| 1776. |
vernours. The ill consequences from another defensive campaign are not to be described. For an offensive campaign proper Army, of twenty thousand men, is necessary, 699 |
| Jan. 17, |
Letter from John Youste to the Maryland Council of Safety, 702 |
| 17, |
Extract of a Letter from New-York: General Lee is on his way there; the Jersey Troops are crossing to Long-Island, 702 |
| 17, |
Letter from New-York Committee of Safety to General Schuyler, 1053 |
| 17, |
Letter from New-York Committee of Safety to Lord Stirling, 1053 |
| 17, |
Petition, Address, and Remonstrance, of the Inhabitants of the New-Hampshire Grants to the Continental Congress, 702 |
| 17, |
Further accounts of the unsuccessful attack on Quebeck, 705-709 |
| 17, |
Letter from Robert H. Harrison to William Bartlett, 709 |
| 17, |
Letter from General Sullivan to General Gates, 709 |
| 17, |
Letter from General Sullivan to the General Court of New-Hampshire: A Court of Inquiry will be held to-morrow on Colonel Stark, 709 |
| 17, |
Letter from Meshech Weare to General Washington, 709 |
| 17, |
Extract of a Letter from a Captain of an English Transport at Boston to his Owners, 710 |
|
MARYLAND CONVENTION. |
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1775.
Dec. 7, |
Convention met at Annapolis 711 |
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List of the Delegates, 711 |
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Matthew Tilghman chosen President, and Gabriel Dovall Clerk, 711 |
| 8, |
Connolly, Smith, and Cameron, in custody by order of the Frederick County Committee, 711 |
| 9, |
Robert Alexander and John Rogers chosen Delegates to the Continental Congress, in place of John Hall and Robert Goldsborougb, 712 |
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| 11, |
Parliamentary Post not permitted to travel in, or pass through, the Province, 713 |
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Every Member of the Convention required to keep all the Debates and Proceedings secret, 713 |
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Francis Baker, of Talbot County, who had been guilty of a breach of the Continental Association, expelled the House, 713 |
| 12, |
Committee for Talbot County requested to send Isaac Atkinson, under a guard, to the Convention, 714 |
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Committee for Kent County requested to send the Rev. John Patter son, under a guard, to the Convention, 714 |
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No Boat, or other Vessel, belonging to the Province, permitted to go out of the Province without a license, in writing, from the Convention, or a Committee, 715 |
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Members ordered not to leave the House without permission, 715 |
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Committee on a Petition from the Frontier Inhabitants of Frederick County, 715 |
| 13, |
Committee to devise the best ways and means to promote the manufacture of Saltpetre, 715 |
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Conduct of Committee for Somerset County, in raising a Company, approved, 715 |
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Committee to report who have subscribed, or refused or neglected to subscribe, the Association directed by the last Convention, 716 |
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Committee to report who have not enrolled themselves either as Minute or Artillery-Menor in the Militia, 716 |
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Committee to examine and report the quantity and condition of the Arms and Ammunition of the Province, 716 |
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Cannon and Shot at Fort Cumberland, Old-town, and Fort Frederick, to be conveyed to Baltimore, 716 |
| 14, |
William Bartlett Townsend, of Worcester County, has left the Province with inimical designs against the same, and has carried sundry Inhabitants of the Province to join Lord Dunmore, 717 |
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Robert Buchanan, a Member for Kent County, censured by the Convention, 717 |
| 15, |
Robert Davis reprimanded for resisting the Orders of the Committee for Anne Arundel County, 718 |
1776.
Dec.16, |
Isaac Atkinson brought before the Convention, reprimanded, and required to give a bond of one thousand Pounds for his future good behaviour, 719 |
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Thanks of the Convention to the Committee of Somerset County, for arresting and securing Atkinson, 719 |
| 18, |
Rev. Mr. Patterson brought before the Convention in custody of a Guard; heard in his defence, and acknowledged the impropriety of his conduct, in speaking disrespectfully of the Proceedings of the Conventions of the Province, 720 |
| 19, |
Committee of Worcester County directed to order Benjamin Shockley before them, and reprimand him, 721 |
| 21, |
Edward Davis, on suspicion of attempting to convey intelligence to Lord Dun more, brought before the Convention, examined, and ordered to be confined, 721 |
| 22, |
Committee to consider and report the most effectual method of establishing a Gun-Lock Manufactory, 722 |
| 23, |
Committee to receive and report on till Proposals relating to the establishment of Manufactories of any kind within the Province; 722 |
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Instructions to the Delegates in Congress respecting the sale of India Teas, 723 |
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Committee to consider what alterations and amendments are necessary in the Regulations of the Militia, 723 |
| 27, |
Resolutions for the encouragement of the manufacture of Saltpetre, 723 |
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Form of a Commission for the Officers of the Militia of the Province, 725 |
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Commissioners for the establishment of a Gun-Lock Manufactory in Fredericktown, 726 |
| 28, |
Council of Safety authorized to lend Money, without interest, to encourage the erection of a Powder-Mill within fourteen miles of Baltimore, 726 |
| 29, |
Committee to prepare a draught of Instructions for the Deputies representing this Province in Congress, 727 |
1776.
Jan. 1, |
Report of the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Province, to put the Province immediately in a state of defence, and raise a sufficient Armed Force for its protection, read and adopted, 728 |
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Committee to report Resolutions for raising and supporting the Forces to be raised, 728 |
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Committee to report Rules and Regulations for the government of the Forces, 723 |
| 2, |
Persons commissioned in the Regular Forces cannot serve in the Convention, or hold any civil office, 728 |
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Field-Officers for the Battalion (Light-Infantry) chosen, 725 |
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Captains of the seven Independent Companies, 728 |
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Captains of the Light-Infantry, 729 |
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Vessel from Lincoln County, Massachusetts, permitted to take a quantity of Grain from Somerset County, 729 |
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Lieutenants for the Independent Companies and Light-Infantry, 729 |
| 3, |
Petition of Fielder Gaunt, for assistance to working a Lead-Minein Frederick County, granted, 730 |
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Petition of Alexander McFadon, for assistance in establishing a Linen, Woollen, and Cotton Manufactory, in Frederick County, rejected, 730 |
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Petition of Edward Parker granted, 731 |
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Report of Committee for establishing Linen and Woollen Manufactories throughout the Province, rejected, 731 |
| 4, |
Rule for making out Commissions for Officers of the Independent Companies, 732 |
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Amendments to the Regulations of the Militia of the Province, 733 |
| 5, |
Committees of Observation required to purchase the whole of the Sulphur in their respective Counties, 735 |
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The several Counties in, the Province divided into Districts, or Brigades, 735 |
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A Brigadier-General, a Quartermaster, and an Adjutant, allowed to each District 735 |
| 6, |
Field-officers of the Militia in the several Districts appointed, 735 |
| 8, |
Further appointments in the Militia, 737 |