reasons therein stated, that the Committee for that County may be dissolved and a new one chosen,

Ordinance appointing a Committee of Safety
passed,

Ordinance for the election of Delegates, &c., passed,

Ordinance for establishing a General Test postponed to the next Convention,

Petition of sundry Merchants and others, natives of Great Britain, and resident in the Colony, presented,

Committees and all others requested to treat the natives of Great Britain resident here, and not enemies to the cause of America, with lenity and friendship,

Committees requested to have a Census of their several Counties taken and returned to the Convention,

The next Convention directed to meet in Richmond,

Form of a Commission for the Colonel of the First Regiment and Commander-in-Chief of the Regular Forces,

Commission to a Colonel of Minute-Men,

Commission to a County Lieutenant,

Ordinance to encourage the making of Saltpetre, &c., passed,

Otway Byrd, having resigned his provision and prospects in the British Navy, particularly recommended to the attention of General Washington,

Declaration presented to the Convention, maturely considered, and unanimously agreed to,

Ordinances passed by the Convention—An Ordinance for raising and embodying a sufficient Force for the defence of the Colony,

An Ordinance for the better government of the Force3 to be raised and employed in the service of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia,

An Ordinance appointing a Committee of Safety, for the more effectual carrying into execution the several Rules and Regulations established by this Convention for the protection of this Colony,

An Ordinance for regulating the Election of Delegates, and ascertaining their allowances, and also for regulating the Election of CommitteeMen in the several Counties and Corporations within this Colony, and for other purposes therein mentioned,

An Ordinance for appointing Commissioners to settle the Accounts of the Militia lately drawn out into actual service, and for making provision to pay the same, as well as the expense for raising and providing for the Forces and Minute-Mendirected to be embodied for the defence of the Colony,

An Ordinance for providing Arms and Ammunition for the use of the Colony,

An Ordinance for paying the expenses of the Delegates from this Colony to the General Congress,

An Ordinance for regulating the Election of Delegates, and ascertaining their allowances, and also for regulating the Election of CommitteeMen in the several Counties and Corporations within this Colony, and for other purposes therein mentioned,

Resolutions of the London Association,

Walter Chambre, of White-Haven, in England, declared an enemy to American Liberty by the Norfolk Committee,

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Randolph,

Letter from the New-York Congress to Charles Thomson, requesting him to forward the Powder ordered for their use by the Continental Congress, or inform them where or to whom they are to apply for it,

Letter from the New-York Congress to the Committee for Suffolk County, urging them to form their Militia and Minute-Men, and use every precaution to protect the County in future against the depredations of the Ministerial Army,

Letter from the New-York Congress to Governour Trumbull. Will make every exertion to get Tents, but it is not probable they can provide sufficient for the Northern Army,

Letter from an Officer at Ticonderoga to his Friend in New-York. About twelve hundred men are there under General Montgomery, who is making preparations to move immediately for St. John’s. A French Gentleman from Canada says a large part of the Canadians will join the Americans, on their arrival,

Statement of Peter Griffin, who went out as a Scout on Lake Champlain,

Letter from Colonel Huntington to Governour Trumbull,

Virginia Committee of Safety requires the several Committees in the Colony to deliver the Publick Arms collected by them to the Captains of the Regular Troops,

Letter from a Member of the Continental Congress to a Gentleman in London. If the Ministry do not soon see the policy of placing the Colonies where they were in 1763, the Congress will probably open all our Ports to foreign Powers next winter,

Letter from the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety to the New-York Congress, Have forwarded a ton of Powder from a small additional supply received this morning,

Petition of Joseph Johnson, a Mohegan. Indian, to the New-York Congress,

Militia Officers chosen in Newburgh Precinct, Orange County, New-York,

Officers chosen in Northeast Precinct, Dutchess County, New-York,

Letter from Walter Livingston to the New-York Congress,

Resolutions by the Committee for Tryon County, prescribing the manner of proceeding in cases of disputes, trespasses, or other misdemeanors in civil matters,

Letter from the Committee for Tryon County to the New-York Congress. Request directions how to proceed in cases of debts, trespasses, &c.,

Field-Officers, Captains, and Subalterns appointed by the Committee for Tryon County, New-York,

Letter from General Wooster to the New-York Congress, informing them of the movements of the British Armed Vessels,

Letter from General Schuyler to General Washington. Has met the Indians at Albany, who declared their intentions to remain neuter, and hoped we would not desire more of them. Governour Carleton and his agents are exerting themselves to get the Savages to act against us. The intelligence from Canada leaves no doubt of the propriety of going there,

Letter from General Schuyler to Sam’l Stringer, appointing him Director of the Hospital for the Northern Army,

Resolutions of the Committee for Newbern, North-Carolina, on the Proclamation by Governour Martin, of the 8th of August,

Concession of Charles Neilson to Committee for Middlesex County, Virginia,

Letter from Captain Lamb to the New-York Congress, declining his appointment, in consequence of a new arrangement in regard to his Company,

Letters from sundry Merchants in New-York to the Provincial Congress, for permission to load Vessels for foreign ports,

Letter from Colonel Philip Cortlandt to the New-York Congress, informing them of the destitute condition of the Troops arrived at Albany to join the Army for Canada. There are but thirty guns fit for service in four Companies,

Meeting of the Council of Safety of Maryland at Annapolis,

Resolutions adopted for procuring Fire-Arms and Gunpowder, and to encourage the making of Salt, Saltpetre, &c.,

Letter from Benjamin Franklin to the New-York Congress,

Bergen County (New-Jersey) Committee appoint a County Committee of Safely, and require all male persons coming there to comply