
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June 9, |
Secret Committee appointed to examine what quantity of Saltpetre is in the hands of the Apothecaries in this City,
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1287 |
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Committee to estimate and report the quantity of every article necessary for eqiupping three thousand Men, |
1287 |
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Letter to the Commander-in-Chief at Ticonderoga, informing him that the damaged Powder there may be sent to the Mill erected near the east side of Hudsons River, in Rhynbeck Precinct, in Dutchess County, |
1288 |
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Letter to the Commissioners at Albany, appointed to superintend the removal of the Cannon and Stores from Ticonderoga and Crown Point, |
1288 |
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Bounty of five Pounds given for every hundred weight of Gunpowder manufactured within the Colony, and a Bounty of twenty Pounds for every hundred good Muskets so manufactured, |
1288 |
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Motion by Mr. Tredwell, to take the advice of the Continental Congress relative to dismantling the Fort, declared to be the same in substance with a motion made, voted on, and carried in the negative, yesterday: affirmative six Counties, negative four Counties, |
1288 |
10, |
Powder received from Elizabethtown, in New-Jersey, committed to Mr. McDougall, to be forwarded to the Massachusetts Army, |
1290 |
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The Mayor of the City informed the Congress that application had been made to him respecting some Arms taken out of the Baggage Carts of the Troops lately embarking from this City, |
1290 |
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Motion by Mr. Morris, that the Arms and Military Accoutrements taken from His Majestys Troops on Tuesday last be restored, and that every Inhabitant of the Colony who is possessed of any, immediately deliver them to the Mayor of New-York: carried in the Affirmative: for the affirmative, eight Counties; for the negative, two Counties, |
1290 |
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Case of Robert and John Murray considered, and they are fully restored to their commercial privileges, and declared to be entitled to the forgiveness of the Publick, |
1291 |
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Copy of the Report of the Committee appointed to ascertain the most proper place for erecting a Fortification in the Highlands, ordered to be sent to the Delegates in the Continental Congress, |
1291 |
12, |
Letter from the Delegates of the Colony, dated Philadelphia, June 10, |
1292 |
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Letter from the Continental Congress, dated June 10, with a Resolution of the 9th, requesting New-York to forward to the Camp before Boston five thousand barrels of Flour, for the use of the Continental Army, |
1293 |
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Committee appointed to purchase and forward the Flour without delay, |
1293 |
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Letter to the Merchants of Canada. They agree to the proposition for the establishment of a regular Post between Montreal and New-York; and disavow in the strongest terms the intention attributed to them, that the Confederated Colonies on this Continent aim at Independence, |
1294 |
13, |
Letter to the New-York Delegates, respecting the establishment of a Post in the Highlands, |
1295 |
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Report of the Committee on the most proper place for a Post in the Highlands, |
1295 |
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Committee to agree with any person in the City for importing, without delay, any quantity of Gunpowder, not exceeding thirty tons, allowing the importer one hundred per cent on the first cost, |
1296 |
14, |
Mr. McDougall appointed by the Congress to seize one Angus McDonald, who is charged with giving a Bounty and enlisting Men, to be employed against the Liberties of this Country, |
1297 |
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Information given by Capt. Thompson of Troops coming to America, |
1297 |
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Letter to the Governour of Connecticut, with the above information, |
1297 |
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William Duer complains of sundry insinuations against his conduct, with relation to the Northern Frontier of this Colony, and prays a Committee may be appointed to inquire into his conduct, |
1298 |
1775.
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June 14, |
Committee appointed to hear and examine into the case of Mr. Duer,
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1298 |
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Angus McDonald brought before the Congress; and being examined, he confessed that he had taken the names of upwards of forty men, and also confessed sundry other matters, |
1298 |
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Deposition of Angus McDonald, voluntarily given, setting forth the circumstances under which he engaged in this business, on the suggestion of Major Small, in Boston, |
1298 |
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Committee appointed to arrest Captain Alexander McDonald, now or late of Richmond County, |
1299 |
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Angus McDonald sent a Prisoner to General
Woosters Camp, |
1299 |
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Letter to General Wooster, requesting him to take charge of, and secure Angus McDonald, |
1299 |
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Motion by Mr. Foster, that General Wooster be requested to march, with the Troops under his command, to the distance of five miles of this City, |
1300 |
15, |
Report on the case of William Duer. Insinuations against him entirely groundless, |
1300 |
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Letter to General Wooster, requesting him to march his Troops to this Colony, |
1300 |
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Petition from Ebenezer Hazard, requesting to be appointed Postmaster, |
1301 |
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Letter from Wm. Goddard, on the same subject, |
1301 |
16, |
Letter to Robert Boyd, of New-Windsor, on the subject of making Gun-Barrels, |
1302 |
17, |
Letter to General Wooster, informing him they have received information that the Transports, with Troops for New-York, have been ordered for Boston, |
1304 |
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Committee appointed to prepare a Plan of Accommodation between Great Britain and the Colonies, directed to bring in their Report on Wednesday next, |
1304 |
20, |
Letter from James Duane, dated Philadelphia, June 17, with a Resolution of Congress of the 16th, requesting the march of Troops from Connecticut to New-York, |
1305 |
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Two Letters from Gen. Wooster, dated Greenwich, June 17 and June 18, |
1306 |
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Letter to Governour Trumbull, |
1306 |
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Letter to General Wooster, |
1307 |
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Letter from the President of the Continental Congress, dated Philadelphia, June 12, with Resolves of Congress of the 10th instant, |
1307 |
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Abraham Lott authorized to supply Captain Vandeput, and His Majestys Ship Asia, with necessaries from time to time, |
1307 |
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Recommendatory Passport to Brook Watson and his suite, |
1307 |
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Motion by Mr. Verplanck, for advancing Money to Messrs. Van Vleeck and Kipp, and allowing a bounty on Saltpetre manufactured in the Colony, rejected: affirmative, four Counties; negative, eight Counties, |
1308 |
21, |
Letter from the Rev. Samuel Kirkland, Missionary among the Oneida Indians, dated Cherry Valley, June 9, to the Committee of Albany,
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1309 |
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Committee appointed to consider of such measures as may be proper, with respect to the Oneidas and other Indian Nations, |
1310 |
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Committee appointed to consider on the best methods to carry into effect the Resolve of the Continental Congress, with relation to Saltpetre and Sulphur, |
1310 |
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Mr. McDougall reports the whole quantity of Saltpetre now in Town amounts to two hundred and eighty-five pounds, |
1310 |
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Letter to the Committee of the City of New-York, |
1310 |
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Committee for preparing a draught of the sentiments of this Congress on the terms of a Reconciliation with Great Britain, indulged till to-morrow morning, |
1311 |
22, |
Passport for Mr. Joseph Johnson and his Indian companions, |
1311 |
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Deputies elected to represent Queens County requested to take their seats on Tuesday next, or assign their reasons for neglecting to attend, |
1312 |
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Committee appointed to report the subject-matter of a proper Plan of Accommodation with Great Britain, reported, |
1312 |
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Report to be considered on Saturday morning next, |
1312 |
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