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Report of the Committee to prepare a state of the Publick Funds,
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191
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President directed to thank the Committee of Charlestown, for securing Dunn and Boote, and request they may be detained there for the present,
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191
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Persons charged as being enemies to the American cause are not hereafter to be carried out of the Province, except by directions of a Committee empowered to take cognizance of the offence,
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192
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August 31,
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The Colony to be immediately put in a state of
defence, for the express and sole purpose of securing and preserving it against all attempts to carry the acts of Parliament into execution by force of arms,
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192
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One thousand Men to be immediately raised for the support of the American Association, and defence of the Colony,
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192
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Sept. l,
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The Troops ordered to be raised, to form two Regiments,
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193
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Officers appointed for the two Regiments,
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193
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2,
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Thanks of the Congress to William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, and Richard Caswell, their Delegates to the Continental Congress;
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194
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Reply of the Delegates,
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194
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The Delegates reappointed,
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195
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4,
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On the application of Mr. Biggleston, Governour Martins private Secretary, permission granted to remove on board the Man-of-War all the private property of the Governour,
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195
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The Secretary authorized to give certificates to any of the Protesters who may hereafter sign the Association or Test,
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195
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The plan of a general Confederation between the United Colonies, considered, and rejected: the present Association to be further relied on for bringing about a reconciliation with the Parent State,
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196
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5,
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Committee to make an arrangement of Minute-Men for the safety of the Province,
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196
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Committee of Ways and Means recommend an emission, in paper Bills of Credit, of Sixty Thousand Pounds, for defraying the expense of the Militia, &c.,5:16 PM 4/22/2005
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196
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6,
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Commissaries for the Troops appointed,
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197
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One Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars, in Bills of Credit, to be emitted for the defence of the Colony,
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197
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Regulations for issuing, protecting, and redeeming the Bills of Credit,
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197
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Plan for regulating the Minute-Men and Militia, reported by the Committee, and adopted,
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198
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8,
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Address to the Inhabitants of the British Empire, presented by Mr. Hooper, and adopted unanimously,
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201
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John Penn chosen Delegate to the Continental Congress, in place of Mr. Caswell, appointed Treasurer of the Southern District of the Province,
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203
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9,
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Field-Officers of Minute-Men and the Militia appointed,
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203
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Appointment of the Minute-Men to be raised in each County,
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205
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Plan for the internal peace, order, and safety of the Province, considered and adopted,
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205
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Committee of Safety to be appointed in each District by the Congress,
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205
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Provincial Council for the Colony to be appointed in the same manner,
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205
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Provincial Congress to be elected annually,
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206
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Test to be repeated and subscribed by the Delegates before they take their seats,
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207
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County and Town Committees to be elected annually,
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208
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No action to be commenced in any court of law, or before any Magistrate, without leave of the County Committee,
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208
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Committee of Secrecy, Intelligence, and Observation, to be chosen by the respective Town and County Committees,
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208
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Provincial Council appointed,
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208
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Committees of Safety for the several Districts appointed,
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209
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10,
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Sundry Resolutions offering premiums for the encouragement of Manufactures within the Province, adopted,
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209
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1775.
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CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. |
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August 20,
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Letter from Quebeck to a Gentleman in Scot
land. Emissaries from the Rebels have made the Canadians believe that Schuyler, with the Provincial Rebels, only comes to protect them; but any attempt of the Rebels to force into circulation their paper money will make the Canadians fly to arms in defence of their property,
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211
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20,
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Letter from General Schuyler to the New-York Congress. The controversy between Allen and Warner is carried to such lengths that few Green Mountain Boys will be raised; former accounts of the friendly sentiments of the Canadians, fully confirmed,
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212
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Letter from Committee for New-Marlborough to the New-York Congress,
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213
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20,
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Letter from General Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth. Mr. Washington, who commands the Rebel Army, has written on the treatment of the Rebel prisoners. The Rebels are very numerous, and continue to throw up works nearer to the Town, but their advanced parties, both at Boston and Charlestown, have been drove back,
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213
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20,
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Letter from General Washington to General Schuyler, communicating his plan of an expedition to penetrate Canada by way of Kennebeck River,
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213
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21,
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Proclamation by Patrick Tonyn, Governour of East Florida, offering a reward of two hundred Pounds sterling for the apprehension of Clement Lempriere and Simon Tuffts,
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21,
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Letter from William Henry Drayton to the Council of Safety for South-Carolina, giving a full account of the state of affairs in the interior of the Colony,
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214
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21,
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Jonathan Clarks Affidavit relative to a meeting between Alexander Cameron and the Cherokees,
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217
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21,
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Committee for Essex County, Virginia, require the Cargo of the Schooner Enterprise, George Stewart, master, to be landed and stored, at the expense of the owners, until they prove it is not intended for any purpose injurious to the cause of American Liberty,
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218
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21,
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Recantation of Hugh Cahoon, of St. Georges Hundred, Newcastle County, Delaware,
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218
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21,
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Letter from the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety to the New-York Congress. It is necessary for them to keep the little Powder they have, as possibly the enemy may call upon them,
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219
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21,
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Caractacus on Standing Armies,
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219
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21,
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Letter from Zebulon Butler to Ellis Hughes,
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221
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21,
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Letter from the New-York Congress to General Schuyler. Assure him of their readiness to comply, with all possible despatch, with whatever he may think proper to request,
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540
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21,
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Letter from the New-York Congress to the Albany Committee. Provisions are to be furnished to the Prisoners at Albany,
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540
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21,
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Letter from the New-York Congress to Walter Livingston, Deputy Commissary-General, urging him to forward the Supplies to Gen. Schuyler, without delay.
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540
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21,
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Letter from Francis Stephens to George Wray,
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221
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21,
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Petition of Philip Rhinelander and others to the
New-York Congress,
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222
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21,
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Field-Officers of the Second Battalion of Suffolk County, New-York,
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223
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21,
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Militia Officers for South-East Precinct, Dutchess County, New-York,
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223
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21,
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Letter from Major Henry Livingston to the New-York Congress. Colonel Clintons Regiment has neither Medicine Chest nor Surgeon,
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555
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21,
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Letter from the Albany Committee to the New-York Congress, requesting their directions with regard to Mr. White, Sheriff of Tryon County, now in custody as an enemy to the Country,
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223
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Letter from Sir John Johnson to Alexander White, Sheriff of Tryon County,
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223
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21,
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Letter from the Committee for Providence, Rhode-Island, to the New-York Committee,
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224
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21,
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Letter from Governour Trumbull to the New-York Congress, urging them to furnish Tents for the Northern Army,
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224
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21,
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Letter from Jedediah Strong to Governour Trumbull,
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225
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21,
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Letter from Major Magaw to General Gates,
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226
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