1775,
Dec. 1, |
Resolution of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, calling the attention of General Washington to the importance of Cape Cod Harbour, 182 |
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General Orders, from December 1 to December 5, 182 |
| 5, |
Letter from Colonel Scott, at Great Bridge: There is hardly an hoar in the day but they exchange shot with the British 183 |
| 5, |
Notice by William Whetcroft, Postmaster at Annapolis: The Constitutional Post-Office having been instituted by the Congress, it is hoped that all well-wishers to the opposition in America will promote the same, 184 |
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Letter from Lord Stirling to the President of Congress: The Troops to be sent from New-Jersey to the Highlands cannot be quartered contiguous to the new Fortress on the Hudson River, for there are not five habitable houses within five miles of it, 184 |
| 5, |
Letter from Colonel Woodhull to Lord Stirling: The Barracks at the dew Fort in the Highlands are now crowded, and it is impossible to quarter the Jersey Troops there; in the course of the winter additional Barracks will be built to accommodate one thousand men, 184 |
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Letter from the Provincial Congress of New-York, to the Commissioners at the Highlands, urging them to complete Barracks for one thousand men as soon as possible, 185 |
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New-York Committee: Petition to the Provincial Congress, complaining of the seizing and carrying off Rivington's types at noon-day, by Captain Sears, and praying that some means may be devised to protect the liberty and property of the Inhabitants, 185 |
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Express despatched to give notice of the sailing of an Armed Vessel up the North River, 186 |
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William Leary appointed Town-Major, 186 |
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Colonels of Regiments authorized to appoint days for election of Company Officers to fill vacancies 186 |
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John Myford, charged with inlisting men for the Asia Man-of-War, reprimanded and discharged, 186 |
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Letter from Major Skene to Hugh Gaine, declaring that the assertion that he had violated his Parole is groundless, 187 |
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Letter from the Committee of Dutchess County to the New-York Congress: Three persons, material witnesses against prisoners charged with inlisting men for the Ministerial Army, have refused to be sworn, and contemned the authority of the Committee. As there are many officious Ministerial Agents in the County, the advice of the Congress how to act in the premises is solicited, 187 |
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Letter from Colonel Knox to General Washington, with a list of Stores to be conveyed from Ticonderoga to the Camp, 188 |
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Letter from General Montgomery to General Schuyler: Has arrived before Quebeck with about three hundred men; proposes to amuse Mr. Carleton with a formal attack; but means to assault the works towards the Lower Town, and thinks there is a fair prospect of success, 188 |
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Letter from Colonel Arnold to General Washington: General Montgomery, with three hundred men, joined him at Point-aux-Trembles on the 3d instant; his own Detachment amounts to six hundred and seventy-five men, 190 |
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Letter from an Officer in Canada to Isaiah Thomas, giving an account of the difficulties and sufferings of Arnold's Detachment in their march to Canada, 190 |
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Letter from Govenour Trumbull to General Schuyler, 190 |
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Letter from General Washington to James Otis: The Resolve of the General Court to pay the men by the lunar month aims a most fatal stab to the peace of the Army; Lord North himself could not have devised a more effectual blow to the Recruiting Service, 205 |
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Letter from General Washington to the Assembly of Massachusetts giving a statement of his situation in consequence of the refusal of the Connecticut Troops to continue in service at this critical time, and expressing his fears that their example will be followed by the Forces from the other New-England Colonies. He suggests that vigorous measures may be adopted, if the powers of the Government are adequate, to facilitate the completion of the Army, which cannot be recruited in any reasonable time by voluntary inlistments, 191 |
1775.
Dec. 7, |
Letter from the General Court of Massachusetts to General Washington: The Officers and Soldiers of the Militia now to be raised are put upon the same footing, in all respects, as the rest of the American Army under his command, 191 |
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Letter from General Washington to General Schuyler: Knows his complaints are well-founded, but begs he will not think of resigning. The cause we are engaged in is so just and righteous, that we must try to rise superior to every obstacle in its support, 192 |
| 5, |
Letter from General Washington to Colonel Arnold, offering to him and his brave followers sincere thanks for their enterprising and persevering spirit during their long and fatiguing march, 192 |
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Letter from General Washington to Governour Cooke: He is convinced of the impracticability of recruiting the Army by voluntary inlistments; but this is not a time for trifling; and the exigency of affairs calls aloud for vigorous exertions, 193 |
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Letter from Colonel Moylan to the Salem Committee, referring to them, by direction of the General, the case of the Kingston Packet, taken at Harrington, in Nova-Scotia, 193 |
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Letter from Colonel Moylan to Captain Wadsworth, directing him to examine the Harbour of Cape-Cod, and report what Fortifications may be necessary for the defence of its entrance, 193 |
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Letter from Colonel Moylan to William Bartlett: The General orders that the Schooner Thomas, from Fayal, seized by Captain Coit, be immediately surrendered. It is not the intention of the Continent to interrupt good citizens in their trade, 194 |
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Letter from the General Court of Massachusetts to their Delegates in Congress, representing the difficulty arising from the determination of the Congress to pay by the calendar month, after Massachusetts had agreed to pay by the lunar month, 194 |
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Letter from the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety to General Sullivan: They are making every effort to furnish, by the 10th instant, the Troops required of them, 195 |
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Proclamation to the Governour of Nova-Scotia: A daring; and traitorous Rebellion against his Majesty subsists in his Colonies on the Continent; and many of the Rebels having dared to insult and invade the Province, he declared martial law to be in full force therein, 195 |
| 6, |
Address of the Noblemen, &c., of the County of Caithness, to the King: Alarmed with the prospect of seeing the freest empire God ever framed rent by an unnatural war in America, and an unprovoked faction at home, they pledge their lives and fortunes to subdue a rebellion premeditated, unprovoked, and that every day is becoming more general, 196 |
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Address of the Magistrates, &c, of the Royal Burgh of Cupar, in Fife, to the King, 197 |
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General Meeting of the Planters of the Sugar Colonies, residing in Great Britain; and of the London Merchants trading to the said Colonies; their Proceedings, and Petition to the House of Commons, 197 |
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Letter from a Gentleman in Henrico to his friend in Williamsburgh, explaining the condition of the People in the lower Counties, who are suffering for want of Salt, 199 |
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Committee for Chesterfield County, Virginia, declare that Edward Johnston of Manchester, has wilfully violated the Proclamation of the Committee of Safety, 200 |
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Letter from Samuel Patterson to the Delaware Delegates in Congress: Offers the Congress one thousand Pounds in gold; and wilt take, in exchange, their bills now in circulation, 200 |