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1775.      
 
Report of the Committee to prepare a state of the Publick Funds,
191
 
President directed to thank the Committee of Charlestown, for securing Dunn and Boote, and request they may be detained there for the present,
191
 
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,
192
August
31,
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,
192
 
One thousand Men to be immediately raised for the support of the American Association, and defence of the Colony,
192
Sept. l,
The Troops ordered to be raised, to form two Regiments,
193
 
Officers appointed for the two Regiments,
193
2,
Thanks of the Congress to William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, and Richard Caswell, their Delegates to the Continental Congress;
194
 
Reply of the Delegates,
194
 
The Delegates reappointed,
195
4,
On the application of Mr. Biggleston, Governour Martin’s private Secretary, permission granted to remove on board the Man-of-War all the private property of the Governour,
195
 
The Secretary authorized to give certificates to any of the Protesters who may hereafter sign the Association or Test,
195
 
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,
196
5,
Committee to make an arrangement of Minute-Men for the safety of the Province,
196
 
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
196
6,
Commissaries for the Troops appointed,
197
 
One Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars, in Bills of Credit, to be emitted for the defence of the Colony,
197
 
Regulations for issuing, protecting, and redeeming the Bills of Credit,
197
 
Plan for regulating the Minute-Men and Militia, reported by the Committee, and adopted,
198
8,
Address to the Inhabitants of the British Empire, presented by Mr. Hooper, and adopted unanimously,
201
 
John Penn chosen Delegate to the Continental Congress, in place of Mr. Caswell, appointed Treasurer of the Southern District of the Province,
203
9,
Field-Officers of Minute-Men and the Militia appointed,
203
 
Appointment of the Minute-Men to be raised in each County,
205
 
Plan for the internal peace, order, and safety of the Province, considered and adopted,
205
 
Committee of Safety to be appointed in each District by the Congress,
205
 
Provincial Council for the Colony to be appointed in the same manner,
205
 
Provincial Congress to be elected annually,
206
 
Test to be repeated and subscribed by the Delegates before they take their seats,
207
 
County and Town Committees to be elected annually,
208
 
No action to be commenced in any court of law, or before any Magistrate, without leave of the County Committee,
208
 
Committee of Secrecy, Intelligence, and Observation, to be chosen by the respective Town and County Committees,
208
 
Provincial Council appointed,
208
 
Committees of Safety for the several Districts appointed,
209
10,
Sundry Resolutions offering premiums for the encouragement of Manufactures within the Province, adopted,
209
1775.    
  CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC.  
August
20,
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,
211
20,
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,
212
 
Letter from Committee for New-Marlborough to the New-York Congress,
213
20,
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,
213
20,
Letter from General Washington to General Schuyler, communicating his plan of an expedition to penetrate Canada by way of Kennebeck River,
213
21,
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,
705
21,
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,
214
21,
Jonathan Clark’s Affidavit relative to a meeting between Alexander Cameron and the Cherokees,
217
21,
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,
218
21,
Recantation of Hugh Cahoon, of St. George’s Hundred, Newcastle County, Delaware,
218
21,
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,
219
21,
Caractacus on Standing Armies,
219
21,
Letter from Zebulon Butler to Ellis Hughes,
221
21,
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,
540
21,
Letter from the New-York Congress to the Albany Committee. Provisions are to be furnished to the Prisoners at Albany,
540
21,
Letter from the New-York Congress to Walter Livingston, Deputy Commissary-General, urging him to forward the Supplies to Gen. Schuyler, without delay.
540
21,
Letter from Francis Stephens to George Wray,
221
21,
Petition of Philip Rhinelander and others to the New-York Congress,
222
21,
Field-Officers of the Second Battalion of Suffolk County, New-York,
223
21,
Militia Officers for South-East Precinct, Dutchess County, New-York,
223
21,
Letter from Major Henry Livingston to the New-York Congress. Colonel Clinton’s Regiment has neither Medicine Chest nor Surgeon,
555
21,
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,
223
 
Letter from Sir John Johnson to Alexander White, Sheriff of Tryon County,
223
21,
Letter from the Committee for Providence, Rhode-Island, to the New-York Committee,
224
21,
Letter from Governour Trumbull to the New-York Congress, urging them to furnish Tents for the Northern Army,
224
21,
Letter from Jedediah Strong to Governour Trumbull,
225
21,
Letter from Major Magaw to General Gates,
226

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