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1776. Letter from Henry Remsen. Chairman of the City Committee, for instructions about complying with an application to send Spirits, Coffee, and Chocolate, on board the Asia, 1110
  Letter to Mr. Remsen, in reply: It is necessary to know by whom the application was made, before they can give any directions, 1111
  Petition of John Pell, 1111
  Petition of Margaret Graham, 1111
Feb. 8, Mr. Bayard informed the Committee that the Governour considers the Records safe where: they are; but he is willing to charter any Ship in the Harbour, and deposite the Records therein where they should be kept in safety for the Publick, 1112
  Letter from General Schuyler, dated January 25, 1113 Letter from Colonel Ritzema, dated January 3; Account of the attack on Quebeck, and the destitute condition of the Army, 1113
  Letter from Colonel Ritzema, dated January 5, 1115
  Letter from John R, Livingston, dated January 27: His Powder-Mill is finished, but is idle for want of Saltpetre, 1115
  Letter from William Floyd, dated February 5, 1115
  Letter from Thomas Thomas, Chairman of the Committee at White-Plains: The Powder sent them should he a Provincial charge; they think it hard to be required to purchase Powder for the defence of the Province in general, 1116
9, General Lee is authorized, if he thinks more Troops necessary, to call in Minute-Men of this Colony, but not to send to Pennsylvania for a Regiment, 1116
10, Letter from Colonel Robert Livingston, dated the 5th instant: His Furnace will be in blast early in April; but does not know whether they can cast Cannon, 1117
  Letter from Egbert Benson, Chairman of Dutchess County Committee: Timothy Doughty having shown a disposition inimical to the cause of liberty, has been committed to Jail, 1118
  John Carleton, the Pilot, examined and discharged, 1118
  Colonel Heard attended the Committee, and requests, as the Provincial Congress is not convened, they will take charge of the Prisoners he has brought from Queen's County, 1119
  Jacob Mott discharged; Benjamin Whitehead, Joseph French, John Polhemus, Nathaniel Moor, Samuel Hallet, William Weyman, John Shoals, John Willet, Charles Hicks, Samuel Martin, Thomas Smith, David Brooks, and John Townshend, to be confined under guard, at their own expense, 1119
  Letter to the Committee of Westchester, requesting them to prevent the sale of Beef or Pork to any person residing out of the Colony, 1120
  John Graham released on bonds to be of good behaviour towards all the friends of liberty in America, 1120
  Letter to the Provincial Congress of New-Jersey, requesting them to send Colonel Heard with his Regiment for the protection of Staten-Island, ll20
  Peter T. Curtenius directed to furnish what General Lee may require for the use of the Continental Army 1121
11, The removal of the Cannon on and near the Battery, both in its design and execution, being without the consent and knowledge of the Committee, and may bring on a firing from the Ships-of-War, the Publick Records, together with Samuel Bayard, are ordered to be removed under guard to a place of security, 1122
  Committee to make a list of the empty Houses in the City, for the accommodation of the Troops expected by General Lee, 1123
  Letter to the Committee of Elizabethtown, New-Jersey, requesting them to send Militia for the protection of Staten-Island, 1128
12, General Lee's order to permit persons to pass to the Governour's Ship, 1123
  Nicholas Lord permitted to load two Vessels with Flaxseed and Lumber, 1123
  Colonel Curtenius directed to supply General Lee with. Provisions, 1124
  Applications for Military appointments, 1124

CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC.

Feb. 13, Letter from Arthur Lee [to Benjamin Franklin:] A fund for necessary expenses should be placed in London, in faithful hands; the New-England men are fittest to be trusted in any dangerous or important enterprise, 1125
13, Letter from Arthur Lee: The Ministry, if every thing favours them, may have about thirty thousand Men in America by the 1st of June; they have found it impossible to recruit in England, Ireland, or Scotland, and have been obliged to draft from other Regiments to complete those which are going, 1125
14, Letter from Arthur Lee: Lord Cornwallis, with six Regiments, is to sail immediately for Virginia, where Clinton is to take command; they have certain assurances of being joined by the Scotch in Virginia, and those on the borders of North-Carolina, under the command of one McDonald. Howe, with a Fleet of seventy-two sail, is to get possession of New-York and Hudson's River, and cut off all North and South communication, 1127
13, Letter from Governour Wright to James Mackay; Arrived at Tybee yesterday morning, and, after a full conversation with the Officers, is able to affirm there will be no hostilities against the Province 1128
13, Extract of a Letter from Newbern, North-Carolina: Information has been received that the Tories and Regulators intend marching to Cross-Creek, and thence to Cape Fear, 1129
13, Manifesto by Thomas Rutherford, Colonel of the Cumberland, North-Carolina, Militia, requiring his Majesty's faithful; Subjects to repair to the Royal Standard at Cross-Creek before the 16th instant, or they will be treated as Rebels, 1129
13, Field-Officers appointed by the District for the Counties of Caroline, Spottsylvania, ??? George, and Stafford, 1129
13, Letter from William Lox to the Maryland Council of Safety, 1130
13, Petition of William Dusenberry to New-York Congress, to be appointed Surgeon to one of the Battalions, 1130
13, Letter from Abraham Godwin to the New-York Congress, 1130
13, Letter from Egbert Dumond to John McKesson; Will have no objection to the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel, 1131
13, Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress: Near thirty Oneidas and Mohawks have delivered him a Speech, and asked leave to go to Niagara and bring Colonel Butter home, 1131
  Letter from Edward Antill to General Schuyler: Is alarmed and shocked to hear of the great confusion, and irregularity at Montreal, as so much depends upon immediate relief in Canada, 1132
12, Letter from General Schuyler to Colonel Warner, desiring to know how many of his Men will remain in service during the campaign, 1132
13, Letter from General Wooster to the President of Congress: The Ministry will send a great force to Canada in the Spring: Quebeck must be taken before May; we have neither proper Artillery nor Ammunition to make the attempt, 1132
13, Letter from Edward Mott to Governour Trumbull, 1133
13, Letter from Robert H. Harrison to James Warren, requesting that the parole of Captain. William Wood may be enlarged, 1133
14, Letter from Captain Wood to Mr. Harrison, asking an enlargement of his parole, 1133
14, Letter from P, Begozzat to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety, offering his services in procuring what may be required for the Colonies at Martinico, 1143
14, Letter from the Council of Safety of Maryland to the Talbot County Committee, 1135
14, Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to Captains Kent and Henry, 1135
14, Letter from the Maryland Council of. Safety to William Hindman, Treasurer of the Eastern Shore, 1135,
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