1775.
Dec. 23, |
Letter from Lord George Germaine to Governour Eden: An armament of seven Regiments, with a Fleet, is ready to proceed to the Southern Colonies, in order to attempt the restoration of legal Government in that part of America, 440 |
| 23, |
Recantation of Ezekiel Beach, of Mendham, in Morris County, New-Jersey, 441 |
| 23, |
Report of the Committee directed to repair to Ticonderoga, and confer with General Schuyler, to take survey of, and report the state of, the Fortifications, and to use their endeavours to procure an accession of the Canadians to an union with the Colonies, 442 |
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Letter from the Committee to General Montgomery, expressing the desire of Congress that he will induce the Canadians to meet in their Parishes, and choose a Provincial Convention, 445 |
| 23, |
Report of the Committee of Congress appointed to inquire what articles are necessary for the Army, 446 |
| 23, |
Proclamation by Governour Tryon, proroguing the Assembly of New-York, from the first day of January to the first day of February next, 447 |
| 23, |
Letter from Governour Trumbull to the President of Congress, 447 |
| 23, |
Letter from General Washington to the Assembly of Massachusetts: The Soldiers are in great distress for Blankets; if any can be procured from House-keepers it will be of infinite service to the Army, 448 |
| 23, |
Letter from William Watson to General Washington, 448 |
| 23, |
Letter from Colonel Hobart to the New-Hampshire Congress, 449 |
| 24, |
Letter from General Washington, to General Schuyler: Conjures him and General Montgomery to lay aside all thoughts of quitting the Army, 449 |
| 24, |
Letter from General Gates to General Sullivan: Requests his opinion on a projected enterprise, 450 |
| 24, |
Letter from General Sullivan to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety, 450 |
| 24, |
Letter from Governour Callbeck to General Washington, 450 |
| 24, |
The ease of Philip Callbeck, late Commander-in-Chief of the Island of St. John's, and Thomas Wright, one of the Council, and Survey-or-General of said Island, addressed to General Washington, 451 |
| 25, |
Letter from Colonel Howe to the Virginia Convention: From motives of policy they have permitted some Supplies to be sent to Captain Bellew, 452 |
| 25, |
Notice from the General Post-Office, New-York: Letters having been taken from his Majesty's Mail at Baltimore, Philadelphia, and other places, the Deputy Postmaster-General is obliged, for the present, to stop all the Posts, 453 |
| 25, |
Letter from General Washington to the President of Congress, 453 |
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Report of Peleg Wadsworth, of his examination of Cape-Cod Harbour, 454 |
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Letter from General Howe to General Washington: Having received no accounts wherein the name of Allen is mentioned, he can give no information on the subject of his treatment, 454 |
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Letter from Colonel Bayley to Colonel Little: The importance of a road to Canada for the transportation of Troops and Munitions of War, and for the Fur Trade, 454 |
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General Orders, from December 14 to December 25, 456 |
| 25, |
Letter from General Washington to Joseph Reed: Our want of Powder is inconceivable; a daily waste and no supply presents a gloomy prospect, 458 |
| 25, |
Letter from Robert H. Harrison to General Ward, 458 |
| 25, |
Letter from Colonel Moylan to William Bartlett, 458 |
| 25, |
Instructions of the Town of Portsmouth to their Delegates in the Provincial Congress of New-Hampshire, 459 |
1776,
Dec 26, |
Memorial of the Inhabitants of Portsmouth to the Provincial Congress, 460 |
| 26, |
Letter from James Lyon to General Washington, proposing a plan for the reduction of Nova-Scotia, 460 |
| 26, |
Committee for Chester County, Pennsylvania, require Returns from the Militia and Associators of the County, 462 |
| 26, |
Committee for Buck's County, Pennsylvania, order strict enforcement of the Ninth Article of the Continental Association, 462 |
| 26, |
Letter from Colonel Maxwell to Lord Stirling, 463 |
| 26, |
Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress: A reinforcement should be sent to Canada, and no time should be lost in preparing for it, 463 |
| 26, |
Letter from General Montgomery to General Schuyler; Three Companies of Arnold's Detachment are averse to a coup-de-main, and he will be obliged to change his plan of attack. It is of the utmost importance to reduce Quebeck before succours can arrive; we are not to expect an union with Canada till we have a force in the country strong enough to defend it, 464 |
| 26, |
Letter from General Washington to Richard Henry Lee; If Lord Dunmore is not crushed before the Spring, he will be the most formidable enemy America has; forcing him on ship-board is not sufficient; nothing less than depriving him of life or liberty will secure peace to Virginia, 465 |
| 26, |
Letter from Robert H. Harrison to General Thomas, 466 |
| 26, |
Letter from General Howe to the Earl of Dartmouth: The Rebels get supplies of Arms and Gunpowder from. Cape Nicholas, in the Island of Hispaniola, 466 |
| 27, |
Address of Salus Populi to the People of North America, on the necessity of framing a general plan of connection between the Provinces, or what may be called the Constitution of the United English Colonies, 467 |
| 27, |
Description of the device on the Drums belonging to the Marines now raising for the Fleet, 468 |
| 27, |
Letter from the Committee for Tryon County New-York, to the Provincial Congress, 469 |
| 27, |
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in Westmoreland to his Friend in Hartford, Connecticut, 470 |
| 27, |
Letter from Matthew Thornton to General Washington, 470 |
| 28, |
Address of a British American to the Inhabitants of the United Colonies: Advises an immediate declaration of Independence, 470 |
| 28, |
Letter from Colonel Howe to the Virginia Convention: An exchange of Prisoners has not yet been effected, 474 |
| 25, |
Letter from Lord Dunmore to Colonel Howe, proposing an exchange for Mr. Batut, 474 |
| 25, |
Letter from Colonel Howe to Lord Dunmore: Will consent to no exchange but such as equity shall warrant, 474 |
| 26, |
Letter from Lord Dunmore to Colonel Howe: Does not understand the rule that is to govern them in exchange of Prisoners, 474 |
| 26, |
Letter from Greenwich (Connecticut) Committee to Governour Trumbull, 590 |
| 27, |
Letter from Colonel Howe to Lord Dunmore: Explains the intention of the Convention, the difference in the rank of Officers, and proposes an equitable exchange, 474 |
| 28, |
Expedition of Colonel Martin in quest of Tories in. Sussex County, New-Jersey, 475 |
| 29, |
Extract of a Letter from North-Carolina to a Gentleman at Hull, in England: State of affairs in North and South-Carolina, 476 |
| 29, |
Letter from the Virginia Committee of Safety to Maryland Convention, 576 |
| 29, |
New-York Committee, 380 |
| 29, |
Letter from General Washington to the General Court of Massachusetts, 478 |
| 29, |
Letter from General Gates to General Sullivan, requesting him not to attempt to execute the project to-night, but to wait a more favourable opportunity, 478 |
| 29, |
Letter from Winthrop Sargeant to General Washington, 478 |
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