Letter from Head-Quarters to Colonel Loammi Baldwin,

To Committee of Safety of Northampton,

One of the Committee to confer with General Washington,

Vote of Thanks,

Escorted into Williamsburgh,

Provincial Congress order Fortifications to be immediately erected,

Committee authorized to procure Cannon for this purpose,

Commissioners appointed,

Guard furnished to the Commissioners,

John Berrien appointed Commissary,

Commissioners request full Instructions,

Committee of Safety wish to confer with Commissioners and Engineer before giving Instructions,

Committee of Safety to Continental Congress, enclosing Plans and Estimate, by Mr. Romans,

Commissioners object to Mr. Romans’s Plan,

Objections read in Committee of Safety,

Answer of Committee,

Letter from Continental Congress, enclosing Resolutions directing Hudson’s River to be immediately made defensible,

Provincial Congress to the Commissioners, in consequence of the above,

Answer of Commissioners,

Provincial Congress to Continental Congress,

Continental Congress direct a Company of Matrosses for, to be raised,

Appropriations,

Letter from Committee of Safety to Beverly Robinson, requesting him to appraise Martelaer’s Rock-Island,

Answer,

Labourers ordered to be procured and Guns mounted,

Proposals of Bernard Romans,

Not agreed to,

John Hanson, Commissioner, resigns,

Jonathan Lawrence appointed in his place,

Commissioners to Provincial Congress, on the refusal of Captain North to lower his peak, while passing the Fort

Congress to Commissioners, reproving them for their conduct towards Vessels passing the Fort,

Reply of Commissioners,

Instructions to the Commissioners respecting the same,

Commissioners to Provincial Congress, relative to their pay,

Correspondence between Bernard Romans and the Commissioners,

Troops ordered to, till the Matrosses are raised,

Resolutions in Continental Congress,

Proceedings on the same in Provincial Congress,

Letter from Egbert Benson, on the number of men to be raised in Dutchess County,

Colonels Maxwell and Windes ordered to, from New-Jersey,

John Hanson appointed to take command till a Commander shall be appointed,

Delegates from New-York request Provincial Congress to name three or four persons competent for the station,

Request an answer to the same,

Committee from Continental Congress directed to take an accurate view of the Fortifications,

Report of the Committee,

For the Army at Cambridge, John Morgan appointed Director of,

Acknowledges receipt of his Commission,

Correspondence with General Washington, on the cessation of intercourse between the two Camps,

Letter from Earl of Dartmouth, on the propriety of taking possession of New-York,

Ordered to assist Governour Martin,

Instructions relative to the reduction of the Southern Provinces,

Letters to Earl of Dartmouth,

Ordered to send Officers to England for the purpose of recruiting,

From Lord George Germain,

From Lord Dunmore, (fac simile,)

From Captain Leslie, Virginia,

Proclamations,

Remarks on the same, in an Address to the Inhabitants of New-York,

Proceedings of the New-York Committee on author of rumor that Congress intended to make a Declaration of,

Probability of Ministerial measures leading to,

Hint of notion of being entertained by some,

Not desired by the Colonies,

Prosecution of Thomas Anderson, for asserting that the Colonies were aiming for,

Proceedings of Chester County (Pennsylvania) Committee, on being charged with an intention of declaring,

Letter from Dr. Franklin to David Hartley. A separation inevitable,

An Address to the People of Pennsylvania, answering the objections to,

Colonies accused of aiming for, in Addresses to the Throne,

General Greene warmly in favour of,

Pennsylvania Delegates in Congress strictly to dissent from and utterly reject any proposition that may cause or lead to,

Newspaper discussion on the above Instructions,

Letter from Rhode-Island to a Gentleman in Philadelphia. The die is cast,

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Randolph. Neither inducement nor power are wanting to declare and assert a separation,

The horrid measure openly avowed by men of consequence—Governour Franklin to the New-Jersey Assembly,

Answer of Assembly,

Reply of Governour Franklin,

New-Jersey Council express their utmost abhorrence of any such design,

Petition from the County of Burlington, expressing great alarm at the sentiments openly avowed by many persons,

New-Jersey Delegates directed utterly to reject any proposition that may separate the Colony from the Mother Country,

Governour Franklin to the Earl of Dartmouth,