1775.
Dec.30 |
Letter from Captain Bellew to Colonel Howe: Threatens to fire upon the Town of Norfolk if the Sentinels there are seen, 477 |
| 30, |
Letter from Colonel Howe to Captain Bellew: He will consult his duty only, and requests the Inhabitants of the Town may have time to remove with their effects, 477 |
| 30, |
Letter from Frederictown (Maryland) Committee to the President of Congress: Connolly, Cameron, and Smith, have been sent to Philadelphia, 479 |
| 30, |
Letter from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, to Governour Penn, 1473 |
| 31, |
Letter from the South-Carolina Committee of Safety to George Clymer, requesting payment for Goods and Presents for the Indians who are to meet the Commissioners of Indian Affairs in the Southern Departmental Salisbury, on the 13th of next month, 479 |
| 31, |
Letter from the Committee of Safety for South-Carolina to Massachusetts Council, 1307 |
| 31, |
Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress, 480 |
| 31, |
Letter from Colonel Campbell to General Wooster, informing him of the failure of the attempt on Quebeck, and of the death of General Montgomery, 480 |
| 31, |
Letter from Colonel Arnold to General Wooster: Was wounded in the attack on Quebeck, and has given up the command to Colonel Campbell, 481 |
| 31, |
Letter from General Greene to Samuel Ward, in Congress, 482 |
| 31, |
Letter from General Washington to the President of Congress, 485 |
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Report of Committee of Massachusetts Assembly, on their application to General Washington respecting certain Companies now on duty, 486 |
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Proclamation by General Carleton, requiring all persons in Quebeck, who refuse to take up Arms, to quit the Town in four days, 487 |
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Oath of Fidelity required of the Inhabitants of Newport by General Lee, 488 |
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General Orders, from December 26 to December 31, 489 |
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Returns of the Army at Cambridge, December 30, 491 |
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Inventory of Ordnance and Stores necessary for the Army, supposing it to consist of twenty thousand Men, 493 |
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| Dec. 2 |
Officers not permitted to be absent from Liberty Island, without the express order of the Committee, 493 |
| 5, |
Agreement with Wigfal & Blackwood for making Gun-Locks, 495 |
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Sea-Coal thrown into the River by order of the Committee of Inspection, to be taken up for the Furnace to be built for casting Cannon, 495 |
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Permission for a Vessel to proceed to Foreign parts to procure Powder and Arms for the use of the Province, 495 |
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Committee for procuring Sea-Coal, 495 |
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Agreement with Willis & Town for making Fire-locks, 496 |
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Report of Committee on the Coal thrown into the River, 496 |
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Captain Proctor and Lieutenant Proctor dismissed from the service, 496 |
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Nathan Boyce appointed Captain of one of the Armed Boats, 496 |
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Committee to procure an account of all the Sea-Coal in possession of the Inhabitants of Philadelphia, 496 |
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Captain Biddle, of the Armed Boats, permitted to resign, that he may enter the Continental service, 497 |
| 11, |
Willing, Morris & Co., authorized to send a Vessel to Foreign parts to procure Powder, Arms, &., for the Province, 483 |
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Captain Boyce ordered to the command of the Armed Boat Franklin, Captain Biddle being promoted an the Continental Service, 498 |
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Captain James Joslah permitted to resign, that he may enter the Continental Service, 498 |
1775,
Dec. 13 |
Three of the Armed Boats to be constantly at Liberty Island, 498 |
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Captain Dougherty ordered Up immediately from Liberty Island with his Boat, 498 |
| 14, |
David Owen, suspected of inlisting Negroes, committed to the Work-house, 499 |
| 15, |
Samuel Howell requested to send to the Island of Jamaica for a load of Sea-Coal, on account of the Committee of Safety, 499 |
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Committee of Safety will pay half the sum expended in searching for a Coal-Mine said to be in Buck's County, 499 |
| 18, |
Report of the number of Men, &c., on board the Armed Boats, 500 |
| 19, |
Report of the quantity and sizes of the Shot now in the Commissary's Store, 500 |
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Persons who manufacture and deliver Saltpetre, to be paid one-fourth in Gunpowder and three-fourths in Money, 501 |
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No application from Congress, or any other body, for Men, Arms, or Ammunition, to be considered until a written notice, mentioning the application, is sent to every member of the Committee residing in the City, 501 |
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Committee to provide a quantity of Cannon Ball, 501 |
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Committee to examine Fort Island, and report what further defences are required on that, or the Province Island, 501 |
| 20, |
Application from Congress for Powder, Arms, and Men, for the Armed Vessels, nearly ready for sailing, complied with, 502 |
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All the Armed Boats, except the three at Liberty Island, ordered up to the City, that the Officers and Men may go into Barracks, 502 |
| 24, |
Commanders of the Continental Ships-of-War permitted to-search outward bound Vessels for Seamen, 503 |
| 27, |
Lieutenant Symmonds, with the Artillery Company, ordered to Liberty Island for the protection of the Battery, Artillery, and Stores at that place, 504 |
| 28, |
Captain Hazlewood appointed to the command of ten Fire-rafts, 504 |
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A Floating Battery ordered to be built for the further defence of the Province, 504 |
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Captain Proctor Restored to hrs command, on giving the satisfaction required by the Committee, 504 |
1776,
Jan,1, |
Captain Moore permitted to resign his command of the Armed Boat Effingham, 506 |
| 2, |
Colonels for the four Battalions nominated, 507 |
| 3, |
Committee for appointing proper persons to instinct the Inhabitants of the different Counties in the Manufacture of Saltpetre, 507 |
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Lieutenant-Colonels for the four Battalions nominated, 508 |
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John Connolly and Allan Cameron committed to Prison, 508 |
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Parole of honour of Lord Drummond and Andrew Elliott taken, 509 |
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Majors for the four Battalions nominated, 509 |
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Captains for the four Battalions chosen, 509 |
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Lieutenants for the four Battalions chosen, 510 |
| 8, |
Joshua Fisher & Sons refuse to furnish a List of the Goods imported by them, and stored by order of the Committee of Inspection, 510 |
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Powder in Westmoreland County to remain there, and not to be used but in defence of the County, 510 |
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Second Lieutenants and Ensigns of the four Battalions chosen, 511 |
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List of the Officers of the four Battalions, 511 |
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Officers of the Fifth Battalion, 512 |
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Committee to examine all candidates who shall offer as Surgeons to the several Battalions, 513 |
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Committee for Philadelphia County requested to meet on the 17th instant, and the Committee for Buck's County on the 22d instant, on business of the utmost importance, 513 |
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Committee to inquire for proper places to erect Powder-Magazines in the Province, 513 |
| 11, |
Adjutants for the Second, Third, and Fourth Battalions chosen, 513 |
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Articles to be furnished Colonel Bull's (the First) Battalion, by order of the Continental Congress, 514 |
| 12, |
Committee to procure copies of all Petitions to the King, for Parliament, from this Colony, since 1762, 514 |
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