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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
 
Speech by the Onondaga Sachem,
487
Sept. 1,
Answer of the Commissioners to the Speech delivered yesterday by the Indians,
488
 
Speech of Capt. Solomon, a Chief of the Stock-bridge Indians, and Reply of the Commissioners,
489
 
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
 
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
 
Speech of the Commissioners to the Indians, in. consequence of General Schuyler’s Letter,
494
 
Answer of the Indians,
495
 
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
 
Memorial from the Committee for the County of Philadelphia, and the Officers of the several Battalions, presented, read, and agreed to be considered,
496
 
Committee to prepare Rules and Regulations for the government of the Associators of this Province,
496
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
Form of Commission for the Officers of the Armed Boats,
510
 
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
 
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
 
Seal for the Committee of Safety,
514
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
Committee of Safety directed to fortify Piscataqua Harbour,
516
 
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
 
Committee to bring in a vote for perfecting the regulation of the Militia,
518
 
Regulations for the Militia established,
519
30,
Committee to apportion the Representation of the several Towns in any future Congress or Convention,
519
 
Committee to repair to the Army, and ascertain the loss of every Officer and Soldier, of this Colony, in the Battle at Charlestown,
520
 
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
 
Field-Officers for the four Regiments of Minute-Men ordered to be raised,
521
2,
Regulations for the Minute-Men,
522
 
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
 
Letter to Colonel Fanning, ordering him to take command of the Militia at the east end of Long-Island,
523
 
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
 
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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