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1775.    
Oct. 19,
Address to the Inhabitants of Virginia, on the conduct of Lord Dunmore,
1103
19,
Letter from the President of Congress to General Wooster,
1105
19,
Circular Letter from a Committee of the Continental Congress, requesting to be furnished with accounts of the hostilities committed by the Ministerial Army and Navy in America, since March last,
1105
19,
Remarks on Allegiance to Crowned Heads upon the British Throne. Resistance of the Colonies to the present King of Great Britain is not Rebellion,
1105
19,
Letter from General Schuyler to Richard Henry Lee, urging the importance of taking measures to frustrate the Ministerial designs on Hudson River,
1108
19,
Letter from Brook Watson to Major Shirreff; requesting him to use his exertions for the exchange of John Orillat, of Montreal, a prisoner with the Rebels,
1599
19,
Letter from Brook Watson to John Butler. Montreal would have fallen into the hands of the Colonists, on the 25th of last month, had not the inhabitants marched out to meet them; Colonel Allen, who commanded the despicable party of plunderers, was, with most of his wretches, taken; he is now in irons on board the Gaspee,
1600
19,
Letter from Brook Watson to Governour Franklin. Such is the wretched state of Canada, that Colonel Allen, with a few despicable wretches, would have taken Montreal, the 25th ult., had not its inhabitants marched out to give them battle; Allen, with his banditti, were mostly taken prisoners; he is now in chains on board the Gaspee,
1601
19,
Account from Rhode-Island of the attack on Bristol, by Captain Wallace,
1108
19,
Letter from Colonel Joseph Reed to Captain Broughton, informing him that another Brig, with Military Stores, was expected from England for Quebeck,
1109
19,
Letter from Colonel Reed to Stephen Moylan, urging him to hurry off the Vessels that are to cruise,
1109
19,
Letter from Stephen Moylan to Colonel Reed. Captain Broughton and Captain Selman will both be ready to sail to-morrow,
1109
19,
Letter from Ephraim Bowen to Colonel Reed. The two Vessels at Plymouth can soon be fitted out; that for Adams by Saturday, and the other, for Martindale, as soon as the cannon can be procured,
1110
19,
Letter from Colonel Huntington to Governour Trumbull. All appearances of a reconciliation between this Country and Great Britain, commonly, though erroneously, called the Mother Country, are vanished out of sight,
1110
19,
Letter from H. Wentworth to General Washington, giving him an account of the burning of the Town of Falmouth by the British,
1152
20,
Address of the Mayor, &c., of the City of Worcester, to the King; expressing their abhorrence of the seditious principles, propagated by evil designing men, which have excited a most atrocious and unnatural Rebellion in America,
1111
20,
Address of the County of Stafford, to the King; against the ungrateful and unnatural Rebellion in America,
1112
20,
Address of the Mayor, &c., of the City of Gloucester, to the King; against the unnatural Rebellion in America,
1112
20,
Address of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Manufacturers, and principal Inhabitants of the Town of Nottingham, to the King; against the Rebels in America, and their abetters in Great Britain,
1113
20,
Address of the Mayor, &c., of the Town of Nottingham, to the King; expressing their dread of the consequences of those Addresses., which, making a show of peculiar loyalty to His Majesty, recommend an unyielding pursuit of measures against the Colonies, that are perhaps as impracticable as they are ruinous,
1114
20,
Address of Gentlemen, principal Manufacturers, and Inhabitants of the Town of Nottingham, to the King. They are convinced that the measures recommended in the Addresses against the Americans, lead to irrecoverable ruin; the situation of America is such as renders it imprudent, and of no advantage to the common welfare, to enforce all the claims of Parliament, however just they may be,
1115
Oct.20,
Maryland Council of Safety meet at Chester-town, in Kent County,
1116
Agree with William Whetcroft, of Annapolis, to import a sufficient number of workmen to make and deliver fifty stand of Arms for the Province, every week, for two years,
1116
 
Agreement with Mr. Whetcroft ordered to be kept secret,
1116
 
Delegates of the Province in the Continental Congress authorized to contract for three hundred barrels of Gunpowder,
1117
 
Six hundred Founds advanced to Dr. Ephraim Howard, to enable him to carry on the manufacture of Saltpetre, in an extensive manner,
1117
 
Committees of Observation requested to complete their Returns of the Militia and Minute-Men, as soon as may be,
1117
 
Convention to meet on the 4th of December next, at Annapolis,
1117
20,
Letter from the President of Congress to General Washington. The Congress has desired Captain Macpherson to repair to Cambridge, and communicate to General Washington his plan for destroying the Ministerial Armed Vessels,
1118
20,
Letter from President Hancock to the New-York Congress, requesting a copy of Governour Tryon’s Letter to the Mayor of New-York, dated the 13th instant, and a copy of any order or proceedings of the Provincial Congress, or of the Mayor and Corporation, in consequence of Governour Tryon’s Letter,
1311
20,
Letter from the Provincial Congress of New-York to the Continental Congress. They are very largely in advance on the general concern for Moneys paid to Troops, and also for Provisions, &c., and request a remittance from the Congress,
1118
20,
Returns of Officers of sixteen Regiments, in New-York,
1118-1123
20,
Letter from Jacob Bayley to the New-York Congress,
1124
20,
Letter from Samuel Mott to Governour Trumbull. Chambly has surrendered, but the garrison of St. John’s holds out, and is very obstinate,
1124
20,
Orders to Major Tupper, requiring him to seize two Vessels at Martha’s Vineyard, with Provisions for the Ministerial Troops at Boston,
1125
20,
Letter from Colonel Reed to Captain Bowen, praying him to forward the two Vessels, at Plymouth, as fast as possible,
1125
20,
Letter from Colonel Reed to the Committee of Plymouth, requesting them to sell or lend a portion of their Town stock of Powder, for the two Armed Vessels fitting out there,
1126
20,
Letter from Colonel Reed to the Committee of Bristol, requesting them to supply Captain Bowen with such Guns as may be wanted for the Armed Vessels fitting out at Plymouth,
1126
20,
Letter from Colonel Reed to Colonel Glover. The equipment of the two Vessels at Salem must be hastened as fast as possible; some Flag must be fixed upon, that the vessels may be known; and the flag used for the Floating Batteries is recommended,
1126
20,
Letter from General Gates to the Committee of Portsmouth, New-Hampshire,
1127
20,
Letter from Colonel James Reed to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety,
1127
20,
Speech of the Governour to the House of Representatives of Nova-Scotia. He has reason to think the Americans, in arms against His Majesty’s Government, intend to disturb the peace of that Province, and advises the adoption of defensive measures,
1127
Answer of the House to the Governour,
1128
21,
Address of the principal Inhabitants of the Borough of Bridgewater, to the King, against the ungrateful and daring Rebellion in America,
1128
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