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1775.    
 
Arrangements for the supply of all Provisions to His Majesty’s Ships stationed here,
564
 
Letter to Jonathan Trumbull, Jun., requesting him to satisfy several Companies who refuse marching to join General Schuyler, until they receive their pay.
565
 
Committee appointed to contract for fifteen tons of Powder, to be paid for at the rate of one hundred per cent, advance on the European invoice,
565
August
30,
Committee of Albany requested to send down 30, White, late Sheriff of Tryon County, as soon as he is released from Prison,
566
 
Report of the Committee of Ways and Means considered, and the first paragraph amended and agreed to, ordering an emission of Forty-Five Thousand Pounds,
567
 
Letter to Governour Trumbull informing him that the Tents for Colonel Hinman’s Regiment will be forwarded with the utmost expedition,
567
 
Residue of the Report of the Committee of Ways and Means recommitted,
568
31,
Limits of the Parole of Captain Patrick Sinclair extended,
568
 
Colonel Lasher directed to take a detachment of his Battalion, and seize the Sloop of Peter Dop,
569
 
John Candell brought to the House, Sundry witnesses against him examined in his presence; and then ordered into custody till the further order of the House,
569
Sept.
1,
Seth Warner appointed Colonel, and Samuel Safford Major, of the Regiment of Green Mountain Boys,
571
 
Letter to General Schuyler, giving him general information as to what they have done in regard to the Troops and their equipments,
571
 
Colonel Van Schaick informed that there is no probability of their being able to supply Arms to the Third and Fourth Regiments now at Albany,
572
 
Resolutions adopted on the facts presented in the Letter from the Committee of Brookhaven, dated August 3d,
573
2,
Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, providing for an issue of One Hundred and Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars, in Bills of Credit, again considered by paragraphs and adopted,
575
 
Two hundred Watch Coats to be provided for the use of the Sentinels of the Regiments of this Colony,
578
 
Field and Staff Officers for the four Regiments of Militia in Ulster County,
578
 
Field Officers for two Regiments of Minute-Men. in Dutchess County, appointed,
578
 
John Candell ordered to be discharged,
578
 
Gunpowder, now in store, apportioned to the several Counties,
578
 
Firemen of the City of New-York exempted from military duty,
579
 
Letters to Samuel Bayard, Jun., and Augustus Van Cortlandt, requesting them to find some place of security for the Publick Records,
580
 
Committee of Safety appointed,
580
 
Congress adjourned till the 2d of October next,
582
 
NEW-YORK ASSOCIATION.
 
 
Members of the Provincial Congress who signed the Association,
581
 
Signers of the Association in Ulster County,
582–589
 
Signers and Non-Signers in Orange County,
589–597
 
Signers, and those who refused to sign, in Dutchess County,
597–608
 
Signers and Objectors against the Association in Suffolk County,
608–618
 
Signers in Charlotte County.
618
 
Signers in Springfield and Townshend Cumberland County,
619
 
CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS. ETC.
 
Sept.
1,
Address from the Province of Nova-Scotia, presented to the King by the Earl of Dartmouth,
619
1.
Letter from a Gentleman in Ireland to one in New-York. It is the prevailing opinion that the Americans will at last be frightened into submission. Great pains have been taken to spread a general belief that they are mere cowards, and will run. at the sight of an Army; it behooves them, therefore, to be plain and absolute, in refusing to give up one tittle of their rights and liberties,
619
1755.
 
 
Sept.
1,
Letter from a Gentleman in Middlesex County, Virginia, to his Friend in England. All is anarchy and confusion. A brave people struggling in opposition to the acts of the British Parliament. We are all in arms, exercising and training old and young to the use of the gun. The rising glory of America is eclipsed, and unless a reconciliation is brought about I tremble for the consequences,
620
1,
Letter from Rev. William Tennent to the South-Carolina Council of Safety, informing them of his proceedings, and of the state of affairs in the interior. Expects great opposition, if not violence, from Cunningham’s party,
621
1,
Philadelphia County Committee request Returns from the Township Committees, of the Associators and Non-Associators in their respective Districts,
622
l,
Letter from the New-York Congress to General Schuyler. They are making every exertion to furnish him Men, Arms, and Equipments,
571
1,
Letter from the New-York Congress to Colonel Van Schaick. Orders have been given in the City to collect all the Arms that can be got; but there is no probability that enough can be procured to supply the Third and Fourth Regiments, now at Albany,
572
1,
New-York Committee: After examining witnesses, and taking sundry depositions, declare that John Christian Drewidtz, Moses Delis Dernier, Charles De Kay. and Thomas Ludlow, have severally acted inimically to the associated American Colonies,
622
 
Deposition of Captain Charles De Kay, of the Sloop Sally,
623
 
Deposition of Thomas Millroy, of the Isle-of-Man, Mariner,
623
 
Deposition of Richard Jenkins, Master of the Sloop Elizabeth,
624
1,
Letter from David Berger to the New-York Congress. Some people on Staten Island furnish Provisions for the British, at Boston,
624
1,
Militia Officers for Rumbout Precinct, Ulster County, New-York,
625
 
Letter from several Persons in Falmouth, Casco–Bay, to Governour Hutchinson. dated February 10, 1774,
625
1,
Declarations by several persons, of their reasons for signing the preceding Letter,
626
2,
Letter from Richard Penn and Arthur Lee to the President of the Congress. The Petition of the General Congress was yesterday presented to the Earl of Dartmouth, who has promised to deliver it to His Majesty,
627
2,
Letter from the New-York Congress to Samuel Bayard, Jun., and to Augustus Van Cortlandt, requesting them to inquire for some place of safety for the Publick Records, and to inform the Committee of Safety of such place,
580
2,
Letter from the New-York Congress to Samuel Bayard, Jun., and to Augustus Van Cortlandt, requesting them to inquire for some place of safety for the Publick Records, and to inform the Committee of Safety of such place,
580
2,
Field and Company Officers for the Eastern Regiment of Militia in Orange County, New-York,
627
2,
Petition of a number of the Inhabitants of Goshen, in Orange County, to the New-York Congress,
628
2,
Officers of Minute-Men in Dutchess County, New-York
629
2,
Petition of John McKinney to the New-York Congress,
630
2,
Letters from Albany, with an account of the affray between Captain Baker and the Indians,
630
2,
Letter from Governour Cooke to General Washington. Committee of Safety have given his proposal, for taking the Powder from Bermuda, a full consideration, and have resolved to make the attempt.
631
2,
Letter from Clark and Nightingale to General Washington. They have delivered to Captain Baylor all the Powder and Lead, and what Arms could be spared,
631

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