CONTENTS
OF THE THIRD VOLUME OF THE FOURTH SERIES.
CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. |
1775. |
Aug. 1. |
Letter from Richard Henry Lee to General Washington. Suggests the construction of Batteries at the entrance of Boston Harbour. Six tons of Powder has been forwarded to the Camp, and it is proposed to send six or eight tons more, |
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1, |
Letter to a Gentleman in Philadelphia, from Fredericktown, in Maryland. Captain Cresaps Company of Riflemen have arrived from the Mountains; their great dexterity in shooting with the Rifle, |
2 |
1, |
Letter from Philadelphia to a Gentleman in London. The arbitrary rabble of America do not desire an union with the Mother Country; the present breach is part of a system formed here before the late war; they are making great preparations for defence; the Government must act quickly, or the contest will be the stronger, |
3 |
1, |
Address of sundry Officers at Crown Point, in favour of Jeremiah Halsey, late Commodore of all the Armed Vessels on the Northern Lakes, |
4 |
1, |
Bounties in Land to Soldiers enlisting in the Company of Royal Highland Emigrants, at Quebeck, |
4 |
1, |
Letter from Elbridge Gerry to General Washington. Only thirty-six thousand of the two hundred thousand Musket Cartridges, demand ed by General Lee, can be furnished at present: more Powder is soon expected from the West-Indies; there are but two tons of Lead, and no Flints in the Store, |
5 |
1, |
Letter from Colonel Baldwin to Colonel Joseph Reed. A large detachment is passing over from Boston to Charlestown, |
5 |
2, |
Letter from Thomas Life, Agent for the Colony of Connecticut, in London, to Governour Trumbull, informing him of the proceedings in the Susquehannah Case, before the Lords of Trade, |
5 |
2, |
Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to Lord Dunmore. The hope held out by Lord Dunmore, in his Letter of the 1st of May, that he should be able to collect, from among the Indians, Negroes, and other persons, a force sufficient to subdue rebellion, or at least defend the Government, was very encouraging: with the supply of Arms now sent, and a greater Naval force, the Kings Government in Virginia may yet be maintained, |
6 |
2, |
Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to General Gage. The King intends to have in America, early next Spring, an Army of twenty thousand men, exclusive of Canadians and Indians, Encloses a Letter to Colonel Johnson, containing His Majestys commands for engaging a body of Indians, and gives his views at large on the future plan of operations, |
6 |
2, |
Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to General Gage, requiring him to return to England immediately, |
7 |
2. |
Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to General Howe, informing him that General Gage has been recalled, and enclosing him a Commission, appointing him Commander-in-Chief in the Colonies lying upon the Atlantick Ocean, |
8 |
Aug. 2, |
Resolutions of the Committee of Newbern, North-Carolina, on Governour Martins Letter to Mr. De Rosset, of June 24, in which he avows his intention of arming the Slaves, |
8 |
2, |
Letter from a Clergyman in Maryland to his friend in England. The conduct of the Ministry has hastened the separation of the Colonies from Great Britain; the Ministerial Agents are endeavouring to arouse the Indians against the Colonies; General Carleton is using every method to embody the Canadians against them; and Lord Dunmore and the Captains of the Men-of-War have been tampering with the Negroes, |
9 |
2, |
Letter from the Connecticut Delegates in the Continental Congress to Zebulon Butler, at Wyoming, pressing upon the inhabitants the necessity of peace, and urging them by no means to disturb the persons or property of those settled under the Proprietaries of Pennsylvania, |
10 |
2, |
Letter to the Provincial Congress of New-York, from their Delegates in the Continental Congress, informing them that they have obtained an Order on the Continental Treasury, in their favour, for one hundred and seventy-five thousand Dollars, |
11 |
2, |
Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress. Ticonderoga in a most defenceless condition, and the Sloop of very little service. He suggests the appointment of a Committee to examine the country, and report whether that or any other place ought to be fortified, |
11 |
2, |
Deposition of John Duguid, |
12 |
2, |
Deposition of John Shatforth, |
13 |
2, |
Paper delivered to General Schuyler by Captain Smith, showing the condition of the Sloop Enterprise, then lying at Crown Point, |
14 |
2, |
Letter from Joseph Trumbull, Commissary-General, to the President of Congress,
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14 |
2, |
Letter from Elbridge Gerry to General Washington, informing him of the arrangements made to furnish him with Powder, Balls, and Flints, |
14 |
2, |
Letter from General Sullivan to General Washington, informing him of the state of the Magazine for the New-Hampshire Troops, |
15 |
3, |
New-York Committee: Colonel McDougall required to appoint a guard to take charge of Mr. Sinclair, Lieutenant-Governour of Michilimackinack. Mr. Archer, who had propagated a report that the Continental Congress had declared the Colonies independent after the 10th of March next, cannot be found, |
15 |
3, |
Letter from the Committee of Brookhaven to the Provincial Congress of New-York, giving an account of the conduct of sundry persons with in the limits of the Committee, |
16 |
3, |
Memorial of Captain David Lyon to the Provincial Congress of New-York, |
16 |
3, |
Letter from Peter T, Curtenius to the New-York Congress, |
16 |
3, |
Letter from Capt. John Lamb to P. T. Curtenius, |
17 |
3, |
Letter from General Schuyler to Governour Trumbull. The enemys naval strength will probably prevent his going down the Sorel to St. Johns. The Troops sicken alarmingly fast, and, without Tents, they must suffer incredibly, |
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