1775.
Dec.12, |
Letter from Colonel Scott to Captain Southall: Lord Dunmore has applied for an exchange of Prisoners, 245 |
| 12, |
Regulations adopted by the Committee for Hanover County, Virginia, respecting Salt, 245 |
| 12, |
Letter from the Committee of Secret Correspondence to Arthur Lee: The Congress desires to know the disposition of foreign Powers towards us; in this, great circumspection and impenetrable secrecy are necessary: we continue firm in our resolutions to defend ourselves, notwithstanding the big threats of the Ministry, 246 |
| 12, |
Price of Oil regulated by the Philadelphia Committee, 246 |
| 12, |
Letter from Lord Stirling to the New-Jersey Committee of Safety; Has quietly got possession of the Barracks at Amboy, 246 |
| 12, |
Letter from New-York Congress to Governour Trumbull, 401 |
| 12, |
Recantation of James Miller, of Bedford, New-York: Acknowledges he has acted against, the liberties of his country, and promises to behave better for the future, 247 |
| 12, |
Recantation of Lewis Macdonald, of Bedford, Westchester County, New-York, 247 |
| 12, |
Recantation of Stephen Baxter, of Bedford, 248 |
| 12, |
Letter from General Schuyler to Governour Trumbull: The two Skenes, and some other Officers, have broke their parole of honour, 248 |
| 12, |
Letter from Dr. Morgan to Gen. Washington, 263 |
| 12, |
General Lee to Richard Henry Lee: Congress should be more decisive; indecision will ruin us; indecision has thrown the affairs of Virginia into their present situation; Lord Dunmore should have been disarmed of his teeth and claws, and Tryon and all his Tories seized at New-York: recommends the adoption of some strong measures 248 |
| 12, |
Letter from General Gates to General Sullivan, 249 |
| 12, |
Letter from Robert H. Harrison to Dr. Stiles, 249 |
| 12, |
Letter from Timothy Pickering to the Council of Massachusetts, 1231 |
| 12, |
Letter from Joseph Otis to General Washington, 1337 |
| 12, |
Letter from Colonel N. Freeman to General Washington, 1337 |
| 13, |
Declaration by the Convention of Virginia, on Lord Dunmore's Proclamation of November 7, 249 |
| 13, |
Letter from Colonel Howe to the Virginia Convention 251 |
| 13, |
Letter from Charles Stewart to Governour Perm; His proceedings with the Intruders from New-England on Lands in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 251 |
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Agreement of the Intruders to submit to the laws of Pennsylvania, 252 |
| 13, |
Committee appointed by the General Committee of New-York, to ascertain the damages sustained by the City and County, from the Ministerial Army and Navy, 253 |
| 13, |
Letter from Edward Jones to the New-York Congress, 254 |
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Letter from the Commissioners for Fortifications to New-York Congress: It is not possible to prepare Barracks for the Troops from New-Jersey, 254 |
| 13, |
Letter from Inhabitants of Fulham, Cumberland County, New-York, to Paul Spooner, 430 |
| 13, |
Letter from William Sever to General Washington, 1232 |
| 13, |
Letter from Robert H Harrison to Colonel Baldwin; None of the persons, lately sent out of Boston can be permitted to approach the Camp; if they have the small-pox, it might be of fatal consequence to the Army, 255 |
| 13, |
Letter from Stephen Moylan to William Watson, 255 |
| 13, |
Letter from Elbridge Gerry to Samuel Adams: A Continental General ought not to have any command of the Militia; it would lead a servant of the Government to forget his station, and conceive himself its master, 255 |
| 13, |
Letter from General Howe to the Earl of Dartmouth: The state of Provisions gives rise to alarming apprehensions; and the uncertainty of Vessels getting into Boston is rendered more precarious by the Rebel Privateers infesting the Bay, 256 |
1775.
Dec.14, |
Address of the: Freeholders, &c., of the County of Peebles, to the King, 257 |
| 14, |
Letter from St. Eustatia, signed "Yankoo," communicated to the House of Representatives of Massachusetts by the Speaker, 258 |
| 14, |
Declaration by the Virginia Convention, on Lord Dunmore's Proclamation, offering freedom to such able-bodied Slaves as are willing to join him, 258 |
| 14, |
Letter from Lord Stirling to Captain Polhemus, 259 |
| 14, |
Letter from Lord Stirling to Captain Conway, 259 |
| 14, |
Letter from Colonel Max welt to Lord Stirling 295 |
| 14, |
Letter from William Bedlow to Nathaniel Woodhull, President of the New-York Congress, 427 |
| 14, |
Letter from Colonel Levi Pawling to New-York Congress, 432 |
| 14, |
Letter from the Commissioners for Indian Affairs to the President of Congress, giving information about a Speech of an Indian in Council, relating to the Lands in dispute between Connecticut and Pennsylvania, 260 |
| 14, |
Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress; We have now full proof that the Ministerial Servants have attempted to engage the Savages against us, 260 |
| 14, |
Report of Joseph Hopkins to the Assembly of Connecticut, on the Lead-Mine at New-Canaan, 261 |
| 14, |
Letter from General Washington, to the President of Congress, informing him of the arrival of Messrs. Penet and Pliarne, who propose a plan of supplying the Continent with Arms and Ammunition, 261 |
| 14, |
Letter from General Washington to the President of Congress, 262 |
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Letter from Doctor Morgan, to General Washington, reporting the condition of the Hospitals, 263 |
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General Orders for December 13 and December 14, 263 |
| 14, |
Letter from General Washington to Governour Cooke, 264 |
| 14, |
Letter from William Bartlett to General Washington, 264 |
| 14, |
Letter from Stephen Moylan to Colonel Wentworth: The two Vessels sent into Winter Harbour were unjustly taken, and must be delivered up, 264 |
| 14, |
Letter from Major Rogers to General Washington, enclosing his parole and passports, and requesting permission to go unmolested where his private business may call him, 265 |
| 14, |
Condition of the British Army in Boston, 266 |
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CONNECTICUT ASSEMBLY. |
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| Dec. 14, |
Meet at New-Haven, 267 |
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List of the Members, 267 |
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William Williams elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Richard Law, Clerk, 268 |
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An Act for equipping a body of Minute-Men, to be in readiness for the better defence of this Colony. 268 |
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An Act for encouraging the Manufactures of Saltpetre and Gunpowder, 269 |
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An Act for restraining and punishing Persons who are inimical to the liberties of this and the rest of the United Colonies, and for directing proceedings therein, 270 |
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An Act, in addition to a law of this Colony entitled An Act for the punishment of Deserters, 272 |
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An Act empowering the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army to administer an Oath, 273 |
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An Act for altering and further ascertaining the Bounds and Limits of the Town of Westmoreland, in this Golony, 273 |
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Delegates to the General Congress to be chosen annually in October, 273 |
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Selectmen of each Town for the time being, appointed Inspectors of Nitre and Saltpetre 274 |
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Committee to examine where any Mines or Mineral substances containing Sulphur may be found in the Colony, 274 |
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Committee to procure and fit out Armed Vessels, for the Colony, 274 |