| 1775, | Committee of the Inhabitants of Queen's County required to appear before Congress on the 19th instant, 406 |
| Dec.13, |
No person permitted to inoculate for the Small-Pox within the Colony, without the further order of the Congress, 406 |
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Consideration of the Resolutions on Governour Tryon's Letter of the 4th instant resumed, and, after long argument, amended, and further postponed, 406 |
| 14, |
Letter from Colonel Mulford, of the 9th instant: His Regiment will be marched to the place of rendezvous on any alarm, 408 |
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Consideration of Resolutions on Governour Tryon's Letter resumed, further amended, and adopted, 408 |
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Letter from John Jay, dated November 26: Does not approve the destroying of Rivington's Printing Office: Some people prophesy that the Provincial Congress has too much Christian meekness to take any notice of it, 410 |
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Additional Resolutions on Governour Tryon's Letter adopted, and the whole ordered to be engrossed, 411 |
| 15, |
Resolutions on Governour Tryan's Letter of the 4th instant, 413 |
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Memorial of John Norberg, 414 |
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Captain Norberg permitted to go to Great Britain with all his effects, 414 |
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Each of the Delegates from New-York in the Continental Congress allowed for his services, for each day foe may be absent from his abode on the publick service, four Dollars, 414 |
| | William Sutton, of Westchester, permitted to return, having agreed to surrender himself to the Committee for the County, 415 |
| | Contract with Cornelius Atherton, of Amenia Preciact, in Dutchess County, for making Muskets and Bayonets, approved by Congress, 416 |
| | Members of the Committee of Safety appointed, 417 |
| 16, |
Powers of the Committee of Safety, as read, amended, and adopted, 418 |
| | Provisions for sinking one hundred and twelve thousand five hundred Dollars of Paper Currency, issued by the late Congress, 419 |
| 18, |
Report of the Committee who were sent to the Fortifications in the Highlands, 420 |
| | Letter to the Delegates in Continental Congress, informing them of the Proceedings respecting the destruction of Rivington's Printing Office, 422 |
| | Committee to revise and amend the Militia Law, 423 |
| 19, |
Report of the Committee appointed to plan a voyage, read, considered, and recommitted, 423 |
| | Five hundred copies of the Proceedings of the Continental Congress, in Low Dutch, and five hundred copies in German, ordered to be purchased for distribution gratis, 424 |
| | Committee of Safety authorized to cause a collection of the oppressive Acts of Parliament, with useful Remarks thereon, to be published and distributed gratis, 424 |
| | Report of the Committee appointed to employ two or more Vessels for a voyage to Europe, read and adopted, 424 |
| | Further Report from the Committee on the Fortifications in the Highlands, 425 |
| | Two additional Redoubts ordered to be erected, 425 |
| | George Clinton appointed Brigadier-General of the Militia of Ulster and Orange Counties, 426 |
| 20, |
Dr. Paul Spooner, from Cumberland County, appeared and took his seat, 426 |
| | Letter from the Committee for Cumberland County: Nominated Colonel James Rogers to be Brigadier for Cumberland, Gloucester and Charlotte Brigade; and Field and other Officers for three Regiments made according to the directions of the Provincial Congress, 426 |
| | Letter from William Bedlow, at Fort Constitution, December 14, requesting to know what compensation the Commissioners are to receive, 427 |
| | Commissioners employed in erecting the Fortifications in the High Lands to be allowed ten Shillings per day; and to prevent any expense that may be avoided, three Commissioners only are to be continued, 427 |
| | Committee of New-York apply for a Loan of one thousand Pounds: five hundred granted, 427 |
| 1775. | Letter from tie Committee for Richmond County, December 15: The Freeholders of the County have refused to send Deputies to the Provincial Congress, 428 |
| | Consideration of the state of affairs in Richmond County postponed until the state of Queen's County is considered, 429 |
| | Letter from Colonel James Rogers, of Cumberland County: For political reasons he declines the office of Brigadier-General of the Militia, 429 |
| | Letter to the Delegates of the Colony in Continental Congress laying before them the state of the Fortifications in the Highlands, 429 |
| | Remonstrance of certain Inhabitants of Putney, in Cumberland County, against the appointment of the persons named by the County Committee for Field-Officers, 429 |
| | Remonstrance of a number of the Inhabitants of Westminster, 430 |
| | Remonstrance of the Inhabitants of Fulham, 430 |
| | Dr. Paul Spooner added to the Committee of Safety, 430 |
| Dec. 20, |
John Blackler ordered to be kept in close confinement until the further order of Congress, 431 |
| | Committee to purchase a small Armed Vessel for the East River, to prevent Supplies being furnished to the Ministerial Army and Navy, 431 |
| | Additional Rules and Orders for regulating the Militia of the Colony of New-York, 431 |
| | Letter from Colonel Levi Pawling: Has given the necessary orders to his Regiment to muster in case of alarm, 432 |
| 21, | Rank of the Militia Officers of the several Counties fixed and determined, 433 |
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State of Queen's County and Richmond County further considered, and the Delinquents in the two Counties put out of the protection of the Congress, 434 |
| | Letter to the Delegates in the Continental Congress, with the Proceedings respecting the Delinquents in Queen's and Richmond Counties, and asking advice what further should be done, 435 |
| | Rules and Orders for arranging the Rank of the Officers of the Militia of the Colony of New-York, 436 |
| | Delegates of the Colony in Continental Congress requested to make an arrangement among themselves, that five of them only continue at Congress at the same time, 436 |
| | Ulster County Jail to be taken as the Jail of the Congress for the confinement of Prisoners ordered to be confined by the Congress or Committee of Safety, 437 |
| 22, |
Letter from General Washington to the President, informing him that some Troops had sailed from Boston, destination unknown, 437 |
| | Inhabitants of the Colony requested to refrain from visiting the King's Ships-of-War, without leave of a Committee, 438 |
| | Persons coming from other Colonies required to furnish evidence that they are friendly to the liberties of America, 438 |
| | Committee of Safety authorized to exercise the same powers, in appointing Officers and granting and refusing Commissions, as the Provincial Congress, 438 |
| | Report of Committee appointed to plan a voyage to the Island of Martinico Guadeloupe, or St, Eustatia, read and adopted, 438 |
| | Instructions to the Committee for Ulster County, for the nomination of Field-Officers, 440 |
| | Committee of Safety authorized to apply any sum, not exceeding fifty thousand Pounds, to be laid out in such manner as they shall think proper, for the defence and security of the Colony, 440 |
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| Dec. 23, |
Letter from Lord George Germaine to Governour Eden: The King is determined, in concurrence with his Parliament, to pursue the most vigorous measures for reducing his rebellious Subjects in North-America, 439 |
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