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be second to any man, disbanded his forces, and resigned his commission,
1540
July 3,
Letter from the New-Hampshire Congress to the Massachusetts Congress, with information from Canada: if any plan of operation towards, or in Canada, is suitable, they wish to act in concert with the other Colonies in the neighbourhood,
1479
3,
Letter from Governour Wentworth to Theodore Atkinson. Has occasion for the Books of Charters in the Secretary’s Office, and desires they may be sent him,
1541
3,
Letter from the New-Hampshire Congress to the Massachusetts Congress, enclosing copies of Letters from Dr. Wheelock, dated Dartmouth College, June 28, and from the Committee in Hanover, dated June 27,
1541
 



GEORGIA PROVINCIAL CONGRESS.
July 4,
The Congress meets at Savannah,
1543
 
List of the Members elected,
1543
 
Archibald Bullock chosen President, and George Walton Secretary,
1543
 
Congress attend the Meeting-House of the Rev. Dr. Zubly, where he preached a Sermon on the alarming state of American affairs,
1543
 
Thanks of the Congress to Dr. Zubly for his excellent Sermon,
1543
5,
Message to the Governour by a Committee, that he will appoint a day of Fasting and Prayer, to be observed throughout the Province,
1543
 
Proceedings of a Meeting at Savannah, on the 13th of June, laid before the Congress,
1544
 
Motion, that this Congress put the Province upon the same footing with the other Colonies, to be considered to-morrow,
1545
6,
Order of the Day read, and considered,
1545
 
Resolved unanimously, that this Province will adopt and carry into execution all and singular the measures and recommendations of the late Continental Congress,
1545
 
Other Resolutions regulating the conduct of the Colony,
1545
7,
Governour Wright’s Answer to the Message of the Congress; he will appoint a day of Fasting and Prayer,
1547
 
Committee to convey the Thanks of the Congress to the Governour,
1547
 
Delegates to the Continental Congress chosen,
1547
 
Dr. Zubly declines accepting the appointment of Delegate, without the approbation of his Congregation,
1547
 
Secret Committee appointed,
1547
 
Dr. Zubly appointed to prepare and bring in a Petition to the King,
1547
 
Committee appointed to prepare a Letter to the President of the Continental Congress, informing him of the Proceedings of this Congress,
1547
 
Committee appointed to prepare an Address to the Governour,
1547
8,
Ten Thousand Founds Sterling appropriated for the service of the Province, in the present alarming and distracted state of affairs,
1548
 
Petition to the King presented and approved of,
1548
 
Committee of Intelligence appointed,
1548
 
Letter to the President of the Continental Congress presented and approved of,
1548
10,
Resolutions adopted unanimously, declaring their rights, their allegiance to the King, their union with the Colonies, and their determination to enforce the Resolutions of the Continental and Provincial Congresses,
1548
11,
Committee report the assent of Dr. Zubly’s Congregation to his appointment, and that they are willing to spare him for a time, for the good of the common cause,
1550
 
Address to the Governour reported, agreed to, and a Committee appointed to present it,
1550
12,
Ways and Means to raise and sink Ten Thousand Pounds Sterling, considered in Committee of the Whole,
1551
 
Congress while sitting, and the Council of Safety in its recess, empowered to issue Certificates to the amount of Ten Thousand Pounds Sterling,
1551
 
Persons who may refuse to receive such Certificates in payment to be considered enemies of the Province, and treated accordingly,
1551
1775.
July 13,
Association entered into at Savannah, on the 5th of June last, approved of, and adopted by the Congress,
1551
 
Committee to present the Association to all the Inhabitants of Savannah, to be signed,
1552
14,
Committee appointed to consider and report upon the qualifications of voters for Delegates to the Provincial Congress, and an equal representation,
1552
 
Directions to Magistrates relative to issuing summonses and warrants, for the recovery of debts
1552
 
Report of the Committee on the qualification of voters and equal representation, presented and adopted,
1552
 
Form of Credentials for Delegates to the Provincial Congress recommended to the Inhabitants of the several Parishes and Districts,
1552
15,
Committee on the better governing the Militia of the Province appointed,
1553
 
Committee appointed to communicate to the Inhabitants of the Province an account of the disputes between Great Britain and the Colonies, and the Proceedings of this Congress,
1553
 
Delegates to a new Congress to be elected between the 20th of August and 1st of September, next,
1553
 
Delegates for Savannah to be chosen on the 15th of September,
1553
 
Delegates for Savannah, and such other Delegates as may be there appointed, a General Committee for the Province,
1553
17,
Rev. Haddon Smith declared to be unfriendly to America, for refusing to join on a day of Fasting and Prayer recommended by the Congress,
1554
 
Delegates appointed to go to Philadelphia, directed to apply to the Continental Congress to incorporate this Province with the other United Provinces of America,
1554
 
Adjourned to the 19th day of August, unless sooner convened by the General Committee,
1554
25,
Address to the Inhabitants of the Province of Georgia, by the Committee appointed on the 15th instant,
1554
14,
Letter from Archibald Bullock to George Johnstone, London, enclosing a Letter from the Committee of Intelligence,
1555
14,
Letter from the Committee of Intelligence, for Georgia, to George Johnstone, London, enclosing a Petition to the King,
1555
14,
Petition to the King, from the Provincial Congress of Georgia,
1556
4,
The Law of Liberty: a Sermon preached before the Provincial Congress of Georgia, at Savannah, on the 4th of July, 1775,
1557
 



CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC.
July 4,
Letter from the Committee of Intelligence at Charlestown, South-Carolina, to the Continental Congress, enclosing copies of intercepted Letters from Lord Dartmouth to Governour Wright of Georgia, Governour Martin of North-Carolina, and to the Lieutenant-Governour of South-Carolina, dated March 3, 1775,
1567
4,
Letter from the Committee of Intelligence at Charlestown to the Committee at Newborn, North-Carolina,
1567
4,
Letter from the Committee of Intelligence at Charlestown to the Committee at Savannah, Georgia,
1568
 
Account of the seizure of the Mail in Charlestown, on the 2d of July, by the Secret Committee, with despatches from the Earl of Dartmouth to the Southern Governours, (Note,)
1569
4,
Somerset County, Maryland, Committee, declare James Dooe inimical to the Liberties of America,
1569
4,
List of Officers of the Green Mountain Boys,
1570
4,
Letter from John N. Bleecker, with an account of Provisions delivered over by him to Elisha Phelps, at Albany,
1570
 
Mr. Phelps’s Warrant as Commissary, from the Governour of Connecticut,
1570
4,
Letter from William Schuyler to John Marlett; only one person in Warrensburgh. New-York, has signed the Association,
1571

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