Rittenhouse, David, appointed Engineer to Pennsylvania Committee of Safety,

Rodney, Caesar, Letter to Captain Thomas Rodney, relative to intercepted Letters of Dr. Kearsley,

Rogers, Major Robert, half-pay officer in the British Army, Pennsylvania Committee of Safety direct to be taken prisoner,

Appears before the Board, and gives his word of honour to appear again to-morrow,

Continental Congress recommend to be discharged on certain conditions,

Discharged on parole,

Appears before New-York Committee of Safety; Certificate lost,

Certificate received from Philadelphia,

Offers his services to General Gage,

Romans, Bernard, applies for his Commission, as Colonel,

(See Highlands.)

Rumsey, Captain Phineas, Proceedings of Cornwall (New-York) Committee on,

Petition in favour of,

St. Clair, Arthur, Letter to Governour Penn, on the possession of the Fort at Pittsburgh by the Indians,

St. John’s—

Preparations for defence,

Gen. Schuyler prepares to attack,

Gen. Schuyler intends soon to attack,

Troops embark for Isle-Aux -Noix,

Approach within a mile and a half of, and retreat,

Gen. Montgomery encamps near the Fort,

Besieged,

Chambly taken,

Governour Carleton and Colonel Maclean preparing for its relief,

Account of attack, published in the London Gazette,

Surrender,

Order of General Washington on receiving news of surrender,

Salt, Manufacture of, encouraged in Maryland,

In North-Carolina,

Resolution of Continental Congress to encourage the importation of,

Saltpetre—

Tobacco used for making,

Manufacture of, encouraged in Rhode-Island,

In New-Jersey

In Virginia,

In North-Carolina,

In Maryland,

Massachusetts,

Large quantities discovered in Massachusetts,

Large quantities obtained in Maryland,

Report to New-York Congress,

Benjamin Baker on manufacturing,

His proposals not accepted,

Continental Congress recommend to be procured from the West-Indies,

Proceedings on the above, in New-York Congress,

In Pennsylvania Committee of Safety,

Continental Congress recommend the manufacture of, to all the Colonies,

Same read in Pennsylvania Assembly,

Petition to Pennsylvania Assembly on the manufacture of,

Committee of Inquiry,

Report,

Sayre, Rev. John, his reasons for declining to sign the Fairfield, Connecticut, Association,

Sayre, Stephen, committed to the Tower of London, on a charge of High Treason,

Discharged,

Scammel, Alexander, appointed to do the duty of Brigade Major,

Commissioned,

Letter to General Sullivan,

Schuyler, Major General Philip—

Letters to Governour Trumbull,

To General Washington,

To New-York Congress,

To Continental Congress,

To Benjamin Franklin,

To R. H. Lee

Scotland, emigration from, to America, prohibited,

Sears, Captain Isaac, Enters New-York at the head of a Troop of Horse, and destroys Rivington’s Office,

Cited to appear before the New-York Committee, to answer for the same,

Secrecy, Oath of, Proceedings on, in New-York Congress,

In Continental Congress,

Selman, Captain John, Schooner Franklin, Instructions to,

(See Brougkton.)

Sheep, Resolution respecting killing of, in Maryland,

In Pennsylvania,

Shirreff, C, St. Augustine, to William Shirreff,

To General Robertson,

Slaves, Governour Martin’s Letter on arming,

Concealed in Fort Johnston, North-Carolina,

Hanged and burned in Charlestown, South Carolina,

Report that the Ministry intend setting free,

Carried off by Lord Dunmore,

An Act for the gradual abolition of, proposed in Providence Town Meeting,

Recaptured at New-London, Connecticut,

Excluded from the American Army,

Incited to Insurrection,

Declared free by Lord Dunmore,

Attempts to suppress traffick in,

Smith, Lieutenant Charles, Deserter, advertisement for the apprehension of,

Small Pox, Proceedings in Massachusetts House of Representatives on preventing the spread of,

Application to New-York Congress for permission to inoculate for, refused,

South-Carolina—

Intrigues of British Officers in,

State of affairs in,

Declaration by the Provincial Congress,

Preservation of Publick Records,

Committee of Safety to W. H. Drayton,

Preparations for defence of Charlestown,

Attack expected,

Committee to Governour Campbell,

Affidavit of Moses Cotter on seizure of Powder by Patrick Cunningham,

Spirituous Liquors, New-Hampshire Congress discountenance the extravagant use of,

Spy, supposed, from Boston, sent to General Washington,

Stamp Act, oppressive effects of, in Ireland,

States General of the United Provinces, Prohibit the exportation of Arms and Ammunition to the English Colonies,

Stephens, Francis, Ordnance Store Keeper, Letter to General Gage,

To George Wray,

Stirling, Lord, Correspondence with Governour Franklin,

Same laid on the table in Provincial Congress,

Suspended from the Council by Governour Franklin,

Appointed by Congress Colonel of First Battalion, New-Jersey,

Orders to the two Battalions to march to the Highlands,

To Hendrick Fisher, to procure Arms,

Letter from John McKesson,