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1776.
March .12,
Committee to examine the Troops raised for Canada, at Coos,
26
Instructions to Colonel Gerrish, to inquire into the causes of the long delay in the marching of Colonel Bedel’s Regiment,
26
13,
Committee to confer about officering the Regiment to be raised for the defence of the Colony,
26
Committee to repair to Cambridge, and request General Washington to return the Powder,
26
William Moulton authorized to make one hundred pounds weight of Copper Coin,
26
14,
Officers for the Regiment now to be raised for the defence of the Colony,
27
Committee on the expediency of granting a bounty to Privateers belonging to this Colony, and to Massachusetts,
27
15,
Committee to examine the matter of dispute between Colonel Hobart and Colonel Stark,
28
16,
Committee on the complaint against Colonel Folsom,
29
Complaints against the Field-Officers of the Sixth Regiment of this Colony,
29
19,
Bounties and price for Saltpetre,
30
Colonel Folsom requested to resign,
30
Persons who have held offices under the former Administration directed to deliver up to the Officers newly appointed all Books, Papers, and Records,
30
Captain Ladd permitted to make a voyage to the West-Indies, on certain conditions,
31
Proclamation of the new form of Government,
31
20,
Complaint against Committee of Safety for Hollis, &c., considered, and postponed,
32
Persons who, having held offices under the former Administration, refuse to deliver up Records, &c., to be committed to prison,
32
21,
Committee to provide for building a Powder-Mill,
33
Committee on the exorbitant prices of goods and necessaries of life,
34
22,
Committee to recommend persons for a Committee of Safety, to act in the recess of the General Court,
34
Committee of Safety appointed,
35
23,
Adjourned to the first Wednesday in June,
36


CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC.


Feb .1,
Letter from the Cumberland County, New-York, Committee, to the Provincial Congress: They hope the dissensions and animosities, heretofore so prevalent in the County, will, for the future, subside,
323
6,
Letter from General Schuyler to the New-York Congress: He has requested of Congress to know if the Companies, raised for garrisoning Crown-Point, Ticonderoga, Fort George, &c., were to be considered part of the Continental Regiment ordered to be raised for Canada,
251
8,
Letter from Nova-Scotia to General Washington,
936
8,
Petition from a Committee of Cumberland, Nova-Scotia, to General Washington,
938
9,
Letter from the Committee of Poughkeepsie to the New-York Congress: Not more than three Companies for the five Regiments can be raised in Westchester County,
291
9,
Letter from Elihu Marvin to the New-York Committee of Safety,
251
10,
Letter from General Washington to the New-York Congress: Earnestly requests they will, in the most expeditious manner, send him all the Arms they can procure,
289
11,
Letter from the New-York Delegates in the Continental Congress: The Provincial Congress ought to be the sole judges of its own members, and have the right to decide on admitting the Deputies elected for Richmond County,
263
12,
Petition of John Willett and others, of Queen’s County, to New-York Committee of Safety,
253
12,
Letter from Samuel Tucker to the New-York Congress: Colonel Heard, with a detachment of seven hundred men, is ordered to Staten-Island, to secure it from depredators,
263
1776.
Feb .14,
Letter from General Lee to the New-York Congress, proposing the establishment of a Corps of Artificers,
260
14,
Letter from General Lee to the New-York Congress, requesting a Vessel may be sent to the Hook to reconnoitre the Fleet,
264
14,
Letter from General Schuyler to the Albany Committee: With their assistance he will endeavour to raise Van Schaick’s Regiment,
294
15,
Letter from General Schuyler to the New-York Congress: For the Regiment now raising for Canada he has neither Arms, Blankets, nor Clothing,
294
16,
Letter from General Lee to the New-York Congress: Mr. Tryon has grossly abused the indulgence shown him, and inveigled some of the gunsmiths on board his ship; all intercourse with him is therefore necessarily interdicted,
272
16,
Letter from Colonel Drake to the New-York Congress; asking for his Regiment the Arms taken by Colonel Waterbury from the Tories in Westchester County,
272
17,
Letter from the New-York Congress to Colonel Heard: The danger apprehended of depredations on Staten-Island is removed, and his services there are no longer required,
276
17,
Letter from Lord George Germaine to Sir Guy Carleton: Relief will be sent to Quebeck as early as possible,
939
19,
Letter from General McDonald to General Moore: Demands his surrender, and offers him mercy,
64
19,
Letter from General Moore to General McDonald: He is not inclined to surrender, but will consult his Officers,
64
20,
Letter from General Moore to General McDonald: His Officers are unanimous in opinion with him, not to surrender,
64
20,
Letter from General McDonald to General Moore: It is his duty to conquer, if he cannot reclaim those who have taken up arms against the best of Kings,
64
20,
Letter from General Lee to the New-York Congress: The Asia and Phenix have seized several Provision Vessels from the Jerseys; feeding our plunderers reflects dishonour upon us, and encourages the enemy,
287
20,
Letter from the New-York Congress to General Lee: It is totally impossible to prevent the Asia and Phenix from supplying themselves with provisions; they seized the vessels from the Jerseys because their agents in town were stopped sending them supplies,
287
20,
Letter from Lord Stirling to the New-York Congress: Requests the Quartermaster may be furnished with the means of supplying the Troops,
288
20,
Letter from the New-York Congress to Lord Stirling: They cannot supply the Quartermaster with money for subsisting the Troops until the Continental Congress regulates the matter,
289
20,
Letter from the New-York Congress to General Washington: The Army raised last summer entirely drained them of arms, which have not been returned; they are now raising five Regiments, which will be chiefly destitute; and they have not the disposal of the arms taken from the Tories; hence he will perceive that they cannot grant him any relief,
289
20,
Letter from President Hancock to the New-York Congress: General Lee is directed to repair to Canada to conduct the military operations in that quarter; and they are requested to supply him with Battering Cannon, Shells, and Mortars,
297
21,
Letter from the New-York Congress to the Committee of Elizabethtown, in New-Jersey; complaining that they have imprisoned certain inhabitants of Richmond County, in the Colony of New-York,
293
21,
Letter from the New-York Congress to the Committee for Richmond County; informing them that they have requested the persons confined at Elizabethtown may be sent to Richmond County for trial,
293

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