Letter from John Adams to Elbridge Gerry. New-Hampshire has leave to assume a Government, and so has South-Carolina, but this must not be freely talked of as yet. Congress will soon attend to maritime affairs, and he requests to be informed generally of the means of the Province, as to men, ships, &c., to fit out vessels for the publick service, or for private adventure,

Letter from the Commissioners at the Highlands to the New-York Congress; mentioning the difficulties they meet with, obstructing the progress of the works,

Letter from Colonel Romans to the Commissioners, November 8,

Estimate of the expense of finishing the Fortifications, laid before the Committee of Safety, October 2,

Letter from the Commissioners to Colonel Romans, Martelaer’s Rock, November 10,

Letter from the Commissioners to the Provincial Congress, November 11,

Petition and Memorial of Colonel Romans to the Provincial Congress, November 15,

Letter from Colonel Romans to the Commissioners, November 16,

Letter from General Washington to General Schuyler. Finding the Ministerial Troops keep themselves within their lines, where it is impracticable to get at them, he has fitted out six Armed Vessels to pick up some of their Store Ships and Transports,

Letter from Stephen Moylan to William Bartlett,

Order by the King in Council, permitting Vessels clearing out for Africa to trade for Slaves, Ivory, and Gold, to take as much Gunpowder, Trading-Guns, Pistols, &c., as the exporters shall think necessary, on giving security that the same shall be expended in trade on the coast of Africa,

Address of the Provost, &c., of the Borough of Nairn, to the King, They look with horror and detestation on the infernal machinations of the vipers of sedition that have alienated the affections of His Majesty’s subjects, and kindled the flames of civil war,

Address of the Mayor, &c., of the City of Hereford,

Address of the Provost, &c., of the Burgh of Inverness,

Address of the Mayor, &c., of the City of Oxford,

Committee of Inspection chosen by the Freeholders of Henrico County, Virginia,

Letter from Volkert P. Douw to the President of Congress. The Cayugas, Mohawks, and Senecas, who went with Colonel Johnson to Canada, are returned, and say they have taken up the hatchet against the Colonies,

Letter from General Schuyler to General Washington. He long since informed Congress of the necessity of a Delegation from them to the Army; regulations are required that he has not the power to make,

Letter from General Montgomery to General Schuyler, dated October 13,

Council of War held at St. John’s, October 13,

Committee of Danbury, Connecticut, forbid persons to take up their residence in the Town, without producing a certificate from the proper authority, that they are friends to the cause of American Liberty,

Act of the Assembly of Rhode-Island, for the punishment of persons who shall be found guilty of holding a traitorous correspondence with the Ministry of Great Britain, or any of their Officers or Agents,

Letter from General Washington to the Committee of Falmouth,

Letter from General Washington to Colonel Phinney, desiring him to raise all the force he can, to assist the Town of Falmouth against the Cerberus, man-of-war,

Letter from Stephen Moylan to William Watson. The Cruisers should be in port as little as possible, for the chance of taking prizes must soon be over, from the advance of the season,

Letter from Jeremiah Hall to General Washington, sending him for examination two infamous tories, Nathaniel Philips, of Marshfield, and Thomas Joselyn, of Pembroke,

Letter from William Watson to General Washington. Captain Coit has brought in prizes, the Schooner Industry and Sloop Polly, both from Nova-Scotia, bound to Boston,

Proclamation by General Howe, permitting the inhabitants of Boston to leave the Town,

Letter from Captain Broughton to General Washington. He has taken a Sloop belonging to one Denny, of New-Haven,

Address of the Gentlemen, &c., of the County of Nairn, declaring their abhorrence of the present unnatural Rebellion, carried on by many of His Majesty’s infatuated subjects in America,

Address of the Gentlemen, &c., of the County of Clackmanan,

Address of the Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley,

Address of the Gentlemen, &c., of the County of Renfrew,

Address of the Bailiff, &c., of the Borough of Andover,

Address and Petition of the Freeholders of the County of Berks to the King, condemning the inflammatory Addresses to His Majesty urging his Ministers to a continuance of the violent measures against America, which have produced none but calamitous effects, and to which the Ministers have shown and still do show a disposition which it does not seem at all necessary to stimulate,

Proclamation by Lord Dunmore, declaring Martial Law in Virginia; requiring all persons capable of bearing arms to repair to His Majesty’s standard; and further declaring all indented Servants, Negroes, and others, (appertaining to Rebels.) free, on their joining His Majesty’s Troops, for the more speedily reducing the Colony to a proper sense of their duty to His Majesty’s crown and dignity,

Remarks on Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation,

Further Notice of the Proclamation,

Committee of Mecklenburgh County, Virginia, tender a cordial reception to their friends in the lower country, if reduced to the necessity of abandoning their habitations,

Philadelphia Committee consider the refusal of several persons to take the Continental Bills; and, in consequence of the importance and delicacy of the subject, refer it to the General Congress for their direction,

List of the Voters in Queen’s County, for and against choosing Deputies to the Provincial Congress of New-York,

Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress, congratulating him on the reduction of St. John’s,

Letter from General Montgomery to General Schuyler, dated November 3, informing him of the surrender of St. John’s,

Letter from Major Preston to General Montgomery, proposing to surrender the Fort in four days, if he is not relieved,

Reply of General Montgomery, demanding an immediate surrender,

Articles of Capitulation for the surrender of St. John’s, November 2,

Return of Ordnance taken at St. John’s,

Return of the Naval Stores at Fort St. John’s,

Letter from General Schuyler to General Washington. Congratulates him on the reduction of St. John’s, which he hopes will be followed by the reduction of all Canada,

Letter from General Sehuyler to Elisha Phelps, on the state of his Accounts as Deputy Commissary,

Letter from General Schuyler to the Committee of Albany, enclosing his Letter to Mr. Phelps, which he requests may be delivered unsealed,

Letter from Colonel Arnold to General Schuyler. He intends to cross the St. Lawrence in two or three days, and, if practicable, to attack Quebeck,