1778.
Jan. 9, |
Committee to prepare and report a scheme for the emission of Bills of Credit, to defray the expenses of defending the Province, 738 |
| 10, |
Instructions for the Deputies representing the Province in Congress, considered, 733 |
| 11, |
Instructions for the Deputies further considered, and adopted, 733 |
| 12, |
Money advanced to William Whetcroft, of Annapolis, to assist him in erecting a Rolling, Sheeting, and Slitting Mill, within twenty miles of Baltimore, 740 |
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Bank of Counties and Colonels established, 740 |
| 13, |
Bills of Credit, to the amount of five hundred and thirty-five thousand one hundred and eleven Dollars and one-ninth, part of a Dollar, to be emitted, 741 |
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Provision for redeeming the Bills of Credit, 743 |
| 14, |
Regulations adopted for Raising, Clothing, and Victualling the Forces to be raised in the Province, 744 |
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Officers of the Forces to be raised, 745 |
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Instructions for inlisting Men in the service of Maryland, 746 |
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Rules for regulating and governing-the Forces to be raised and employed in the Service of the Province of Maryland, 743 |
| 15, |
Minute-Companies in Dorchester, Queen Anne, and Kent, ordered to march immediately to Accomack and Northampton Counties, in Virginia, to the assistance of the Inhabitants there, 753 |
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Powers and authorities of the Deputies of the Province, in Congress, continued to the end of the next session of the Convention, 754 |
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Rank of the Militia Officers established, 754 |
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Regulations for filling vacancies in Committees of Observation, 755 |
| 16, |
All persons who neglect or refuse to sign the Association before the eleventh day of April next, required to deliver up their Arms, 756 |
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Report on the Memorial from the Justices of Baltimore County Court, 756 |
| 17, |
Conduct of many persons in neglecting to pay their Levies, highly disapproved by the Convention, 758 |
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Encouragement to John Archer and James Harris to undertake a Flax or Hemp Manufactory, 759 |
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Manner of collecting Debts prescribed, 759 |
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Council of Safety, Their powers and duties, 759 |
| 18, |
Records to be removed from Annapolis to some place of greater security, 761 |
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Declaration of the Convention on the King's Speech to Parliament, on the 27th of October last, 762 |
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Adjourned to second Tuesday in April, but may be convened sooner by Council of Safety, 762 |
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CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. |
| Jan18, |
Letter from Bayard, Jackson & Co., to Montandouin & Frere, 659 |
| 18, |
Letter from the President of Congress to the Committee for Lancaster, in Pennsylvania: The conduct of the Committee respecting the Prisoners is approved by Congress, 761 |
| 18, |
Letter from the President of Congress to General Washington, 763 |
| 18, |
Letter from Committee of Congress to Commodore Hopkins, giving him information and instructions, 763 |
| 18, |
Letter from Lord Stirling to Colonel Maxwell, 916 |
| 18, |
Letter from Lord Stirling to the President of Congress: Preparations for Colonel Heard's expedition to Queen's County, New-York, 764 |
| 18, |
Return of Field and Staff Officers of the First New-Jersey Regiment, 765 |
| 18, |
Letter from New-York Committee of Safety to James Livingston, 1055 |
| 18, |
Proclamation by Governour Trumbull, 931 |
| 18, |
Resolutions of County Convention at Fairfield, Connecticut, 765 |
| 18, |
Letter from Governour Trumbull to General Washington: Has given orders to raise a Regiment for Canada, 765 |
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Letter from General Wooster to Colonel Warner, urging him to collect as many Men as possible immediately, and send them to Canada, 766 |
| 1776, |
Letter from Mark Hopkins to Colonel Barrett, urging him to forward on Recruits, to be sent to Montreal, 766 |
| Jan.18, |
Letter from General Washington to General Schuyler: A Council of General Officers has determined that Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New-Hampshire, should each immediately raise a Regiment for Canada, 766 |
| 18, |
Letter from Colonel Enos to General Washington, requesting permission to resign, 768 |
| 18, |
Letter from General Sullivan to the New-Hampshire Assembly, 768 |
| 18, |
Letter from Joseph Mayhew to the Massachusetts Council, informing them of the state of civil affairs in Dukes County, 769 |
| 18, |
Letter from Hugh Orr to Moses Gill, 1385 |
| 18, |
Return of the number of Inhabitants on the Isle of Shoals, 770 |
| 19, |
Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to Richard Harrison, 771 |
| 19, |
Instructions of the Maryland Council of Safety to Captain Forsythe, to dispose of his cargo at Martinico, and, with the proceeds, to purchase Arms and Ammunition for the Province, 771 |
| 19, |
Letter from Lord Stirling to the President of Congress: The party destined for Queen's County are chiefly on Long-Island, 772 |
| 19, |
Letter from Samuel Tucker to the President of Congress: The British Officers, prisoners, have made choice of Bordentown for their place of residence, and request the Band of Musick and their Servants may go with them, 772 |
| 19. |
Letter from New-York Committee of Safety to Captain Samuel Raymond, 1056 |
| 19, |
Letter from New-York Committee of Safety to Commissioners for Fortifications, 1057 |
| 19, |
Letter from New-York Committee of Safety to Albany County Committee, 1057 |
| 19, |
Letter from Richmond County Committee to New-York Committee of Safety, 1069 |
| 19, |
Declaration by the Inhabitants of Queen's County, New-York, 858 |
| 19, |
Oath subscribed by sundry Inhabitants of Queen's County, New-York, 860 |
| 19, |
Letter from Thomas Grenell to New-York Committee of Safety, 1064 |
| 19, |
Letter from General Wooster to Gen. Schuyler, 1004 |
| 19, |
Letter from Perez Morton to Massachusetts Delegates in Congress, 1266 |
| 19, |
Letter from General Washington to the President of Congress, 772 |
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Minutes of a Council of War at Head-Quarters, Cambridge, held January 16, 1776, 774 |
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Minutes of another Council of War held On the 16th of January, 774 |
| 19, |
Letter from General Washington to the General Court of Massachusetts, requesting them to raise a Regiment to reinforce the Army in Canada, 775 |
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General Orders, from January 12 to January 19, 776 |
| 19, |
Orders by General Sullivan to Colonel Waldron, to raise a Regiment for Canada, 778 |
| 20, |
Address of an American, recommending the opening the Ports of the Colonies to all Nations except the British, 779 |
| 20, |
Letter from, the Maryland Council of Safety to the Deputies of Maryland in Congress, requesting them to procure Cannon for the Fortifications at Annapolis and Baltimore, 780 |
| 20, |
Letter from Stephen Steward to Charles Wallace, with a plan for the defence of Annapolis, 780 |
| 20, |
Letter from James Murray to the Maryland Council of Safety, 780 |
| 20, |
Letter from the President of Congress to General Washington: The Congress are anxious to repair our losses in Canada, and to gain possession of Quebeck before the enemy can be reinforced in the Spring, 781 |
| 20, |
Letter from the President of Congress to Governour Trumbull, 782 |
| 20, |
Letter from the President of Congress to the Convention of New-Hampshire, 782 |
| 20, |
Letter from the President of Congress to the New-York Committee of Safety, 783 |
| 20, |
Letter from the President of Congress to General Schuyler, 783 |
| 20, |
Letter from the President of Congress to the New-Jersey Committee of Safety, 733 |
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