1775.
Nov. 2, |
Letter from Captain Edward Thornborough, of His Majesty's Ship Tamar, to Henry Laurens: He is determined not to suffer any vessel to enter or depart from Charlestown, if His Majesty's Agents are not permitted to supply the Tamar and Cherokee with provisions, 30 |
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The doors to be kept shut during the present sitting of the Congress, 31 |
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Committee on regulating future elections of Members of the Congress, 31 |
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State of the Colony Treasury, 32 |
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Letter from the Congress to Captain Thornborough: They are not destitute of the means of taking vengeance for any violence he may perpetrate against the Shipping of the port, 32 |
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Committee on the state of the Colony authorized to send for Persons, Papers, and Records, 33 |
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Committee of Observation revived, and authorized to give Permits to vessels to pass Fort Johnson, 34 |
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Correspondence with Captain Thornborough to be published, 34 |
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Two Pilot-boats sent to cruize along the coast, to warn vessels against coming into the Harbour of Charlestown, 34 |
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Letters giving directions for this service to Col. Moultrie, Captain Vesey, and Captain Smith, 34 |
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Letter from Captain Thornborough to the President of the Congress: He can enter the lists even with Mr. William Henry Drayton, when his weapons are sophistry and falsehood: but does not think Mr. Laurens's Letter worthy a written answer. He is determined to procure provisions by every means in his power, 35 |
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Extract of a Letter from Lord William Campbell to Governour Tonyn, 35 |
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Affidavit of Captain John Wanton, who, with his vessel, was taken by Captain Thornborough's 36 |
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Resolution of the Congress on Captain Thornborough's Letter of the 4th instant, which contains expressions as unmerited as unbecoming the pen of a gentleman; nothing from Lord William Campbell, unsupported by absolute proof, is to be credited, 37 |
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Report of Committee appointed to inquire into the conduct of John Dunn, of North-Carolina, since his enlargement, 37 |
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Information received of the seizure of the publick Gunpowder, by Patrick Cunningham, 38 |
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Committee to inquire into the conduct of Mr. Cunningham, 38 |
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Mr. John Dunn reprimanded from the Chair, and dismissed, 38 |
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Patrick Cunningham and others, charged with robbery and feloniously taking a quantity of Lend and Gunpowder, are ordered to be arrested and brought to Charlestown, 39 |
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Instructions to Colonel Richardson for the arrest of Patrick Cunningham and his associates, and for the recovery of the Ammunition taken by them, 40 |
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Further measures for their arrest, 41 |
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Letter to Colonel Thompson, 42 |
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Letter to Colonel Fletchall and others, 42 |
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Letter to Captain Richard Pearis, 42 |
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Letter to Major Williamson, 43 |
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Orders to Colonel Moultrie to send a reinforcement to Dorchester to protect the Cannon, Gunpowder, Stores, and Publick Records at that place 43 |
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Guard posted near Rugelev's Store to examine suspected Wagons' and Persons coming into, or going out of, Charlestown, 44 |
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Letter to the Council of Safety of Georgia, requesting five hundred pounds of Gunpowder for Mr. Campbell, 44 |
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Orders to Captain Tufts of the Colony Schooner Defence, 45 |
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The Defence to be armed and manned with all possible despatch, 45 |
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Colonel Moulurie ordered by every military operation, to oppose any British Naval Armament that may attempt to pass Fort Johnson, 45 |
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Letter to Captain Thornborough informing him of the orders of the Congress to the officer commanding at Fort Johnson, 45 |
1775,
Nov, 10, |
Commission of Ezekiel Polk, appointed to the command of a Company of Rangers, 46 |
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Mr. Nathan Legaré appeared, and declaring it was never his intention to supply the Men-of-War with any thing, was reprimanded and dismissed 46 |
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Report from the Committee of Observation, that they had prohibited Fishing-boats from proceeding beyond Fort Johnson, and had given no permits for the passage of Coasters, 47 |
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Committee to examine and report what further defences are necessary for the security of Charlestown against hostile attacks of Ships of War 47 |
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Letter to Committee at Little River, 47 |
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Commission to Edward Blake, Commissary of Stores for the Naval Department of the Colony, 47 |
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Captain Blake authorized to purchase eight thousand pounds of Bread for the Naval Armament of the Colony, 48 |
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Report of Captain Tufts of his success in sinking Hulks on the bar of Bog-Island Creek; 48 |
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Thanks of the Congress to Captain Tufts, 49 |
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Committee, to consider the expediency of fitting the Ship Prosper, for the purpose of taking or sinking the Men-of-War in Rebellion Road, 49 |
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Works to be erected for the defence of Charlestown, 49 |
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Deputation to Georgia to solicit aid, in Powder, Arms and other Military Stores, 50 |
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Ship Prosper to be fitted out as a Frigate of War with the utmost expedition, 50 |
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Committee of Safety appointed until the meeting of the Congress to-morrow, 50 |
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Letter to the Council of Safety of Georgia, 51 |
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Regiment of Artillery to be raised and embodied, to serve in Garrison or otherwise, 52 |
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Commissioners for erecting Batteries for the more effectual defence of Charlestown, 53 |
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Committee of Intelligence to correspond with the Inhabitants of the interior of the Colony, 53 |
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Motion that the Infantry and Horse, in the pay of the Colony, be completed to the first establishment, rejected, 53 |
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Committee of Safety authorized to complete the establishment of the Army, 53 |
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Clement Lempriere appointed Captain of the Ship Prosper, 54 |
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Officers of the Regiment of Artillery chosen, 54 |
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One hundred and twenty thousand Pounds Currency to be issued for the Pay and Charges of the Regiment of Artillery, 55 |
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Motion, that future meetings of the Congress he held at Camden, rejected, 55 |
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Committee of Safety appointed to act until the meeting of the Congress to-morrow, 55 |
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New Council of Safety appointed, 56 |
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Secretary to cause such parts of the Journal as may be put into his hands for that purpose, to be published, 56 |
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Committee to report the Powers to be vested in the Council of Safety, 56 |
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Allowance for the support of John Dunn and Benjamin Booth Boote, of North-Carolina, 56 |
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Report on the state of the Paper Currency in the Publick Treasury, 57 |
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Alarming account of the state of affairs in the back country communicated by Mr. Caldwell, 57 |
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Every Company of Militia throughout the Colony to be trained once a fortnight, 58 |
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Declaration published by the Congress to quiet the minds of the misguided people in the back country, 58 |
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The President authorized to apply to Colonel Polk, of North-Carolina, for the Six Companies, under his command 60 |
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Militia of Charlestown embodied and ordered upon duty, day and night, 61 |
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Colonel Roberts ordered to take post at the Batteries at Fort Johnson and Charlestown, 61 |
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Persons disabled in the publick service will be provided for by the Congress, 61 |
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Cannon, Powder, and Ball, allowed for the defence of Georgetown, 61 |