1775. |
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June 22, |
Association returned from Easthampton, in Suffolk County, signed by every Male Inhabitant capable of bearing Arms,
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1312 |
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Motion by Mr. McDougall, that the Troops to be raised in this Colony, be clothed in Uniform, |
1312 |
23, |
Inhabitants of this Colony directed not to kill any Lamb until the first day of November next, |
1313 |
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Motion by Mr. Morris, that no Sheep be killed until the first day of November next, |
1313 |
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Motion by Mr. McDougall, to recognise the appointment of the Delegates to the Continental Congress, unanimously approved of, |
1313 |
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Colonel Lasher directed to have his Battalion ready to receive General Washington, when he shall arrive, |
1314 |
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Committee appointed to make an arrangement of the Troops to be raised in the Colony, reported, |
1314 |
24, |
Consideration of the Report of the Committee on the subject-matter of a Plan of Accommodation with Great Britain resumed, read through by paragraphs, and amended, |
1315 |
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Motion by Mr. Melancton Smith, for an addition to the Report for securing the liberty of conscience, read, amended, and adopted, |
1317 |
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Motion by Mr. McDougall, that the Plan of Accommodation be not transmitted to the Congress until called for by them, or by our Delegates there, |
1318 |
25, |
Committee appointed to meet General Washington at Newark, and accompany him to this City, |
1318 |
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Information being received that Governour Tryon is at the Hook, Colonel Lasher directed to send one Company to Paulus Hook, to meet the Generals; to keep one Company at the Ferry for the same purpose; and that he have the residue of his Battalion ready to receive either the General or Governour Tryon, whichever shall arrive first, and to wait on both as well as circumstances will allow, |
1318 |
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Letter from the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, dated Watertown, June 13, |
1319 |
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Letter from the Committee at Albany, dated June 21, expressing their apprehension that Governour Carleton has induced the Indians to take up arms, |
1319 |
26, |
Address of the Congress to General Washington, |
1321 |
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Answer of General Washington to the Address, |
1322 |
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Report of the Committee of Arrangement further considered, |
1322 |
27, |
Letter from the Committee of Intelligence for Charlestown, South-Carolina, dated June 6, |
1323 |
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Letter from General Gage to Governour Martin, dated Boston, April 12, enclosed in the preceding Letter, |
1324 |
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Warrant to such Gentlemen as are intended to be Officers of the Troops raised in this Colony, |
1324 |
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Instructions to the Officers to be employed in raising Troops, |
1325 |
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Report of the Committee on the subject-matter of a Plan of Accommodation with Great Britain resumed, further amended, and agreed to,
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1326 |
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Plan of Accommodation between Great Britain and America, |
1326 |
28, |
Members from Queens County to take their seats, notwithstanding a number of the Inhabitants of the County have refused to be represented in the Congress, |
1328 |
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Letter to the Delegates of this Colony at the Continental Congress, to accompany the Plan of Accommodation with Great Britain, |
1329 |
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Letter to John Alsop, at Philadelphia, requesting him to procure two thousand eight hundred and fifty-two Blankets; they are not to be purchased in New-York, |
1330 |
29, |
Application by the Mayor for permission to Francis Stephens, the Kings Store-Keeper, to remove the Stores from Turtle Bay, |
1331 |
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General Schuyler is authorized to send a Guard to protect the Stores, provided they are placed in his possession, |
1331 |
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Killing Lambs prohibited until the first of August next, |
1331 |
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Letter to the Continental Congress, enclosing the Letter of the 6th of June, from the Committee of Intelligence in Charlestown, South-Carolina, |
1331 |
1775.
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June 29, |
Letter to Elisha Phelps, Commissary of Provisions, at Ticonderoga, |
1332 |
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Letter to John N. Bleecker, one of the agents at Albany, |
1332 |
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Mr. Lott authorized to supply Provisions to his Majestys Ship Kingfisher, |
1333 |
30, |
Field-Officers of the First, or New-York Regiment, appointed, |
1334 |
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Committee to meet and confer with Gen. Schuyler, |
1334 |
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Field-Officers of the Second and Third Regiments appointed, |
1334 |
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Report of the Committee appointed to confer with General Schuyler, |
1334 |
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Field-Officers of the Fourth Regiment appointed, |
1335 |
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Committee to form and determine the rank of the Captains and inferiour Officers of the several Regiments, |
1335 |
July 1, |
Committee to meet and confer with Ethan Allen and Seth Warner, |
1336 |
3, |
Letter to the Committee of the City of Albany, with fifty quarter-easks of Gunpowder for the Forts at Crown Point and Ticonderoga, |
1336 |
4, |
Letter from General Schuyler, dated New-York, July 3, |
1337 |
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Uniform Coats ordered to be made for all the Non-Commissioned Officers and Men to be raised in the Colony, |
1338 |
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Report of a Committee appointed to confer with General Schuyler on the subject of his Letter, received this day,
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1338 |
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Motion by Mr. Sears, that Ethan Allen be permitted to have an audience, agreed to: affirmative nine Counties, negative three Counties, |
1338 |
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Ethan Allen and Seth Warner were admitted and heard, |
1339 |
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Five hundred Men, of those called Green-Mountain Boys, ordered to be forthwith raised, |
1339 |
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Letter from General Schuyler, dated this day, |
1339 |
5, |
Congress being informed that the Corporation of the City of New-York intends to address the Governour, declare it to be improper for the Corporation, or any other body corporate, or individuals in the Colony, to address his Excellency at this critical juncture, |
1341 |
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Officers of the Artillery Company of the Marine Society appointed, |
1341 |
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British Vessels not permitted to load any Provisions, |
1341 |
6, |
Committee appointed to convene all the Blacksmiths in Town, to ascertain if they can make Gun-Barrels, Bayonets, and Iron Ramrods, |
1342 |
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Mr. Van Zandt authorized to contract for two thousand Gun-Locks, |
1342 |
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Committee appointed to write to Great Britain for four complete sets of Locksmiths, to make Gun Locks, |
1342 |
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Bounty to Soldiers who enlist in the Continental Army, |
1342 |
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Motion by Mr. Morris, to reconsider the Resolve of yesterday, to prevent any Address being delivered to his Excellency Governour Tryon, |
1342 |
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Debated and rejected: affirmative four Counties, negative eight Counties, |
1343 |
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Letter from Charles Thomson, dated Philadelphia, July 4, enclosing an intercepted Letter from Governour Martin to Henry White, dated Cape-Fear, June 13, 1775, |
1344 |
7, |
Committee appointed to wait on Mr. White, |
1344 |
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Letter from General Wooster, dated Camp near New-York, July 7, |
1345 |
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Report of the Committee appointed to wait on Mr. White, |
1345 |
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Committee appointed to form a proper method for an arrangement of the Militia of the Colony, |
1345 |
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Committee appointed to receive information of the state of Cumberland County, |
1345 |
8, |
Letter from Henry White, dated this day, in relation to the intercepted Letter to him from Governour Martin,
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1346 |
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Letter to Charles Thomson, enclosing to him a copy of the Letter of Mr. White, |
1346 |
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Committee of Safety appointed to sit during the recess of the Congress, |
1347 |
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Instructions to the Committee of Safety, |
1348 |
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Adjourned to Tuesday, July 25th, |
1348 |
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