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1775. |
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August 18,
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Letter from the New-York Congress to Robert
R. Livingston, requesting all the Powder in the Mill at Rhinebeck may be forwarded to General Schuyler, as soon as possible,
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535
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18,
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Letter from the Committee of New-York to the Committee of Easthampton, requesting them to take such precautions as will prevent the piratical descent of the Ministerial Army and Navy upon the Coast,
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536
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18,
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Letter from Governour Trumbull to General
Schuyler, |
159
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Resolution of the Committee for Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, that Jerathmeel Bowers, Charles Slead, and Gideon Sherman, have violated the Rules of the Congress, July
10, 1775, |
160
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8,
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Address of Jerathmeel Bowers to the Publick, on the vote of the Committee of Rehoboth, denying their charges against him, August 8, |
160
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15,
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Letter from the Rehoboth Committee to the Council of Massachusetts: They will furnish the proof of their charges in a few days, |
161
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18,
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Sundry affidavits furnished by the Committees of Rehoboth and Swanzey, to justify their advertisement of Colonel Jerathmeel Bowers, as being unfriendly to his Country, |
161
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Further Report of the Committees of Rehoboth and Swanzey, with additional depositions, |
164
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18,
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Committee for Alstead, Cheshire County, New-Hampshire, declare Simon Baxter inimical to his Country, disarm him, confine him to his farm, and caution all persons not to deal with him,
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166
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Extracts from several Letters, brought by Captain Robbins, in the Schooner Two Sisters, lately seized by an Armed Vessel in the service of the United Colonies, and published by order of the Continental Congress, |
167
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19,
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Letter from the Committee of Safety for Pennsylvania to the New-York Congress, |
170
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19,
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Proceedings of the Committee of Philadelphia,
on the complaint against Isaac Hunt,
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170
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Deposition of William Conn, in regard to the
conduct of Isaac Hunt,
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171
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Account of the treatment of Isaac Hunt and of Dr. Kearsley, |
172
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19,
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Letter from the New-York Congress to the Philadelphia Committee, communicating the information received from Mr. Carter,
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537
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19,
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Militia Officers chosen in Mamacoting, Ulster County, New-York, |
176
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19,
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Letter from Colonel James Clinton to the New-York Congress, |
176
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19,
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Letter from General Schuyler to the New-York Congress, |
177
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19,
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Letter from General Montgomery to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety. The three Companies offered by that Colony will be a very seasonable re-enforcement; a vigorous and speedy effort against Canada is necessary to crush their naval armament, |
177
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19,
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Letter from General Washington to General Gage, in reply to his Letter of the 13th inst, |
246
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20,
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Letter from the Duke of Leinster to the Sheriffs
and Commons of the City of Dublin, acknowledging their Vote of Thanks for his conduct in supporting the rights and liberties of the Americans,
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178
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Proceedings of the Sheriffs and Commons of Dublin, on an Address to the King, |
178
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Address to the King from the Sheriffs, Commons, and Inhabitants of the City of Dublin, agreed to, |
179
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Negatived by the Lord Mayor and Board of
Aldermen,
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179
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20,
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Letter from Charlestown, South-Carolina, to a Gentleman in Philadelphia. A small Sloop sent by the Committee of Charlestown, about a week ago, captured in St. Augustine Bay a. Vessel from England, with fourteen thousand pounds of Powder, which has arrived at Beaufort,
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180
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20,
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Letter from the Rev. William Tennent to Henry Laurens. State of affairs in the interior of South-Carolina: Fletechall heads a strong party there, and the friends of America have no Ammunition, may be surprised without remedy,
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180
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20,
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Letter from the Rev. William Tennent to Henry Laurens. State of affairs in the interior of South-Carolina: Fletechall heads a strong party there, and the friends of America have no Ammunition, may be surprised without remedy,
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180
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1775. |
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PROVINCIAL CONGRESS OF NORTH-CAROLINA.
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Aug. 20, Congress met at Hillsborough,
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181 |
21,
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List of the Delegates appointed to the Congress, |
181
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Names of the Members who attended this day,
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184 |
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Samuel Johnston chosen President, and Andrew Knox appointed Secretary, |
185
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Rev. George Micklejohn attended and performed divine service, |
185
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Committee to inquire into the conduct of John Coulson, of Anson County, charged with dangerous practices against the liberties of America, |
185
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Committee to prepare a Test to be signed by the Members of this Congress, |
185
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Congress will to their utmost protect the late Insurgents, (the Regulators,) from any injury which may be attempted on pretence of punishing them for their late insurrection, |
185
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Committee to confer with such inhabitants of the Province as entertain any religious or political scruples with respect to associating in the common cause of America, |
185
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Rev. Henry Patillo requested to read prayers every morning, and the Rev. Charles Edward Taylor every evening, during his stay, |
185
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22,
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Proceedings of the Continental Congress presented and read, |
186
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Declaration by John Coulson, |
186
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Express sent to Wilmington for several persons confined there, for offences against the Continental Association, |
186
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23,
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Association of the Continental Congress, of October 20, 1774, read and approved of, |
186
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Test reported by the Committee, read, approved of, and ordered to be entered on the Journal and signed, |
187
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Names of the Members who signed the Test, |
187
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Committee of Secrecy for procuring Arms and Ammunition, |
187
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Committee to confer with the gentlemen who have lately arrived from the Highlands of Scotland, and to explain to them the nature of the controversy with Great Britain, |
188
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Committee to prepare an Address to the Inhabitants of the Province, calling upon them to unite in defence of American Liberty, |
188
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North-Carolina pledged to support the Continental Congress, in their efforts for the preservation of American Liberty, |
188
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Committee to prepare a plan for the regulation of the internal police, order and safety of the Province, |
188
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State of the Province, and the expediency of employing a Military Force for its defence, considered, |
189
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Draught of Articles of Confederacy, proposed for the several Colonies in North America, presented, |
189
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25,
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Paper purporting to be a Proclamation of his Excellency Josiah Martin, dated the 8th inst., presented and read, |
189
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Governour Martins Proclamation declared to be a false, scandalous, scurrilous, malicious, and seditious libel, and ordered to be burnt by the common hangman, |
189
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Petition of Francis Dunn and Dorothy Boote, presented, |
189
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Committee to consider and report a state of the Publick Funds, |
189
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Committee of Intelligence to receive all Petitions, &c., and report thereon to the Congress, |
189
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County and Town Committees requested to obtain and return to Congress a Census of their respective Counties and Towns, |
189
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28,
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The paper purporting to be a Confederacy of the United Colonies to be considered on Friday next, the 1st of September, |
190
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Committee of Intelligence report that the apprehending and sending John Dunn and Benjamin Boote to South-Carolina was necessary and justifiable, |
190
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James Cotton, Samuel Williams, and Jacob Williams, of Anson County, discharged and set at liberty, |
190
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29,
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Petitions from John Dunn and Benjamin Boote, now confined in Charlestown, South-Carolina, received and read, |
190
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