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1775.      
Sept. 19,
Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress, giving an account of the movements and condition of the Northern Army,
738
 
Letter of intelligence from James Livingston to General Schuyler, dated St. Terese, September 8,
740
 
General Schuyler’s Instructions to Colonel Ritzema, on his going into Canada, dated Isle-aux-Noix, September 10,
740
 
Account of the manæuvres and movements of the Army in Canada, under General Montgomery,
741
 
After General Orders, dated Camp at Isle-aux-Noix, September 13,
742
 
Report by Colonel Ethan Allen, to General Schuyler, of the situation of affairs in Canada, according to his most painful discovery, September 14,
742
 
Letters from James Livingston to General Schuyler, from near Chambly, below St. John’s,
743
19,
Letter from Col. Joseph Reed to Major French. Is directed by the General to inform him that his detention is both justifiable and proper. While the term Rebel sanctifies every species of cruelty and perfidy against the Americans, he cannot enlarge those who conceive it their duty to act as the instruments of our ruin,
744
19,
Permit by General Washington, to Messrs. Clark and Nightingale, of Providence, to clear out a Vessel for the purpose of procuring Powder,
744
20,
Address of the Mayor, Aldermen, Burgesses, and principal Inhabitants of the Town and County of Poole, to the King. They are deeply affected to find that their fellow-subjects in America still hold out an obstinate resistance to the legislative authority of this Kingdom,
744
20,
Letter from Governour Tonyn to General Gage, giving him an account of the state of affairs in Florida,
745
20,
Letter from Lord William Campbell, Governour of South-Carolina, to General Gage. The Province has for some time been in a state of open rebellion. After undergoing many mortifications and insults, he has been obliged to take refuge on board the Tamar, man-of-war, and leave the Officers of the Crown, disarmed and confined in Charlestown,
745
20,
Account of the proceedings of Captain Squire, of the Otter, at and near Hampton, Virginia,
746
20,
Explanation of the Devices on the Continental Bills of Credit,
746
20,
Letter from the President of Congress to the Committee of Safety of New-York, directing them immediately to send forward the whole of the Troops ordered to be raised in the Colony, to join General Schuyler,
749
20,
Letter from the President of Congress to General Wooster, directing him immediately to march to Albany, and there await the orders of General Schuyler,
749
20,
Letter from the President of Congress to General Schuyler. His taking possession of Isle-aux-Noix meets the approbation of Congress; and they have such a sense of the importance of that post, as to wish it may not e abandoned without the most pressing necessity. Re-enforcements have been ordered to join him, and the Congress will spare neither men nor money to support him,
749
20,
Letter from, the New-York Delegates in Continental Congress to the Committee of Safety. They are not without hopes of being able to obtain permission for the Merchants in New-York to dispose of their Tea,
750
20,
Letter from the New-Hampshire Delegates in the Continental Congress to the Committee of Safety. The Congress has ordered the discharge of Colonel Fenton from his confinement, with permission to depart for Great Britain or Ireland,
750
20,
Officers for Pawling’s Precinct, Dutchess County, New-York,
750
20,
Letter from General Schuyler to Governour Trumbull. The Army is now besieging St. John’s, from which place all the Savages have retired, at the request, probably, of the Six Nations, who have sent Deputies to Canada for that purpose,
751
1775.    
Sept. 20,
Letter from General Schuyler to Gen. Washington, giving him an account of the operations of the Army,
751
20,
Letter from Ethan Allen to General Montgomery. Has two hundred Canadians with him; his object is to assist in taking St. John’s. That place taken, the country is ours; if not taken, all other achievements will profit but little,
754
21,
Letter from the Council of Safety of South-Carolina to William H. Drayton,
754
21,
Letter from William Henry Drayton to Robert Cunningham. Regrets to learn that Mr. Cunningham does not consider himself included in the Articles of Neutrality,
755
 
Letter from Robert Cunningham to Mr. Drayton, in reply, dated Page’s Creek, October 6. He does not consider himself bound by the articles signed by Mr. Fletchall,
755
21,
Remarks on the conduct of Lord Dunmore and the Captains of the British Men of War, at Norfolk, Virginia,
755
21,
Note from “Thousands,” condemning the Mayor of Norfolk, for his conduct in regard to the British,
756
 
Defence of the Mayor by the Virginia Gazette,
757
21,
Order from the Virginia Committee of Safety, directing the Commissary of each District to provide for the Battalion thereof a Flag, with the motto, “Virginia for Constitutional Liberty,”
757
 
Committee of Safety also recommends to the Committees of the several Counties to collect the publick Arms, and elect their Militia Officers, that the Militia may be embodied as soon as possible,
757
21,
Letter from the New-York Delegates in Continental Congress to the Committee of Safety, desiring to know the number of Men raised, and the quantity of Powder in the Colony, and what progress is made in erecting the Fortifications in the Highlands,
757
21,
Petition from the Officers of several Battalions and Companies in the City of New-York, to the Committee of Safety,
758
21,
Letter from the Committee for Charlotte County to the Provincial Congress, recommending Officers for one of the two Districts into which the County has been divided,
758
21,
Letter from General Washington to Governour Trumbull, in reply to his Letter of the 15th instant,
759
21,
Letter from General Washington to the Continental Congress. The Connecticut and Rhode-Island Troops are engaged to the first of December, only, and none of the Army longer than to the 1st of January; a dissolution of the Army will therefore take place, unless some early provision is made to prevent it: various suggestions made for the better regulation of the Army,
760
 
Resolution of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, establishing the Pay of the Artillery, May 12, 1775,
762
 
Petition from the Subalterns of the Army to General Washington, respecting their pay,
762
 
Route to be pursued by the detachment for Canada, from the Kennebeck River to Quebeck,
763
 
Letter from Colonel Reed to Colonel Arnold, dated September 20,
763
 
Manifesto by General Washington to the Inhabitants of Canada,
764
 
Orders by General Washington to Colonel Benedict Arnold, Commander of the Detachment of the Continental Army destined against Quebeck, September 14,
765
 
Instructions by General Washington to Colonel Arnold, September 14,
765
 
Letter from General Washington to Major and Brigadier-Generals, requesting their opinions on a proposed attack upon the enemy in Boston, September 8,
767
 
Opinion of a Council of War on the proposed attack on Boston. It was unanimously agreed that it was not expedient to make the attempt at present. September 11,
768
 
Orders by General Washington, from the 8th to the 21st of September,
768

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