Assembly met at Providence,

List of the Deputies,

Two hundred and fifty Men to be sent to remove the neat Cattle and Sheep from New-Shoreham, at the risk and expense of the Colony,

Officers of the Independent Cadets in Providence,

Act to punish persons who shall pilot any foreign Armed Vessels in or out of any of the Harbours of the Colony,

All the Gunpowder imported before 1st day of April next to be purchased by the Colony,

Committee of Safety appointed to act on any emergency during the recess of the Assembly,

Officers of the Minute-Men in the Town of Smith-field,

Officers of the Militia appointed,

Two Row-Gallies to be built forthwith, for the protection and defence of the Colony,

Post-Riders appointed, and Mail Routes established,

Delegates in the Continental Congress instructed to use their whole influence for building and equipping an American Fleet,

Report of the Proceedings of the Continental Congress, presented by Mr. Ward, one of the Delegates, accepted and approved,

The Continental Currency made a lawful tender, in all payments whatsoever, whether of a publick or private nature,

Bounty of three Shillings a pound to be paid on every pound of Saltpetre made in the Colony by the 26th of August, 1776,

Pay of Abraham Whipple, Captain of the Colony Sloop, fixed at nine Pounds per month,

Act passed to prevent Mr. Wanton from acting as Governour, further continued,

Committee to remove the Cattle and Sheep from all the Islands, except Rhode-Island and Block-Island,

Persons who shall refuse to receive the Paper Money of the Continental Congress, or of any of the Colonies, in payment for any debt, duty, or demand, of a pecuniary nature, to be considered enemies to the Country, with whom there is to be no communication,

York County (Pennsylvania) Committee direct that all persons in the County delected purchasing Sheep under four years old, to be killed, shall be treated as enemies to their Country,

New-York Committee divide the City, as far as Fresh-Water, into twenty-four Militia Districts, and order an Election of Officers for each District,

Officers elected for the twenty-four Districts or Beats in the City of New-York, August 29,

Letter from Captain Lamb to the New-York Congress,

Letter from the Suffolk County (New-York) Committee to the Provincial Congress, representing their defenceless condition, and requesting some Troops may remain there,

Officers chosen by the Militia in Newburgh District, Orange County, New-York,

Letter from General Howe to General Washington, complaining that his Officers had been fired upon when returning from a parley, and requests the intercourse between the two Camps to be stopped,

Letter from General Washington to General Howe. Denies the charge made in his Letter of yesterday,

Proclamation by the King for suppressing Rebellion and Sedition,

Order by the King in Council to prohibit the transportation, beyond the seas or coastwise. Gunpowder, or any sort of Arms or Ammunition,

Letter from the Dutchess of Koningsburgh to the New-York Congress,

Letter from William Bayard to the New-York Congress,

Letter from Gen. Schuyler to Benjamin Franklin. The Powder sent by the Committee of Philadelphia has been received. He has thirteen hundred men, and twenty days’ provisions, and will soon make an attempt on St. John’s,

Letter from General Schuyler to the New-York

Letter from Major Brown to General Montgomery. Has just learned that the two Vessels at St. John’s are nearly finished; they appear to be of large size. With these Vessels and their Batteaus the enemy can sweep the Lake,

Letter from General Washington to the Continental Congress. Recommends for the vacant place of Brigadier-General Colonel Armstrong, of Pennsylvania, or Colonel Frye, of Massachusetts. The scarcity of Ammunition does not permit him to take the advantage he would of his situation,

Letter from William Tudor, Judge-Advocate General, to General Washington, August 23,

Letter from General Washington to General Gage, complaining of the treatment received by the American Prisoners in his possession, and threatening retaliation,

Letter from General Gage to General Washington. Denies the charge of maltreating the Prisoners,

Letter from General Washington to General Gage, in reply to his Letter of the 13th inst.,

General Orders, from August 5th to this date,

General Return of the Continental Army, at Cambridge, August 18, 1775.

Return of the Regiment of Artillery commanded by Colonel Gridley,

Return of the Train of Artillery of the Rhode-Island Forces,

Letter from Mr. Penn and Mr. Lee to the Earl of Dartmouth, enclosing a copy of the Petition of the Congress to the King,

Letter from Lord Dartmouth to Mr. Penn and Mr. Lee. He will return to London in a day or two, and will inform them of his arrival,

Letter from Edmund Burke to Arthur Lee. His being an Agent chosen by the General Assembly of New-York, who have refused to send Deputies to the Congress, prevents his joining Mr. Penn and Mr. Lee in presenting the Petition to Lord Dartmouth,

Letter from a Gentleman in London to one in Philadelphia. Plans and intentions of the Ministry. Effects of the present contest on Great Britain,

Letter from a Gentleman in London to his Friend in the American Camp,

Letter from Mr. Drayton and Mr. Tennent to the Council of Safety for South-Carolina.—They have experienced great opposition from Kirkland, Brown, and others, but have received no personal violence,

Letter from Zebulon Butler to Ellis Hughes,

Letters from New-York to gentlemen in Philadelphia, giving accounts of the firing on the City by the Asia man-of-war, on the night of the 23d, when the citizens were engaged in removing the Cannon from the Battery,

Letter from the New-York Congress to the House of Representatives of Massachusetts-Bay, with a Petition from the Executors of David Gardiner, of Gardiner’s Island, deceased, praying remuneration for damages done by inhabitants of Massachusetts-Bay,

Letters from Captain Vandeput, of the Asia, to the Mayor of New-York, defending his conduct in firing upon the City,

Militia Officers chosen in the Borough of Westchester, New-York,

Letter from General Wooster to Governour Trumbull. The suspicious light in which the Provincial Congress of New-York is viewed by the rest of the Continent is well known: he therefore requests he may not be placed under the direction of that body,

Letter from the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety to General Sullivan. There is reason to fear that Portsmouth is in danger. The stock of Powder is reduced to eight or ten barrels; any quantity that can be spared for their use will be very acceptable,