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1775.
Letter from Charles Wallace to Mr. Green,
55
Letter from George Munro to the Committee, dated August 7,
56
The Committee resumed the consideration of the business before them on the 1st instant, and declare, unanimously, that George Munro is inimical to American Liberty,
56
Aug. 7,
Recantation of the Rev. Morgan Edwards received as satisfactory by the Committee for White Clay Creek Hundred, Newcastle County, Delaware,
56
7,
Letter from Robert Hempstead, Chairman of the Southold Committee, to the New-York Congress, requesting assistance: they expect an attack from the British Fleet, and are destitute of Powder,
57
7,
Return of the Second New-York Regiment,
57
7,
Letter from Governour Trumbull to General Washington,
57
7,
Report of a Committee of the Council of Massachusetts, appointed to wait on General Washington,
58
Letter from General Washington to the Committee, dated August 4,
58
7,
Letter from General Washington to the Council of Massachusetts, complaining of the number of Soldiers and Non-Commissioned Officers who absent themselves from duty, and requests measures may be taken by the General Court to correct the evil,
59
7,
Notice by “A Traveller” of the conduct of the Committee of Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, who have voted to supply the Scarborough, Man-of-War, with fresh Beef,
59
7,
Committee for the Town of Hardwick, in Worcester County, Massachusetts, declare Deacon James Fay, Jonathan Danforth, Abner Conant, Joseph Ruggles, Junior, Israel Corkey, and Jonathan Nye, inimical to the rights and privileges of their countrymen,
59
7,
Committee of Rochester, Massachusetts, desire all persons to have no connections or dealings with Gideon Bestow, who has contravened a Resolve of the Provincial Congress,
60
7,
Letter from the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety to General Schuyler,
60
7,
Letter from the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety to Colonel Bedel,
60
7,
Letter from the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety to Major Cilley,
60
8,
Proclamation by Josiah Martin, Governour of North-Carolina,
61
8,
Committee for Norfolk Borough, Virginia declare John Schaw an enemy to American Liberty,
66
8,
New-York Committee appoint a Committee to inquire of Mrs. Brown how she intends to dispose of a parcel of political Pamphlets, and postpone an order of the Provincial Congress to inquire concerning the destroying of a Barge which was building for the Asia, Man-of-War,
66
8,
Letter from Captain Henry B. Livingston to the New-York Congress, enclosing a list of the men enlisted under him,
67
8,
Letter from General Montgomery to the New-York Congress, urging them to forward Supplies, without which the Troops cannot take the field; and expresses his apprehensions of the evil consequences of permitting British Officers to pass freely through the country. Colonel Allan Maclean, one of them, has gone with Colonel Guy Johnson to Canada,
67
8,
Letter from Colonel Phineas Fanning to the New-York Congress,
68
8,
Letter from Governour Cooke to General Washington. No Powder or Lead can be spared by Rhode-Island; a vessel with warlike stores is soon expected from Cape François, and another vessel, despatched about four weeks ago, may also be soon expected with fifteen tons of Powder and other Stores,
69
8,
Letter from Governour Trumbull to General Washington. He cannot afford any further assistance in military stores.
70
8,
Letter from Governour Trumbull to General Schuyler,
70
8,
Letter from General Washington to the New-York Congress,
71
1775.
Aug. 8,
Orders for the conveyance of Prisoners, taken from the Ministerial Army, from Cambridge to Springfield,
71
9,
Letter from Major John Connolly to John Gibson. The utmost powers of Government will be exerted to convince the infatuated Americans of their folly. Nothing but madness can induce a man to form unwarrantable associations with enthusiasts, whose ill-timed folly must draw upon them inevitable destruction,
72
Letter from Lord Dunmore to Captain White Eyes, a Delaware Chief, enclosed in Major Connolly’s Letter,
72
9,
Letter from General Wooster to Governour Trumbull. Has arrived at Oyster Ponds, from New-York, with four hundred and fifty men. His stock of Powder is but about twenty rounds a man. The British have taken the Cattle, Sheep, &c., from Fisher‘s Island, and are now employed in the same business on Gardiner‘s Island,
73
9,
Letter from a Gentleman of Philadelphia, at Cambridge, describing the works on the American lines,
73
10,
Letter from Germany to a Gentleman in Philadelphia. The undaunted firmness of the American Congress is highly approved in Germany,
74
10,
Committee of Newbern, North-Carolina, direct the publication of two intercepted Letters from Governour Martin,
75
Letter from Governour Martin to Henry White, requesting him to send a Royal Standard; dated June 13,
75
Letter from Governour Martin to Colonel James Cotton, of Anson County, urging him and the other friends of Government to maintain their ground firmly, and unite against the seditious, in the firm assurance that they will be soon and effectually supported,
75
10,
Information of the disposition of the Indians communicated to the Committee of Pittsburgh by Captain James Wood,
76
10,
New-York Committee: Appoint a Sub-Committee to discover the persons who destroyed the Boat lately built for His Majesty‘s Ship Asia,
78
10,
Letter from Peter T. Curtenius to the New-York Congress,
79
10,
Letter from John McKesson to Colonel Fanning. New-York cannot procure any further supply of Gunpowder at present,
79
10,
Letter from Henry B. Livingston to the New-York Congress, His men have not received the supplies in Clothing they were entitled to, and he has been treated with indignity in the late appointments,
79
10,
Letter from the Albany Committee to the New-York Congress. Request direction about disposing of the Prisoners taken near St. John‘s; there is no one to secure them, or supply them with Provisions,
539
10,
Letter from General Montgomery to the New-York Congress. The First Division of New-York Troops has arrived at Albany, but without Powder; begs a quarter of a pound per man may be forwarded,
80
10,
Letter from the Albany (New-York) Committee to the: Provincial Congress, requesting directions in regard to the Prisoners taken near St. John‘s,
81
10,
Letter from R. McDonald to Albany Committee,
81
10,
Letter from Dr. John Williams to the New-York Congress,
81
10,
Letter from General Washington to the New-York Congress. By advices from Boston there is reason to believe a part or the whole of the Ministerial Troops are about to move, and New-York is generally talked of as their destination,
82
12,
Letter from an Officer in Boston to his Friend in London, giving an account of a most glorious victory obtained by the King‘s Troops over the Rebel Army, on the 7th instant. The number of their killed is not exactly known, but we have taken twenty-five hundred prisoners; among them are General Lee and General Putnam, and several other Officers of rank in the Rebel Army,
82

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