1775.
Nov. 21, |
Settlement of the rank of the Officers of the Regular Troops and Militia of the Colony, 62 |
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Militia not to act with the Regular Troops but on the most urgent occasions, 62 |
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Militia subject to the Militia Law only, whether acting with the Regulars or otherwise, 62 |
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Motion, for a draft of Militia from the Country Regiments for the defence of Charlestown, rejected, 62 |
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Orders to Captain Lempriere to take command of the Prosper, 63 |
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John Joiner appointed Commander of Fort Lyttleton, near Beaufort, 63 |
| Nov.22, |
Letter from Rowan County (North-Carolina) Committee, recommending a cessation of all intercourse with persons not known to be friends to the American cause, 63 |
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Clement Lempriere declines the command of the Ship Prosper, 63 |
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Simon Tufts appointed to the command of the Prosper, 64 |
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Further Regulations for the government of the Militia adopted 64 |
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Leading marks over the Charlestown Bar to be cut down and demolished, 65 |
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Petition and Remonstrance from John Dunn, and Benjamin Booth Boote, presented 65 |
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Merchants who sell Goods at exorbitant prices, to be advertised as contemners of the Resolves of the Congress, 65 |
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Committee to consider and report what Manufactures are proper to be established in the Colony, 65 |
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Colonel Roberts directed to complete the works for the defence of Dorchester, 66 |
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The Colony declared to be in a state of actual alarm, 66 |
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Troops marched to Congarees, and to the Cherokee Ponds, 67 |
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Volunteers from Georgia to receive same pay as Militia of South-Carolina, 67 |
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Orders to Colonel Powell, Colonel Rothmahler, and Colonel Richardson, 67 |
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Committee of Safety invested with the direction, regulation, and ordering of the Land and Sea Forces, the Militia, and all Military Arrangements within the Colony; they may appoint and suspend any Officer of the Army or Nary; and do all things in their opinion necessary for securing and defending the Colony, 68 |
| 27, |
Application to the Continental Congress for aid in procuring Seamen from the Northern Colonies, 69 |
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Lord William Campbell to be notified of any intended attack on the Men-of-War in the Road 69 |
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Powers of all Committees throughout the Colony revived and continued, 70 |
| 28, |
Commissioners appointed to clear and deepen Wappoo Cut, 70 |
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Captain Allston's Indian Company of Rovers directed to scout the sea-coast, subject to the orders of the Council of Safety, 70 |
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Committees for the Sea Islands required to provide signals of alarm, such as are usual in time of war, 71 |
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Charlestown is to be defended to the last extremity; and all residents who are absent are required to return forthwith, 71 |
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Premiums for the encouragement of Manufactures in the Colony, 72 |
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Committee of Intelligence required to keep, in proper books, minutes of their transactions, and copies, of all letters written by and to them, 73 |
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Delegates to the Continental Congress reap-pointed, with the same powers heretofore vested in them, 74 |
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Counterfeiting Paper Currency of the Colony declared a capital offence, 74 Council of Safety authorized to bestow honorary or other rewards upon such as they think entitled to either; 74 |
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Petition and Remonstrance of Messrs Dunn and Boote, to be transmitted to the Council of Safety of North-Carolina, 75 |
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Congress adjourned to Thursday, February 1, 1776, 76 |
VIRGINIA CONVENTION |
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1776,
Dec. 1, |
Convention met at Richmond, 75 |
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List of the Delegates, 75 |
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Edmund Pendleton elected President, and John Tazewell appointed Clerk, 76 |
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Letter from Colonel Woodford, representing the situation of the Troops under his command, 76 |
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Colonel Woodford directed to risk as little as possible; and, if necessary, to accept assistance from North-Carolina, 76 |
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Convention met at Williamsburgh, 77 |
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Rev. Thomas Price appointed Chaplain, 77 |
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Committee of Safety directed to lay their proceedings before the Convention, 77 |
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Convention in Committee on the state of the Colony, report progress, 77 |
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Committee of Safety revived, 77 |
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Committee to examine Charles Robinson, apprehended as a suspected person, 77 |
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Intercepted Letters to be transmitted to be Committee of Safety unopened, 78 |
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Further progress in Committee on the state of the Colony, 78 |
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Five hundred effective men to be employed for the protection and defence of Northampton and Accomack, 78 |
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Committee to draw up a Declaration in answer to Lord Dunmore's Proclamation of November 7, 79 |
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Venders of Salt permitted to fix their own prices, 79 |
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Treasurer of the Colony required to purchase for the publick use all good Gunpowder imported into, or manufactured there, 79 |
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Money advanced to the Rev. John Dixon, to assist him in his Salt-works, 79 |
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Money advanced to Charles Carter, and to the Dumfries Saltpetre Company, as an encouragement to promote the manufacture of Saltpetre, 80 |
| 11, |
Representations from, the Committees of Accomack and Warwick, referred to the Committee on the state of the Colony, 80 |
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Committee to inquire into the conduct of John Goodrich, and others, 80 |
| 12, |
Resolution approving the conduct of Colonel Woodford, in the late action at Great Bridge, 81 |
| 13, |
Declaration in answer to Lord Dunmore's Proclamation of November 7, 81 |
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Colonel Woodford directed to effect an exchange of the Prisoners in his possession for our worthy countrymen now confined by Lord Dunmore 82 |
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Petition from surviving Captains of Companies in the late expedition against the Indians, 83 |
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Regular forces of the Colony to be increased to eight Battalions, of ten Companies each; one pf the Battalions to be composed of Germans, with German Officers, 83 |
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Report of Committee on Charles Robinson's case: He is permitted to go at large on parole, 83 |
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Colonel Woodford directed to send to Williams-burgh all Tories who have borne Arms against the Colony; to extend indulgence to such as joined Lord Dunmore through necessity; and to permit the distressed Highlanders to pass to North-Carolina, 84 |
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Declaration offering pardon to the Slaves who have taken Arms under Lord Dunmore, upon returning to their duty, 84 |
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Arms and Accoutrements taken at Great Bridge to be appropriate to publick use, and the value thereof divided among the Soldiers, 85 |
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Reprisals on the Property of Lard Dunmore, for Property seized by him, not permitted without the order of the Convention, 85 |
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Captive Slaves to be employed at the Lead Mine in Fincastle County, 85 |
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Carter Braxton appointed a Delegate to the Continental Congress, in place of the late Peyton Randolph, 85 |
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Petition from Inhabitant of Lunenburgh County, praying the establishment of a Test, whereby the friends of America may be distinguished from those who are inimical to the glorious cause in which the country is engaged, 86 |