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1775.
Oct.5,
Letter from General Washington to the Committee of Portsmouth, New-Hampshire. Requests the Flour taken in the Ship Prince may be forwarded to the Army,
965
7,
Letter from the Committee of Portsmouth to the Committee of Safety of New-Hampshire.—General Washington has advised sending the whole of the Flour to the Army; this Town is destitute, and cannot procure any, and six hundred barrels, at least, should be reserved for the use of the inhabitants,
966
7,
Letter from Colonel Reed to the Portsmouth Committee. The General, to save them trouble, has sent Mr. Moylan to negotiate the transportation of the Flour, and requests they will give him all the aid in their power,
967
7,
Letter from Colonel Reed to Mr. Moylan, directing him to proceed to Portsmouth, to take charge of and transport the Flour to the Army,
967
7,
Letter from the Portsmouth Committee to the Committee of Safety, requesting two hundred Men, properly equipped, may be stationed at the Batteries at Portsmouth,
967
11,
Letter from the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety to General Washington. Request one hundred barrels of the Flour may be retained for the Soldiers at the Batteries, and five hundred for the inhabitants of Portsmouth,
967
11,
Portsmouth Committee order twelve hundred and ninety-two barrels of the Flour to be delivered to Mr. Moylan,
968
11,
George King ordered by the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety to take charge of the cargo of the Ship Prince, and deliver one hundred barrels of the Flour to Samuel Cutts, to supply the Soldiers at the Batteries in the harbour,
968
13,
Letter from Stephen Moylan to General Washington. He has taken charge of the Flour given up by the Committee at Portsmouth, and has engaged two Sloops to begin the transportation,
968
13,
Instructions to the Captains engaged to transport the Flour,
969
15,
Letter from Timothy Walker, Jun., to William Whipple, Chairman of the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety,
969
15,
Letter from General Washington to William Whipple. They have his cheerful assent to retain what part of the Flour they think necessary,
970
15,
Letter from Colonel Reed to Stephen Moylan, informing of the General’s approval of his proceedings, and that he has given his assent to the retaining whatever amount of Flour the Committee think necessary,
970
6,
Address of the Mayor, &c., of the Town of Shrewsbury, to the King. They behold with concern their fellow-subjects in America hurried into an unnatural Rebellion; and they look with indignation upon a discontented faction at home, promoting and encouraging these unhappy disturbances,
970
6,
New-York Committee nominate Field and Staff Officers for three Regiments,
971
6,
Letter from the New-York Congress to the Continental Congress. They have sent fourteen hundred weight of Powder to General Schuyler; twelve hundred pounds of this belongs to the several Counties. Some means must be devised to replace this Powder, as they are now defenceless,
971
6,
Letter from the New-York Congress to the Continental Congress. Desire to know if the Brig Mary, of Baltimore, pat into New-York in distress, may sail with her cargo on her intended voyage,
972
6,
Letter from General Montgomery to General Schuyler. Proposals for an accommodation has been made by the formidable St. Luke La Come, and other principal inhabitants of Montreal; to-morrow is appointed for the conference at La Prairie; Major Brown goes to manage it,
1095
6,
Letter from General Montgomery to Major Brown; instructions to him how to proceed at the interview with St. Luke La Come,
1098
1775.
Oct, 6,
Letter from General Montgomery to Governour Trumbull, informing him of some appointments he has made in the Connecticut Troops,
972
6,
Letter from Samuel Mott to Governour Trumbull. Gives a general account of all the military operations since the 17th of September, when the siege of St. John’s was commenced. He dislikes Genera! Montgomery, and has no great opinion of his generalship, though he believes him to be a man of courage; the General’s chief confidant is one Colonel Campbell, a Scotchman. There has not been one New-York Colonel seen in the Army this year; and out of their thirty-five hundred men, we have not had more than six hundred until lately, when two or three hundred more joined,
972
6,
Letter from Governour Cooke to the President of Congress. An Army can be raised at this advanced season only from the Troops round Boston,
974
6,
Committee for the County of Providence, Rhode-Island, adopt regulations for the transportation of Provisions,
974
6,
Committee of Inspection for Providence require all persons having India Tea in their possession to deliver it up to the Committee,
975
Declaration of Nathan Angell, that he will forthwith deliver up his Tea, and hereafter abide by the Association,
976
5,
Committee of Rehoboth prohibit the passing through that Town, to Newport, any Provisions, without evidence that the Provisions are for the use of the inhabitants, and not for the enemies of America,
976
6,
Letter from General Washington to General Schuyler,
976
6,
Address of the Gentlemen and principal Inhabitants of the Town of Boston to General Gage,
976
His Excellency’s Answer,
977
Address of His Majesty’s Council of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay to General Gage,
978
His Excellency’s Answer,
978
Address of the Gentlemen who were driven from their habitations in the country to the Town of Boston,
979
His Excellency’s Answer,
980
6,
Letter from Major Israel Morey to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety,
980
7,
Address of the Mayor, &c., of the Borough and Town of Carmarthen, to the King. They are impressed with a deep concern at the rebellious proceedings of their American fellow-subjects,
981
7,
Address and Petition of the principal Citizens, Inhabitants, Manufacturers, and Traders, of the City of Coventry, to the King. They do not attribute the resistance of America to the arts of a few factious men: when a whole People firmly unite in one mind, in opposition to a system which they think ruinous to their liberty, we believe they act from principle,
981
7,
Fincastle County, Virginia, Committee present a vote of thanks to Colonel William Christian,
982
7,
Letter from the New-Hampshire Delegates in Congress to the Committee of Safety. By advices from London, the Ministry seem inclined to burn more of our Towns: they therefore suggest the propriety of securing the sea-ports,
983
7,
Officers chosen in Hanover Precinct, Ulster County, New-York,
983
7,
Committee of North-Kingston, Rhode-Island, declare Stephen Boyer, of that Town, an enemy to American Liberty,
983
7,
Letter from Colonel Joseph Reed to James Otis,
984
7,
Commission of General Gage to Joseph Loring, of Boston,
984
8,
Letter from Richard Henry Lee to General Washington,
985
9,
Committee of Elizabeth City County, Virginia, examine Joseph Selden, and acquit him of any improper conduct,
985
9,
Letter from Caesar Rodney to Captain Thomas Rodney. Doctor Kearsley and James Brooks, detected in an improper correspondence, arrested by the Philadelphia Committee and confined,
985
Proceedings of the Committee,
985
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