1775.

Petition to the King, signed by the several Members,

Letter to the Lord Mayor, &c., of London, reported and read,

Committee to prepare a Letter to Richard Penn, and the Colony Agents, in England,

Address to the Inhabitants of Great Britain, further considered, debated, and agreed to,

Letter to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Livery of London,

Letter to Mr. Penn and the Colony Agents,

A Gentleman well acquainted with the situation and disposition of the Indians, introduced and heard by the Congress,

Talks to the Indians reported and read,

Report of the Committee on putting the Militia in a proper state of defence, was made, read, debated, and deferred till to-morrow,

Report on Indian Affairs taken up, read, debated, and deferred till to-morrow,

An Address of the Deputies from the different Parishes of the Island of Bermuda, presented and read,

Gentleman in Town, from the Province of Quebeck, called in to give intelligence of the disposition of the Canadians,

Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs, considered, debated, and agreed to,

Committee to devise ways and means to protect the Trade of these Colonies,

Speech to the Six Nations of Indians, read, debated, and agreed to,

Commissioners for Indian Affairs in the Middle and Northern Departments chosen,

Report of the Committee on the Militia further considered and debated,

Report on the Militia resumed, and agreed to,

Vessels importing Gunpowder, Saltpetre, Sulphur, Brass Fieldpieces, or good Muskets fitted with Bayonets, permitted to load with the produce of the Colonies,

Extracts from intercepted Letters from Lord Dartmouth to Governour Martin and Governour Wright, received and read,

Talk to the Stockbridge Indians considered, debated, and agreed to,

General Wooster directed to send one thousand of the Connecticut Forces under his command to Albany,

President directed to write an Answer to the Address from Bermuda,

Commissioners of the Northern Department directed to employ Mr. Kirkland among the Six Nations of Indians,

Report of the Committee on putting the Militia in a proper state of defence, considered and agreed to,

Letter from the General, with sundry Papers, received,

Company of Matrosses to be raised in Philadelphia, and sent to the Army before Boston,

Committee to report on the method of establishing a Hospital,

New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island and Connecticut requested to complete and forward their Regiments without delay,

Paragraph in the General’s Letter, respecting an easier communication between him and the Congress, referred for consideration on Saturday next,

Committee to bring in an estimate of the expenses incurred by the Votes and Resolves of Congress,

Choice of the Commissioners for Indian Affairs, in the Southern Department, left to the Council of Safety for South-Carolina,

Letter from the Convention of Georgia, setting forth that that Colony had acceded to the General Association, and appointed Delegates to attend the Congress,

General Schuyler empowered to dispose of and employ all the Troops in the New-York Department as he may think best,

Address to the Inhabitants of Jamaica, reported and laid on the table,

1775.

Address to the Inhabitants of Ireland, reported and laid on the table,

Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, submitted by Dr. Franklin,

State of America further considered in Committee of the Whole,

Committee on protecting the Trade of the Colonies, reported,

General Washington authorized to keep such a body of Forces in Massachusetts as he shall think necessary, provided they do not exceed twenty-two thousand,

Report of the Committee on protecting the Trade of the Colonies, considered, and postponed to some future day,

State of America further considered in Committee of the Whole,

Committee to consider and report upon the Resolution of the House of Commons of February 20, commonly called Lord North’s Motion,

State of America further considered in Committee of the Whole,

Report from the Committee for establishing a Hospital, presented,

Report of the Committee for establishing Posts, brought in,

Answer to the Resolution of the House of Commons, presented, read, and ordered to lie on the table for consideration,

Delegates for Pennsylvania directed to send under safe convoy to General Washington, six tons of the Continental Gunpowder, just arrived in Philadelphia,

Address to the Assembly of Jamaica,

Five thousand Troops to be stationed in the New-York Department,

One Million of Dollars, additional, in Bills of Credit, to be emitted,

Committee to sign the Bills,

Committee to revise the Journal, and prepare it for the press,

Report of the Committee on establishing a Post-Office, ageeed to,

Benjamin Franklin chosen Postmaster General,

Report of the Committee on establishing a Hospital, considered and agreed to,

Fifty Thousand Dollars appropriated for the importation of Gunpowder for the Continental Armies,

Address to the People of Ireland, considered and agreed to,

Pay of the Army established,

Michael Hillegas and George Clymer appointed Joint Treasurers of the United Colonies,

Each Colony required to provide means to sink its proportion of the Bills of Credit emitted by this Congress,

Proportion or quota of each Colony,

Answer of the Congress to the Resolutions of the House of Commons of the 20th February last,

Commitee to make inquiry in the recess of Congress, in all the Colonies, for virgin Lead and Lead Ore, and the best methods of collecting, smelting and refining it,

State of the Trade of the Colonies, after the 10th of September next, considered and postponed to a future day,

Two Petitions respecting disputes between the People of Connecticut and Pennsylvania, presented, read, and laid on the table for the perusal of the Members,

Two Petitions, from sundry Merchants in New-York and Philadelphia, respecting the sale of Teas, imported before the Association, presented and laid on the table,

Moneys appropriated for various purposes connected with the defence and protection of the Colonies,

Petitions respecting the disputes between the People of Connecticut and Pennsylvania, referred to the next meeting of the Congress,

Explanation of the Resolve of the last Congress, prohibiting exportation to Great Britain, Ireland and the West-Indies

Adjourned to Tuesday the fifth of September next,