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1775.
July 28,
Letter from Governour Trumbull to General Schuyler,
1747
28,
Letter from General Washington to General Schuyler,
1747
28,
Letter from Colonel Joseph Reed to Colonel Baldwin, at Chelsea, enclosing a Letter from Dr. Church, with instructions to have it conveyed into Boston, with the utmost secrecy and despatch; and requests him after having made himself master of the contents of this Letter to destroy it,
1748
28,
Letter from Colonel Loammi Baldwin to General Washington,
1748
28,
Letter from the Massachusetts Council to General Gates. The Jails of Worcester, Springfield and Northampton are the most suitable places for securing the Prisoners, and advise them to be sent there,
1749
Orders from General Gates to Captain Baker, for the removal of Prisoners to Worcester, to be conveyed thence to Springfield,
1749
Receipt of William Young, Chairman of the Committee of Correspondence at Worcester, for two Sergeants, two Corporals, eighteen Privates, and twelve Tories, prisoners, sent from Head-Quarters,
1749
Receipt of the Chairman of the Springfield Committee for the same Prisoners,
1749
28,
Letter from Captain Bedel, at Haverhill, to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety. Objects to serving out of the Colony in the rank of Captain; if sent to Canada, he expects to have a Regiment,
1749
29,
Letter from Robert Washington, addressed to the Convention of Virginia, on the defects of military discipline in the American service. His station in the Army in Europe, the last war, made him thoroughly acquainted with all parts of the Prussian infantry and artillery exercise, and he freely offers his service to the publick, to disseminate his information,
1750
29,
Meeting of the Governour and Council of Pennsylvania. Petition of Dominique Du Casse, Master of the Schooner Mary, belonging to Martinico, laid before the Council,
1751
29,
Letter from John Adams, at Philadelphia, to Josiah Quincy,
1751
29,
Letter from the New-York Delegates, in the Continental Congress, to the Committee of Safety. All the Powder that is or may be imported into the Colony should be taken, and none be permitted to go out of the Province, but by the express direction of the Congress or Committee of Safety,
1752
29,
Letter from the Albany Committee to the New-York Congress,
1753
29,
Letter from Walter Livingston, at Albany, to the New-York Congress. The Fortress at Ticonderoga is in a ruinous condition. I dread the consequence if General Schuyler should be attacked by any considerable army; he cannot defend himself, and if defeated cannot retreat,
1753
29,
Letter from General Washington to the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, suggesting some arrangement relating to the coming out of the Inhabitants of Boston,
1754
29,
Letter from Colonel Baldwin to General Washington. Has had much upon his hands and mind since he received Mr. Reed’s Letter last night,
1754
31,
Letter from Governour Cooke to General Washington. Has had no account yet from any part of the coast of the Fleet that lately sailed from Boston,
1754
29,
Letter from General Sullivan to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety,
1755
31,
Letters from London dated July 31, 1775, which were received and laid before the Continental Congress. The plan of the Administration is to take possession of New-York and Albany; to place strong garrisons in those cities; declare all Rebels who do not join the King; to command the North and East Rivers, and cut off all communication between the Eastern and Southern Colonies,
1755
31,
Letter from Lord Shelburne to Arthur Lee, in London,
1756
31,
Letter from a Gentleman in Edenton, North-Carolina, and one of the Delegates of Congress, to a principal house in Edinburgh, Scotland. We are in a terrible situation; every American, to a man, is determined to die or be free. We do not want to be independent: we want no other revolution than a change of Ministry and measures,
1757
1775.
July 31,
Meeting of the Officers of the Militia, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The County divided into three Battalions, and Field-Officers appointed,
1757
31,
Proclamation by Governour Tryon. Meeting of the General Assembly further prorogued from the 9th of August to the 6th day of September next,
1758
31,
Letter from Francis Stephens, in New-York, to General Gage. Account of the depredations committed on His Majesty’s stores at Turtle Bay, in New-York, on the 12th and 13th instants,
1758
31,
Letter from General Schuyler to the Continental Congress. Has one vessel, sixty feet long, on the stocks, expected to be finished in a week; another of the same size is to be put up today, so that there will soon be vessels enough to move on,
1760
31,
Letter from General Schuyler to the New-York Congress. A controversy has arisen between Allen and Warner, and the former has been left out by the Green Mountain Boys,
1760
28,
Letter from Nathan Clark to General Schuyler, enclosing him the Proceedings of the Committees on the New-Hampshire Grants,
1761
Meeting of the Committees of the several Towns on the New-Hampshire Grants, west of the Green Mountains, at Dorset, on the 27th of July. Field and Company Officers for a Battalion of Green Mountain Boys chosen,
1761
31,
Letter from General Schuyler to Nathan Clark. The choice of Company Officers being left entirely to the People, those selected at Dorset, on the 27th, are approved of: the choice of Field Officers will be referred to the Continental Congress,
1761
31,
Letter from General Schuyler to Governour Trumbull. No time ought to be lost in at tempting to gain possession of the Province of Quebeck: we have hitherto had every prospect of success, but our situation has not permitted us to move,
1762
31,
Letter from General Schuyler to General Washington,
1762
31,
Letter from Governour Trumbull to General Washington,
1763
31,
Proceedings of a Town Meeting held at Providence, in Rhode-Island,
1763
31,
Letter from General Washington to the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts-Bay,
1764
31,
Letter from the Camp at Cambridge to a Gentleman in Philadelphia. Skirmishes with the British,
1764
31,
Account of the burning of the Light-House, on Light-House Island, by Major Tupper,
1765
31,
Speech of the Chiefs of the Oneidas, respecting the late murder committed in the Plantation of the Butternuts, to the Committee of Cherry Valley; to be communicated to the Inhabitants of the Butternuts,
1766


PENNSYLVANIA COMMITTEE OF SAFETY.

July 3,
Pennsylvania Committee of Safety,
1769
Resolutions of the Assembly appointing the Committee of Safety,
1769
Benjamin Franklin chosen President, and William Govett appointed Clerk,
1771
Committee to provide patterns of Muskets, Bayonets, Cartridge Boxes and Knapsacks, to be sent to the Counties,
1771
Committee to procure any quantity of Powder and Saltpetre in their power., with the utmost expedition,
1771
4,
Committee to go to Red Bank, and view the River and Islands,
1771
Committee for providing Powder and Saltpetre are required to procure two thousand good Fire-Arms,
1771
6,
Doctor Franklin requested to procure a model of a Pike,
1771

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