1775. |
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Sept. 11,
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Committee for Amelia County, Virginia, assure their friends of the lower Counties, that if they find it necessary to quit their habitations, they and their families will be received with the utmost cordiality
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686
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11,
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Meeting of the Committees of the several Counties of Williamsburgh District. Appoint Officers for one Company of Regulars, and for one Regiment of Minute-Men, consisting of ten Companies, |
687
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11,
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Committee of Observation chosen for Prince Georges County, in Maryland, |
688
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11,
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Council of Safety for Delaware arrange the Militia of the several Counties in nine Battalions, and appoint Officers, |
689
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11,
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Acknowledgment and Declaration of Thomas Smith to the Committee for Bucks County, Pennsylvania, |
690
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11,
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Militia Officers of three Companies in Hunting-ton, Suffolk County, New-York, |
690
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11,
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Letter from the Committee for Westchester County, New-York, to the Provincial Congress, |
690
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Field-Officers nominated by the Committee for Westchester County, New-York,
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691
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Officers chosen in the several Districts of the South Battalion of Westchester County,
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691
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Officers chosen in the several Districts of the Middle Battalion,
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691
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Officers in the North Battalion,
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692
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11,
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Recantation of William Wheten, |
692
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12,
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Officers for the Minute-Men and Regulars elected by the Committees for the Counties of Spottsylvania, Caroline, Stafford, and King George, in Virginia, |
692
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12,
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Committee of Observation chosen for the County of Anne Arundell, in Maryland, |
693
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12,
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Committee of Correspondence, and Committee for licensing Suits, appointed in Prince Georges County, Maryland, |
689
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12,
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Committee of Correspondence chosen by the Inhabitants of Calvert County, Maryland, |
694
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12,
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Committee of Observation chosen for the Lower District of Frederick County, Maryland, |
694
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12,
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Committee of Observation for Charles County, Maryland, |
694
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12,
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Committee of Observation chosen for the Lower District of Frederick County, Maryland, |
694
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Committee for Charles County approve the Proceedings of the Convention,
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695
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12,
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Officers of the Militia for the Lower Precinct of Orange County, New-York |
695
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12,
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Militia Officers for Beekmans Precinct, Ulster County, New-York, |
696
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12,
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Officers of John Bedels Company of Militia, Dutchess County, New-York, |
696
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Names of the persons opposed to the measures recommended by Congress for the regulation of the Militia, in John Bedels Company, |
696
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12,
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Letter from Colonel Morey to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety, |
697
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12,
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Troops march from New-Hampshire to join General Schuyler, |
697
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12,
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Orders from the Committee of Safety of South-Carolina to Colonel Moultrie, to proceed to Jamess Island, with as much secrecy as possible, and take possession of Fort Johnson, |
697
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Orders by Colonel Moultrie, |
698
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13,
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Declaration by William Henry Drayton, at Ninety-Six, showing the terms and conditions upon which those opposed to the liberties of America may enjoy peace and safety, |
698
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13,
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Officers of the Militia for Gloucester County, Virginia, |
700
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13,
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Notice by the Commissioners appointed by the Convention of Virginia for the manufacture of Small Arms, |
700
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13,
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Address to the Freemen of the Province of Pennsylvania, |
700
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13,
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New-York Committee appoint a Committee to call on every Merchant and Shopkeeper, who have sold Pins at an extravagant price, and to inform them that they must, in future, sell them at a moderate profit, |
702
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13,
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Application of William Ritchie to the New-York Committee of Safety, for permission to employ a small Vessel to convey Provisions to the Camp, |
702
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13,
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Letter from Beverly Robinson to Zephaniah Platt. Declines receiving commission offered him, |
702
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1775. |
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Sept.13,
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Letter from Tryon County (New-York) Committee to the Provincial Congress,
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702
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13,
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Report of Dennis Getchell and Samuel Berry, who were sent out by General Washington, in order to see what were the obstacles Colonel Arnold would be likely to meet with on his way to Quebeck, |
961
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13,
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Letter from Governour Tonyn to General Gage, giving him an account of the state of affairs in Florida, Georgia, and South-Carolina, |
703
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Proclamation by Governour Tonyn, offering a reward for apprehending Clement Lempriere and Simon Tuffts, charged with piracy, in taking Powder from a Brigantine at St. Augustine Bar,
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705
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14,
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Letter from Governour Tonyn to Vice-Admiral Graves, |
706
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14,
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Letter from the Meeting for Sufferings of the Quakers, in New-York, to the Committee, declining to comply with their request, to furnish a list of all the Males of their Society from sixteen to fifty years of age, |
707
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14,
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Officers chosen for the Militia in the Precinct of Goshen, in Orange County, New-York, |
707
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14,
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Officers commissioned in the First Regiment in New-York, |
708
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14,
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Letter from Colonel Rogers to the New-York Congress, |
708
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14,
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Letter from an Officer in the New-York Forces, near Ticonderoga. The head of Captain Baker was severed from his body and fixed upon a pole, at St. Johns, where it now remains, |
709
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14,
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Letter from Governour Cooke to General Washington. This is the time to exert ourselves in sending to Europe for Powder; the Vessels would return in the winter, when the enemys Ships are unable to cruise on the coast: Captain Whipple sailed on Tuesday, with instructions to cruise fourteen days off Sandy-Hook for the Packet, with the mail from England, and then to proceed to Bermuda, |
709
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14,
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Connecticut Committee of Safety: Order the Companies required by General Washington to be sent to the camp, |
710
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Other Men to be raised in the Colony, for the defence of Stonington and New-London, &c., |
710
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Order half a ton of Powder to be sent to General Washington, instead of the ton previously ordered, |
710
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Decline entering into the plan proposed by Rhode-Island, of sending to Europe for Powder, |
710
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Officers of the Armed Brig Minerva commissioned, |
711
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The Prisoners lately driven into New-London by stress of weather, with a Vessel piratically taken by Captain Wallace, of the Rose, man-of-war, to be exchanged for certain persons injuriously taken by Wallace, in a boat, in New-London Harbour, |
711
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One hundred and fifty pounds of Powder to be delivered to Captain Niles, of the Armed Boat Spy |
711
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14,
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List of persons now in Boston Jail, and who have died there for being friends to their country, |
712
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14,
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Letter from Dr. Church to General Sullivan, |
712
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14,
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Letter from Cambridge to a Gentleman in New-York. The detachment under Colonel Arnold set off for Canada yesterday; we expect to hear in a few weeks of his being in possession of Quebeck, |
713
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15,
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Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to General Howe. Ten thousand stand of Arms are forwarded, in consequence of a letter from Governour Martin, who says that with a small force and a large supply of arms he could reduce the rebellious subjects in North and South-Carolina, and the Colony of Virginia, |
713
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15,
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Letter from John Stuart to General Gage; giving an account of the state of Indian affairs in the Southern Department, and of his efforts to conciliate them, |
714
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15,
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Address from James Stewart to the People of Virginia, |
716
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15,
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Petition of the Inhabitants of the Precinct of Lower Yonkers, in Westchester County, New-York, to the Provincial Congress, |
716
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