1775.
Dec. 17, |
Reports of Captain Dodge to General Washington, 298 |
| 17, |
Letter from General Sullivan to General Washington: Has examined Major Rogers, who has given an account of his movements since he left New-York on the 1-0th of October last, 300 |
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NORTH-CAROLINA PROVINCIAL COUNCIL. |
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| Dec.18, |
Council met at the Court-House of Johnston County, 299 |
| 20, |
Walter Lamb to be tried by the Committee of Safety for the District of Halifax, 299 |
| 19, |
Order George Massingbird to be discharged from custody, 300 |
| 20, |
Committees of Wilmington and Brunswick directed to prevent all communication between Governour Martin and the Inhabitants of the Province, 301 |
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Application to the Council of Safety of South Carolina for two thousand weight of Gunpowder, 301 |
| 24, |
Commissioners appointed to purchase, arm, and man an Armed Vessel at Brunswick, Beaufort, and Roanoke, 302 |
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Vessels to be sent from Newbern, Wilmington, and Edenton, to procure Arms and Ammunition for the use and protection of the Province, 302 |
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Committee appointed to purchase materials, and employ proper persons to make and repair Fire-Arms, 303 |
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Two Battalions of Minute-Men to be immediately embodied in Salisbury District, 304 |
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Field-Officers for the two Battalions, 304 |
| 22, |
James Kebble, of Onslow County, at present inimical to the cause of liberty, is disqualified from holding any Office in the Militia, 305 |
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Colonel Rhodes directed to receive into his custody all the Gunpowder in the County of Onslow, 305 |
| 18, |
Samuel Johnston ordered to erect a Breastwork in Edenton, for the defence of the Town, 306 |
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Friends to American freedom requested to purchase all the Powder, Sulphur, and Saltpetre, in their power, for the use of the publick, 306 |
| 24, |
Governour Martin having distributed a great number of Tory Pamphlets in the Western parts of the Province, where the People are not well informed, the Delegates in Congress are requested to procure the best Pamphlets that can be had for the true information of the People, 306 |
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No person entitled to relief against a Debtor, who shall not have subscribed the Continental Association and the Test, ten days previous to making application for such relief 308 |
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CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. |
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| Dec.18, |
Letter from the Provincial Congress to New-York Delegates in Continental Congress, 422 |
| 18, |
Letter from Colonel Hasbrouck to the New-York Congress, 307 |
| 18, |
Letter from Governour Tryon to the Mayor of New-York, warning the Inhabitants against continuing measures that will involve the country in misery, and bring destruction on their families and themselves, 307 |
| 18, |
Letter from Captain Parker to Governour Tryon If any Troops are raised, or Military Works erected in New-York otherwise than by order of his Majesty, it will be his duty to treat the Town as in open Rebellion against the King, 308 |
| 18, |
Letter from the Committee for Kinderhook District to the Committee for Albany County, 211 |
| 18, |
Letter from Samuel Stevens to John McKesson, recommending to the New-York Congress Field-Officers for the two Regiments in Cumberland County, 309 |
| 18, |
Letter from General Montgomery to General Schuyler He has been near a fortnight before Quebeck with eight hundred men, and hopes the Troops will be sent down as soon as possible, 309 |
1775.
Dec. 18, |
Letter from General Wooster to General Schuyler: He discharged no men between Albany and Ticonderoga, but gave the Connecticut Troops a furlough to pass to New-England, as they might be serviceable there, 310 |
| 18, |
Letter from Governour Cooke to the President of Congress, 310 |
| 18, |
Letter from General Washington to General Howe; Colonel Alien has been treated without regard to decency, humanity, or the rules of war: whatever fate he undergoes shall be the fate of Brigadier Prescott, 310 |
| 18, |
Letter from General Washington to General Schuyler: Requests him to inquire into the manner of Colonel Allen's treatment, and the truth of the reports that Major Rogers had been acting under General Carleton, 311 |
| 18, |
Letter from General Greene to Samuel Ward: This is no time for disgusting the Soldiery, when their aid is so essential to the preservation of the rights of human mature, and the liberties of America; The People are brave and spirited, but exceedingly avaricious; they have extorted from the necessities of the Army enormous prices for Hay, Wood and Teaming, 311 |
| 18, |
Certificate that Duncan McArthur, of the Royal Regiment of Highland Emigrants, raised to suppress the unnatural Rebellion in America, will be entitled to two hundred acres of forfeited Land at the conclusion of the war, 312 |
| 18, |
Letter from General Washington to the President of Congress: Captain Manly has brought in another Prize, with Letters and Papers of the greatest importance, which are forwarded to Congress by a special Express, 314 |
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Letter from James Lovell, in Provost Prison Boston, November 19: The Military Government in Boston have been wantonly and cruelly exercised against him since the 29th of June, 315 |
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Letter from James Lavell to General Washington, Boston Prison, December 6: He is charged with being a Spy, and giving intelligence to the Rebels, and has suffered the indignities of imprisonment since June last, without any sort of a trial: General Howe, requires in exchange for him Governour Skene and his Son, 315 |
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Intercepted Letters transmitted to Congress by. General Washington, with his Letter of December 18, 316-352 |
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| Sep. 30, |
Letter from Governour Tonyn to General Gage: Has just received his Circumstantial Account of the unhappy affair that happened on the 19th of April, 316 |
| Oct. 3, |
Letter from Governour Tonyn to Admiral Graves, 316 |
| Sep. 30, |
Letter from Colonel Stuart to General Gage: Has not yet received answers to his Letters and Messages to the Indian Nations: Colonel Kirkland, who has been obliged to fly, will state the situation of affairs in the back parts of the Southern Provinces, 316 |
| Oct. 3, |
Letter from Colonel Stuart to General Gage; Has received a Talk from the Cherokees it shows their disposition, which he will cultivate; It will no longer be good policy to-foment the differences between the Choctaws and Creeks, as it will prevent the Creeks from engaging in his Majesty's service, 316 |
| 3, |
Letter from Colonel Stuart to General Gage: A great majority of the back Inhabitants of Carolina are attached to Government; and an indiscriminate attack by Indians might do much harm: He will induce them to act with their well-disposed neighbours, 317 |
| 2, |
Letter from Colonel Stuart to Major Small, 317 |
| Sep. 18, |
Letter from Daniel Chamier, Jun to Daniel Chamier, 319 |
| Oct. 5, |
Letter from Major Furlong to General Gage: But about forty men for duty at St. Augustine, 319 |
| Sep. 21, |
Letter from Governour Tonyn to General Gage, 320 |
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Returns of his Majesty's Forces in East Florida, in August, September, and October, 321-326 |
| Oct. 3, |
Letter from Lieutenant Graves to Admiral Graves, with a Report of the state of the Schooner St. Lawrence, 327 |