| 1776. |
Christopher Carter discharged from Prison, and Leonard Snowden enlarged, on giving his parole that, in future, his conduct shall not be inimical to the American cause, 515 |
| Jan. 13, |
Captain Cadwallader appointed Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Vessels in the service of the Province, 515 |
| 15, |
Second Lieutenants for the First or Colonel Bull's Battalion, 516 |
| 16, |
Chaplain for Colonel Bull's Battalion appointed, 516 |
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Powder Committee empowered to continue their endeavours to import Powder, 517 |
| 17, |
Brig Dolphin sent to procure Powder in Foreign Ports, 517 |
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Publick Notice given that the Committee of Safety lend Money and give other encouragements, to Persons willing to erect Powder-Mills, 517 |
| 18, |
Dr. John Smith, charged with practices inimical to America, committed to Prison, 518 |
| 19, |
Report of Committee appointed to procure copies of Petitions to the King and Parliament, 518 |
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Petitions to the King: Of June 6, 1766; September 22, 1768; and March 5, 1771, 519 |
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Petition to the House of Lords, of September 22, 1768, 520 |
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Petitions to the House of Commons, January 14, 1766, and September 22, 1768, 520 |
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Dr. Rittenhouse, Robert Smith, and John Mc-Neal, to repair to Liberty Island, and lay out Works sufficient to defend it, 520 |
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Commodore Hazlewood directed to recruit four hundred Seamen and Landsmen for the Armed Boats and other Naval Equipments, 521 |
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David Rittenhouse, and others, appointed to carry into execution the Contract for casting Cannon, 523 |
| 22, |
Committee to survey the Jersey Shore, and determine what Posts it may be necessary to fortify, 524 |
| 23, |
Officers who have purchased Arms at their own expense, for the use of Associators unable to supply themselves, to be repaid, 524 |
| 24, |
Parole of Captain Duncan Campbell, 525 |
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Leonard Snowden discharged from his confinement, 525 |
| 25, |
Committee to provide for the erection of Powder-Mills, 526 |
| 26, |
Robert Morris permitted to export Produce of the Colonies to the amount of a quantity of Powder imported by him, 526 |
| 27, |
Dr. Smith examined, and remanded to Jail, 526 |
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CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. |
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| Jan. 1, |
Johannes in Eremo to the Publick, on the questions—In what sense it must be taken, that the King can do no wrong? What is Rebellion in a State? And whether, all things considered, it is not the indispensable duty of the United Colonies of America immediately to form themselves into an Independent Constitution, or a Republick State? 527 |
| 1, |
Letter from an English American to the Earl of Dartmouth, 530 |
| 1, |
Letter from Massachusetts Delegates in Congress to the Assembly, 1391 |
| 1, |
Letter from Robert Treat Paine to Massachusetts Council, 1262 |
| 1, |
Petition of. Dr. Church to the Congress, to be released from Prison, 531 |
| 1, |
Letter from Governour Trumbull to General Schuyler, 532 |
| 1, |
Letter from Governour Trumbull to General Washington, 532 |
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Minutes of Ordnance taken from the Ministerial Troops at the several Northern Posts, from the 1st of May to the 13th of November, 1775, 534 |
| 1, |
Letter from Governour Cooke to General Washington, 535 |
| 1, |
Letter from John Smith to General Washington, 536 |
| 1, |
Address of Dr. Morgan to the Publick: Thanks to the Towns of Concord, &c, for Supplies furnished the Hospital, 536 |
| 1, |
Instructions to Winthrop Sargent, Continental Prize-Agent at Cape-Ann, 537 |
| Jan. 1, |
Letter from Colonels Howe and Woodford to the Virginia Convention: Norfolk set on fire by the British, 538 |
| 2, |
Letter from Colonel Howe to the Virginia Convention: Account of the burning of Norfolk, 538 |
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An American; on the advantages to the cause, from the burning of Norfolk by the enemy, 539 |
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Letter from a Midshipman on board his Majesty's Ship Otter; Operations of the British in Virginia, from the battle at Great Bridge to the burning of Norfolk, 540 |
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Account of the burning of Norfolk; from Lord Dunmore's Virginia Gazette, printed on the Ship Dunmore, lying off Norfolk, 540 |
| 2, |
Letter from President of Congress to Massachusetts Assembly, 1391 |
| 2, |
Letter from Samuel Adams to Elbridge Gerry: The Military power should always be under the direction and control of the Legislative. When riches shall be deemed a necessary qualification for publick office, ambition, as well as avarice, will prompt men most ardently to thirst for them, 541 |
| 2, |
Proclamation by Governour Tryon, dissolving the General Assembly, 542 |
| 2, |
Letter from Peter R. Livingston to the New-York Committee of Safety, 1054 |
| 2, |
Letter from Colonel Campbell to General Wooster, 670 |
| 2, |
Letter from Colonel Arnold to General Wooster, 670 |
| 2, |
Writs issued by Governour Tryon for a new election of Representatives, 542 |
| 2, |
Letter from General Schuyler to Colonel Wynkoop, directing him to proceed with the Officers made prisoners in Canada, to. Trenton, in New-Jersey, 542 |
| 2, |
Letter from General Washington to General Ward, 542 |
| 2, |
Proclamation by the King, for encouraging Seamen to enter themselves on board his Majesty's Ships-of-War, 543 |
| 3, |
Extract of a Letter from Bristol, in England: A Rifleman, taken in crossing the St. Lawrence, and brought here a prisoner, is confined in Bridewell; he is a Virginian; has the heavy Provincial pronunciation, but otherwise speaks good English, 543 |
| 3, |
Letter from Colonel Williams to the Proprietors of Transylvania. Has established a Land-Office, appointed the necessary Officers, adopted regulations for entering Lands, and determined to lay off a Town at the Falls of the Ohio the ensuing Spring, 558 |
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Proceedings of the House of Delegates of the Colony of Transylvania, at Boonsborough, May 23, 1775, 546 |
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Proceedings of the Proprietors of Transylvania, at a meeting held in Oxford, Granville County, North-Carolina, September 25, 1775, 553 |
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Memorial of the Proprietors of Transylvania to the Continental Congress, 554 |
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Letter from James Hogg, the Delegate appointed by the Proprietors of Transylvania, to represent the Colony in the Continental, Congress: Account of his mission to Philadelphia; his interviews with Members of the Congress, and their opinions on the settlement and Government of the Colony, 543 |
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Letter from Silas Deane to James Hogg, giving his views on the Government proper to be adopted for Transylvania, 556 |
| 3, |
Letter from the President of Congress to Lord Stirling, 561 |
| 3, |
Letter from the Committee for Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to the President of Congress, complaining of the disorderly conduct of the Prisoners on parole in that Borough, 561 |
| 3, |
Letter from Joseph Hallet to John McKesson, 561 |
| 3, |
Letter from the New-York Committee of Safety to the President of Congress, requesting the determination of Congress on the plan for the Fortifications in the Highlands, 562 |
| 3, |
Letter from the New-York Committee of Safety to Jonathan Hampton, 1018 |
| 3, |
Letter from Golonel Nicoll to John McKesson, 1023 |
| 3, |
Letter from Colonel Ritzema to Peter V. B. Livingston, 1113 |