1775. |
Oct. 4, |
Letter to the Delegates of the Colony in the Continental Congress. Nearly all the Campanies of the four Regiments are in actual service with the Northern Army; the remainder are nearly equipped, and will proceed without delay. The Powder sent to the Army at Cambridge, to Ticonderoga, and to the Highlands, has so drained New-York, that they now have not two hundred pounds left for their own defence, |
1268 |
4, |
Letter to the Continental Congress, with a copy of Captain Hamilton's information, |
1269 |
4, |
Letter to the Continental Congress, with a proposal of a Merchant to bring five tons of Gunpowder from Hispaniola, |
1270 |
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Letter to the Committee of Albany, directing the repairs of the Barracks and Hospital, |
1270 |
5, |
Permission given to Ralph Izard to bring with him from Great Britain his Coach, Furniture, Plate, Books, and other effects, |
1270 |
|
Petition of Elizabeth White referred to the Committee of Albany, |
1270 |
|
Letter from Benjamin Baker, on the subject of making Saltpeter. It may, in these parts of America, be made in as large quantities as Pot and Pearl-Ashes now are, |
1271 |
|
Major Robert Rogers's Parole, |
1271 |
6, |
Letter from General Schuyler, dated at Ticonderoga, September 29, |
1272 |
|
Letter to the Continental Congress, communicating General Schuyler's request to be supplied with five tons of Powder, |
1272 |
|
Letter to Governour Trumbull, informing him of General Schuyler's request, and beg him to send what he can spare, |
1272 |
|
Letter to General Schuyler. They forward him alt the Powder they have, and are now destitute themselves, |
1273 |
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Permission given to Captain Robert Wallace, to bring his Brigantine into the East River to refit, |
1273 |
|
Letter to the Continental Congress, requesting their further directions in regard to Captain Wallace, |
1273 |
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Letter to Robert R. Livingston, requesting him to forward all the Powder at the Mill at Rhine-beck to General Schuyler, |
1274 |
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Letter to the Committee of Albany, desiring them, if possible, to send some Powder to General Schuyler, |
1274 |
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Letter from Beverly Robinson, dated Highlands, October 2. The. point of land on which the Fort is erecting belongs to Mrs. Ogilvie, and not to him; were it his, the public should be welcome to it, |
1274 |
11, |
Permission to Abner Briggs, to take one hundred and eighty barrels of Flour to Falmouth, for the use of the people of Nantucket, |
1275 |
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Letter from Volkert P. Douw, dated October 4, |
1275 |
|
Journal of the Proceedings of the four Indians sent by the Commissioners of Indian Affairs to the Caughnawagas, |
1275 |
|
Permission to Benjamin Lindsay to load a Sloop with Provisions for Providence, |
1277 |
|
Letter from General Washington to Isaac Low, of the New-York Committee, |
1277 |
12, |
Examination of Captain William Thompson, sent to the New-York Delegates at Congress, |
1277 |
|
Information communicated by Captain John Lawrence, who sailed from Falmouth, in England, on the 14th of August, |
1278 |
|
Committee to examine all the Resolutions of the Continental Congress, and report the best means of carrying them into effect, |
1279 |
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Letter from the New-York Delegates at the Continental Congress, dated October 9, |
1279 |
|
Letter from the President of the Continental Congress. Captain Wallace should be permitted to proceed with his Vessel, after she is refitted, |
1279 |
|
Extracts of Letters from London, enclosed in the preceding Letter, |
1280 |
|
Letter from John Farmer, enclosing the Proceedings of a Meeting of the Inhabitants of Great-Neck, Cow-Neck, &c., in Queen's County, held on the 23d of September and 4th of October, |
1282 |
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Letter to John Farmer, approving the Proceedings of the inhabitants of Great-Neck, &c., |
1283 |
1775. |
Oct. 12, |
Letter to the Commissioners in the Highlands, enclosing a Resolution of the Continental Congress of the 7th instant, |
1283 |
13, |
Letter from Governour Trumbull, dated October 9th. In the present state of affairs, no Powder can be spared, |
1284 |
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Letter to the Continental Congress, enclosing the Letter from Governour Trumbull, |
1284 |
|
Letter from B. Romans, dated October 12, requesting his salary as Engineer may be established, |
1285 |
|
Two hundred and fifty Pounds advanced to Mr. Byers, who is now casting Brass Field-Pieces for the Colony, |
1285 |
|
Letter to the Committee of Albany, requesting them to provide necessaries, at the publick expense, for Jean Viellatt and some other French gentlemen from Canada, now prisoners at Albany, |
1285 |
|
Letter to Jean Viellatt and his companions at Albany, |
1285 |
|
Letter to the Continental Congress, requesting their directions as to exporting Provisions, |
1286 |
14, |
Letter from the Committee of Albany. The Barracks will be completed as soon as possible, |
1287 |
17, |
Report of the Committee appointed to examine the Resolutions of the Continental Congress relative to this Colony, |
1288 |
|
Letter to the Colonels of the Militia and Minute-Men, with directions for mustering their men in case of an alarm, |
1289 |
|
Letter to the Continental Congress. The Fortifications in the Highlands are in such forwardness that the Cannon may be mounted in six weeks, |
1290 |
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Letter to the Commissioners in the Highlands, disapproving of their conduct towards Vessels navigating the River, |
1290 |
|
Petitions from John Hunter, for assistance in carrying on a Linen Manufactory, and from Richard Lightfoot, for assistance in his business of Pin-Making, |
1291 |
18, |
Letter to the President of the Continental Congress. They have forwarded the ton of Powder to General Schuyler, as he requested, |
1292 |
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Letter from the Commissioners in the Highlands, enclosing some remarks on the Resolutions of the Continental Congress of the 7th instant, |
1293 |
|
Motion by Mr. Hardenbergh, that the Delegates to the next Provincial Congress be elected by ballot, rejected, |
1294 |
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Resolutions providing for the dissolution of the present Congress, on the 14th of November, and for the election of a new one on the 7th, |
1295 |
|
Letter from John Hanson, resigning his place as one of the Commissioners for Fortifications in the Highlands, |
1295 |
19, |
Instructions to the Commissioners at the High-lands, respecting Vessels passing the Fortifications, |
1296 |
|
Permission given to load a Vessel with Flour, for the use of the inhabitants of Newport, |
1297 |
20, |
Letter from the Delegates at the Continental Congress, dated October 16, suggesting the propriety of permitting any three of them to represent the Colony when the rest are absent, |
1297 |
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Letter to the Delegates in reply. Five was the number originally fixed upon, and the number cannot be reduced, |
1298 |
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Letter to Robert R. Livingston, in reply to his of the 5th instant. Will pay him the same price for making Powder as is paid to the Powder makers in Pennsylvania, |
1298 |
|
Timothy Doughty brought before the Congress, examined, and discharged, |
1300 |
|
Letter to the Continental Congress. They are largely in advance for Moneys advanced for the general concern, and request some may be forwarded to them, |
1300 |
|
Committee to examine into the disputes and controversies about Elections in Ulster County. |
1301 |
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Jonathan Lawrence appointed a Commissioner for the Fortifications in the Highlands, in place of John Hanson, |
1301 |
21, |
Contract of the Committee of Safety, with Jacobus Van Zandt, for the importation of Powder, confirmed, |
1302 |