1775. Aug. 25, |
Address of the Commissioners, |
480 |
26, |
Address of the Commissioners continued, |
481 |
28, |
Address concluded, |
482 |
31, |
Reply of the Indians, delivered by Abraham, a Mohawk Sachem, |
485 |
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Speech by the Onondaga Sachem, |
487 |
Sept. 1, |
Answer of the Commissioners to the Speech delivered yesterday by the Indians, |
488 |
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Speech of Capt. Solomon, a Chief of the Stock-bridge Indians, and Reply of the Commissioners, |
489 |
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Treaty concluded, and the Indians informed they would receive their presents to-morrow, |
489 |
2, |
Albany Committee met the Indians, and, in presence of the Commissioners, answered their Speech, made on the 25th of August, |
490 |
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Reply of the Indians by Abraham, Chief of the Mohawks, |
492 |
31, |
Letter from General Schuyler to the Commissioners, informing them of the killing of two Indians, in Canada, by a party under the command of Captain Baker, and requesting them to explain the whole affair to the Indians, |
493 |
6, |
Letter from Volkert P. Douw, one of the Commissioners, to the President of Congress, |
494 |
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Speech of the Commissioners to the Indians, in. consequence of General Schuyler’s Letter, |
494 |
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Answer of the Indians, |
495 |
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Their Speech to the Caughnawagas, sent by four
Chiefs of the Six Nations, |
496 |
30, |
Report to the Commissioners, by the four Warriors, of their mission to the Caughnawagas, |
1275 |
PENNSYLVANIA COMMITTEE OF SAFETY.
Aug. 1, |
Captains appointed for the several Armed Boats
now building,
|
495 |
3, |
Committee to purchase twenty-eight tons of Cannon Ball, |
496 |
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Memorial from the Committee for the County of Philadelphia, and the Officers of the several Battalions, presented, read, and agreed to be considered, |
496 |
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Committee to prepare Rules and Regulations for the government of the Associators of this Province, |
496 |
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Two Letters presented, stating the Board of Commissioners and Assessors, of Bucks County, had refused to raise the three hundred stand of Arms required of them, |
496 |
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Board of Commissioners and Assessors required to appear before the Council on Wednesday, the 9th instant, |
497 |
4, |
The preceding Resolve reconsidered, |
497 |
9, |
Twenty-two hundred pounds of Powder ordered
to be sent to General Schuyler, |
498 |
10, |
Committee to import fifty tons of Lead, |
498 |
12, |
Major French and two other British officers, arrived in the Ship Hope, from Cork, arrested and required to give Paroles, |
499 |
19, |
Regulations for the Associators in Pennsylvania, |
500 |
26, |
Rules for establishing rank or precedence
amongst the Pennsylvania Associators,
|
506 |
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Letter received from Henry Tucker, Chairman of the Deputies of the several Parishes of Bermuda, with an Account for eleven hundred and eighty-two pounds of Powder, shipped by him, |
510 |
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Form of Commission for the Officers of the Armed Boats, |
510 |
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Recommendation to the Associators to make use of Pikes, |
510 |
28, |
Two thousand pounds of Powder sent to the Provincial Congress of New-York, |
511 |
29, |
Articles for the government of the Officers and Men to be employed on board the Provincial Armed Boats, |
511 |
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Robert Pomeroy and Nathan Boyee appointed Lieutenants of the Armed Boats, |
514 |
30, |
Captain Moore, of the Experiment, appointed to command the Armed Boat Effingham, |
514 |
31, |
Letter from Dr. Franklin, informing that he had ordered the Powder, on the way to New-York, to return back, |
514 |
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Seal for the Committee of Safety, |
514 |
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Two Brass Patereroes to be provided for each of the Armed Boats, |
514 |
1775
NEW HAMPSHIRE PROVINCIAL CONGRESS.
Aug. 22, |
The Congress met according to adjournment, |
515 |
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The Receiver-General required to issue Notes for Sight Thousand Pounds, not bearing any interest, |
515 |
23, |
Josiah Bartlett appointed a Delegate to the Continental Congress, |
515 |
|
Committee to draw up Instructions for the Delegates to the Continental Congress, |
515 |
|
All men in the Colony, from sixteen to fifty years of age, ordered to be formed into Regiments and Companies, |
515 |
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Six Shillings per day, for his service in Congress, and two Pence per mile, for travelling to and from this Congress, to be paid to each Member, |
515 |
|
Field-Officers for twelve Regiments appointed, |
516 |
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Committee of Safety directed to fortify Piscataqua Harbour, |
516 |
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Committee to try Owen Orke, arrested by a warrant from the Congress, for stealing, |
517 |
25, |
Pay of Members fixed at five Shillings per day, |
517 |
29, |
Committee of Safety authorized to raise and equip such Forces as General Sehuyler may call for, during the recess of the Congress, |
518 |
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Committee to bring in a vote for perfecting the regulation of the Militia, |
518 |
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Regulations for the Militia established, |
519 |
30, |
Committee to apportion the Representation of the several Towns in any future Congress or Convention, |
519 |
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Committee to repair to the Army, and ascertain the loss of every Officer and Soldier, of this Colony, in the Battle at Charlestown, |
520 |
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Officers of the Militia recommended to forbear all extravagance, and that no treats be given or received at meetings of Soldiers for the election of Officers, if offered antecedent to the election, |
520 |
31, |
Committee to prepare Instructions to the Delegates to the Continental Congress, |
520 |
Sept. 1, |
Persons offering for sale any English Goods, at an extravagant price, or any Tea, may be tried by the Committee of any neighbouring Town, within ten miles, |
521 |
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Field-Officers for the four Regiments of Minute-Men ordered to be raised, |
521 |
2, |
Regulations for the Minute-Men, |
522 |
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The Congress adjourned to Tuesday, the last day of October next, |
523 |
NEW-YORK PROVINCIAL CONGRESS,
Aug. 7, |
Letter to General Wooster, requesting him to send four Companies for the protection of the east end of Long-Island, |
523 |
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Letter to Colonel Fanning, ordering him to take command of the Militia at the east end of Long-Island, |
523 |
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Letter to the Committee of Easthampton, |
523 |
8, |
Committees in the several Counties directed immediately to purchase or hire all the Arms that are fit for present service, |
524 |
|
Committee to form a proper arrangement of the Militia of the Colony, |
524 |
|
Letter to General Schuyler, informing of the efforts they are making to equip and forward the Troops, |
525 |
9, |
Letter from the Committee for Suffolk County, |
525 |
|
Arrangement of the Militia of the Colony, |
525 |
|
Barge for His Majesty’s Ship Asia ordered to be rebuilt and delivered to Captain Vandeput, |
525 |
|
Colonels McDougall, Clinton, and Holmes directed to march to Albany with all convenient speed, |
527 |
10, |
Committee on a Letter from the Committee of Brookhaven, stating that a number of persons there are counteracting the measures of Congresses and Committees, |
527 |
12, |
Letter from General Montgomery received and read, |
528 |
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Examination of Garret Roseboom, of the City of Albany, and of Benjamin Davis, read, |
528 |
|
Bounty for the manufacture of Gunpowder proposed, |
528 |
|
Flaxseed maybe exported until the 10th of September next, |
529 |
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