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1775.
how to proceed in regard to the Tories at Johnstown and Kingsborough,
661
Sept.7,
Providence, Rhode-Island, in Town-Meeting disapprove of the exportation of Flaxseed, till a general exportation of that article takes place throughout the United Colonies,
661
Protest against the vote, by Samuel Nightingale,
662
7,
Providence (Rhode-Island) County Committee forewarn all persons from selling any Goods at a higher price than they were usually sold at before the Continental Association took place,
662
7,
Letter from General Washington to the Continental Congress. He has received seven thousand pounds of Powder this week from Rhode-Island; and, in a few days, expects five hundred stand of Arms, and seven tons of Lead, a part of the same importation,
662
Application from the Commissary-General, in regard to Supplies for the winter,
662
7,
General Orders, from August 24th to September 7,
663-667
7,
Letter from Colonel Joseph Reed to Benjamin Lincoln,
667
7,
Letter from Colonel Reed to Nathaniel Tracy, mentioning to him particular Vessels to be engaged as Transports for the detachment to Canada,
667
7,
Letter from Captain Broughton to General Washington. Has arrived at Cape Anne with a large Prize, and delivered the Ship and Prisoners to the Committee for the Town of Gloucester,
668
8.
Address of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses of the Borough of Leicester, to the King, approving the measures of Government in relation to the Colonies, and expressing their wishes that, if the present contumacy of the Colonists should continue, His Majesty may adopt such measures as will convince them “that the sword is not borne in vain,”
668
8,
Application of the Firemen of New-York to be released from military duty, unless a general attack should be made upon the City,
669
8,
Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress, informing of the operations of the Northern Army,
669
Information communicated to General Montgomery by Peter Griffin, on the 25th of August, at Ticonderoga,
670
Address of General Schuyler to the Inhabitants of Canada; dated Isle-aux-Noix, September 5,
671
Council of War held at the Camp, near St. John’s, September 7,
672
8.
Letter from an Officer at Isle-aux-Noix. The Army left Ticonderoga on the 28th of August, and arrived at St. John’s on the 6th instant, and have returned to this place to wait for the Artillery,
672
8,
Connecticut Committee of Safety: Agree to receive some Prisoners from Massachusetts,
672
One Company of Soldiers sent to Lyme, and two to Stonington, to watch and guard, and make such Intrenchments as the civil authority and the Field-Officers within those Towns shall direct,
673
Motion that our Sick in the Camp have reason, and much complain of their usage, &c., discussed at large, and postponed for further consideration,
673
Officers appointed for the Armed Brig Minerva, and that vessel supplied with five barrels of Powder and suitable Balls, and three hundred weight of Lead,
673
Three Companies at Greenwich to be removed to New-Haven, to erect works of defence and intrenchment, at Five Mile Point, or elsewhere.
674
General Washington may be furnished with one ton of Powder, if he should apply for it,
674
Committee appointed to repair to Philadelphia, and apply to Congress for Fifty Thousand Pounds advanced for the Continent, and Fifteen Thousand Pounds lent to General Schuyler by Connecticut,
674
8.
Declaration of Rev. Asa Dunbar, received as satisfactory by the Committees of Weston and. Sudbury, Massachusetts,
675
1775.
Sept.8,
Letter from General Washington to Governour Trumbull. Requests the new Levies be sent to Camp immediately. The detachment for Canada will march in two days, and Troops will be wanted to supply their places,
675
8,
Letter from General Washington to General Schuyler. Much engaged in sending off the detachment under Colonel Arnold. They will set out on Sunday next, at farthest,
676
8,
Address to the People of Massachusetts, approving the opposition to the British Government; urging union amongst the People; strict discipline in the Army; the erection of works for the defence of the sea-coast; and the fitting out of Armed Vessels in the several Ports upon the Continent,
676
9,
Letter from Newbern, North-Carolina. There has been a Conference held with the Chiefs of the Regulators, who have some scruple about the Oath administered to them by Governour Tryon. Some have signed the Test,
679
Letter from Captain Squire, of His Majesty’s Ship Otter, to the Printer of the Norfolk, Virginia, Gazette, charging him with having mentioned his name in the Gazette, and declaring if he is again mentioned there, with any reflections, he will seize the Printer, and take him on board the Ship,
679
10,
Letter from Captain Squire to the Committee of Hampton, Virginia, requiring a Sloop Tender, in His Majesty’s service, driven on shore on the 2d instant, to be returned to him, with her Stores, immediately, or the People of Hampton must be answerable for the consequences,
679
9,
Letter from Captain Vandeput to Abraham Lott, requesting him to contradict a paragraph in Mr. Holt’s Paper,
680
9,
Letter from Captain Hulbert to the New-York Congress,
680
9,
Letter from the New-York Committee of Safety to their Delegates in the Continental Congress. They have but eight hundred weight of Powder in the Magazine,
680
9,
Letter from the Committee for Rumbout Precinct, Ulster County, New-York, to the Provincial Congress,
681
9,
Letter from the Committee of Safety for Ulster County, New-York, to the Provincial Congress. New-Paltz Precinct divided, and Officers chosen for the two Companies,
681
9,
Recantation of Samuel Holly, of Stamford, Connecticut,
682
9,
Letter from Jedediah Huntington to Governour Trumbull,
682
9,
Letter from Governour Cooke to General Washington. The Committee have determined to send the large Vessel, with fifty men, on the Bermuda enterprise, with orders to Captain Whipple to cruise ten days off Sandy-Hook, for the Packet from England,
682
9,
Letter from General Washington to Governour Trumbull. Want of Powder deprives him of the advantages of his present stations. Whatever can be spared from the necessities of the Colony, he requests may be sent forward with the utmost expedition,
683
9,
Letter from Captain Broughton to Gen. Washington,
683
9,
Letter from the New-Hampshire Delegates to the Committee of Safety,
684
10,
Letter from London to a Gentleman in New-York. The bulk of the People in England are against the Colonies, and their advocates few and inconsiderable,
684
10,
Letter from the Kingston (New-York) Committee to the Provincial Congress,
684
10,
Letter from General Washington to John Augustine Washington,
684
11,
Letter from Lord North to Members of the House, requesting their prompt attendance the first day of the ensuing session of Parliament,
685
11,
Address of the Mayor, Aldermen, Bailiffs, and Common Council of Liverpool, to the King, expressing their abhorrence and detestation of all traitorous and rebellious disturbers of His Majesty’s peace, and their readiness to discourage all such illegal proceedings,
686
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