1775. |
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Oct. 17, |
Letter from the Provincial Congress of New-York to the Continental Congress. The Fortifications in the Highlands are in such forwardness that most of the Cannon may be mounted in six weeks, |
1080 |
17, |
Resolutions of the Provincial Congress, enclosed in the preceding Letter, |
1080 |
17, |
Field and Staff Officers of the Militia of Dutchess County, New-York, |
1081 |
17, |
Letter from John Hunter to the New-York Congress, presenting a plan for establishing a Linen Manufactory, |
1081 |
17, |
Letter from Governour Trumbull to the President of Congress, |
1082 |
17, |
Letter from Colonel Reed to Ephraim Bowen, giving instructions about fitting out the Armed Vessels at Plymouth, |
1083 |
17, |
Letter from Colonel Reed to William Watson, with his instructions as agent for Prizes, |
1083 |
17, |
Letter from Colonel Reed to Colonel Glover. The General is much dissatisfied with the delay in fitting out the Vessels at Marblehead, |
1084 |
17, |
Letter from Samuel Goodwin to General Washington. He furnished Colonel Arnold with a plan of the country from Kennebeck to Quebeck, |
1084 |
17, |
Letter from the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety to the Committee of Portsmouth, recommending permits to be granted to carry the necessaries of life to the Inhabitants of the Isle of Shoals, |
1085 |
17, |
Letter from Colonel Arnold to Colonel Enos, requesting him to hurry on as fast as possible, |
1085 |
17, |
Letter from Colonel Arnold to Major Bigelow, |
1085 |
NORTH-CAROLINA PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.
Oct. 18, |
Meet at the Court-House of Johnston County, |
1087 |
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Members of the Council, |
1087 |
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Cornelius Harnett, President, and James Green, Jun., Clerk, |
1087 |
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Officers of the Minute-Men for Dobbs County, |
1087 |
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Delegates and Committee-Men to be elected in Wake and Tryon Counties, |
1087 |
19, |
Appropriations for the purchase of Provisions for the Troops, |
1088 |
20, |
Commissions ordered to be issued to the Minute and Militia Officers in the several Districts and Counties within the Province, |
1088 |
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Uniforms ordered for the one thousand men raised in the Province on Continental establishment, |
1088 |
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Minute-Men may be enlisted in Districts where the Companies ordered by the Congress cannot be speedily raised, |
1089 |
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Sundry Officers appointed and promoted, |
1089 |
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Paymasters appointed for the Districts of Edenton, Newbern, Wilmington, Salisbury, and Hillsborough, |
1089 |
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Next Provincial Congress to be held in the Town of Halifax, the first day of May next, |
1090 |
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Next Provincial Council to be held at the Court-House, in the County of Johnston, the 17th of December next, |
1090 |
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Committees to engage Vessels at Newbern, Wilmington, and Edenton, and send them where they may deem expedient, to procure Arms and Ammunition for the use and protection of the Province, |
1090 |
21, |
Troops landing in a hostile manner, in any part of the Province, to be opposed by the two Battalions of the American Army raised in the Province, to the utmost of their power, |
1090 |
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President of the Council directed to correspond with the Councils of Safety of Virginia and South-Carolina, |
1090 |
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Paymasters now appointed are not under the control of the Commanding Officers of the two Battalions of the American Army, and are not disqualified to sit in the Council or in the Provincial Congress, |
1090 |
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Twenty thousand Pounds appropriated for the purchase of Drums, Colours, &c., for the Regulars and Minute-Men in the Districts of Hillsborough, Halifax, Wilmington, and Salisbury, |
1091 |
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Three thousand Pounds appropriated for the purchase of Arms and Ammunition, |
1092 |
1775. |
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Oct 22, |
Committee appointed to explain to the People of New-Hanover County the proceedings of the Provincial Congress, |
1093 |
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Committees throughout the Province required to exert their utmost influence to forward and hasten the Minute service, |
1094 |
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Committees of Safety recommended to meet in their respective Districts, on or before the last Tuesday in November next, |
1094 |
CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC.
Oct. 18, |
Address of the Mayor, &c., of the Town and County of Haverford-West, to the King; expressing their abhorrence of the traitorous measures adopted in a distant part of His Majestys Dominions, |
1086 |
18, |
Letter from the Provincial Congress of New-York to the Continental Congress. They have sent the ton of Powder to General Schuyler, as requested, although they could not, beside that, command two hundred pounds of Powder to save the Colony from destruction, |
1093 |
18, |
Letter from General Schuyler to General Wooster, requesting him to answer explicitly whether he considers his Regiment in the service of the Associated Colonies, and himself a younger Brigadier-General than Mr. Montgomery, or Not, |
1107 |
18, |
Letter from General Wooster to General Schuyler, in reply. Admits General Montgomery to be his senior; his Regiment is a Connecticut Regiment, acting in conjunction with the Troops of the other Colonies, for the defence of the Associated Colonies in general, |
1107 |
18, |
Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress. The Troops dislike the service; they pretend sickness and skulk about; some, even officers, go away without leave. Those of General Woosters Regiment at Ticonderoga, did not choose to move for St. Johns until he arrived; he has consented to be under the command of General Montgomery, and proceeds to-morrow with the First Division of his Regiment, |
1093 |
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Letter from General Montgomery to General Schuyler, dated October 6th, |
1095 |
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Letter from General Montgomery to General Schuyler, dated October 9th, |
1096 |
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Return of discharged sick men, |
1097 |
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Letter from General Montgomery to General Schuyler, dated October 13th, |
1097 |
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Proceedings of a Council of War, held at St. Johns, October 13th, |
1097 |
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Letter from General Montgomery to Major Brown, |
1098 |
18, |
Letter from the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety to General Washington. After consulting with the Committee of Portsmouth, they have determined to forward the whole cargo of Flour taken in the Ship Prince, |
1099 |
18, |
Letter from General Sullivan to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety, enclosing a list of the vacancies in the New-Hampshire Regiments, |
1099 |
19, |
Address of the Mayor, &c., of the Borough of Abingdon, to the King. They lament the misery and abhor the conduct of their fellow-subjects in America, influenced and deluded by factious men, at home and abroad, |
1100 |
19, |
Address of the Provost, &c., of the City of Aberdeen, to the King. They are filled with astonishment and horror to see the audacious spirit of their fellow-subjects in America, |
1100 |
19, |
Address of the Provost, &c., of the Burgh of Ayr. to the King. With horror and detestation they behold the standard of Rebellion erected in America, |
1101 |
19, |
Address of the Noblemen, &c., of the County of Linlithgow, to the King; declaring their detestation and abhorrence of the Rebellion in America, |
1102 |
19, |
Virginia Committee of Safety recommend to Magistrates and other officers, civil and military, and the several Committees in the Colony, to be vigilant in examining all strangers and suspected persons they may find passing, |
1102 |
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