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1776.
May, 8
Letter from Lazarus Stewart and others to the President of Congress, applying for Commissions,
127
Certificate of the choice of the Officers, by the inhabitants of Westmoreland, on Susque-hannah River, in the Colony of Connecticut,
127
Agreement signed by the Inhabitants, to inlist and serve under the Officers chosen,
127
8,
Letter from John Connolly to the Congress, requesting permission to reside in the country, for the benefit of his health,
1122
8,
Dialogue in a wood, near Philadelphia, between the Ghost of General Montgomery and a Delegate in the Congress,
128
8,
Letter from Lord Stirling to Colonel Ward, with directions to seize Frank James, a Pilot, who assists Captain Parker, of the British Ship Phenix,
131
8,
Letter from Lord Stirling to the President of Congress: He has taken command at New-York, General Lee having left yesterday evening: The two Connecticut Regiments will not remain after the 25th, there will then be left but five hundred men; while five thousand will be too few to defend the place,
131
8,
Letter from Malcolm Morrison to New-York Congress: Declines the appointment of Major in Colonel Swartwout’s Regiment,
136
8,
Letter from Hendrick Garrison to the New-York Congress: Complaining of the abuse he received before the Committee for Richmond County,
136
8,
Letter from Thomas Belknap, Jun., to General Lee: Offers to raise a Company of Riflemen,
137
8,
Letter from Colonel Hasbrouck to the New-York Congress: Returns the Commissions sent for the Field-Officers of his Regiment, and refuses to serve under George Clinton as Brigadier-General,
137
8,
Memorial of Field-Officers of First Regiment in Ulster County to New-York Congress: Complaining of great injustice to them in the arrangement of the Officers,
139
8,
Letter from General Schuyler to New-York Congress: The command on the Lakes has been offered to Major Douglass, by the Continental Congress; if he does not accept, there is no person more acceptable than Captain Wynkoop,
389
8,
Letter from Colonel Bedel to the New-Hamp shire Committee of Safety: He will proceed to Quebeck as fast as his men can be sent off,
140
9,
Deposition of Peter Simon, at Wilmington, in North-Carolina,
140
Deposition of William Raddon: The British intend to attack Brunswick,
140
9,
Letter from Virginia Committee of Safety to Maryland Council of Safety, asking their concurrence in the measures for the defence of the Potomack River,
141
9,
Letter from Captain Thomas to Maryland Council of Safety,
141
9,
Letter from Captain Haslett to Maryland Council of Safety,
142
9,
Letter from Charles Carroll to Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer: The Ship Defence is in the River, and Captain Nicholson thinks her a match for the Otter,
142
9,
Letter from John Chew to Captain Chew,
143
9,
Letter from Samuel Birkhead to Captain Chew,
143
9,
Return of the Thirty-First Battalion of Maryland, commanded by Colonel John Weems,
143
9,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Baltimore Committee,
143
9,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to General Chamberlaine,
144
9,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Committee of Alexandria: A British Ship-of-War has passed up the Bay, probably to Baltimore, to take the Ship Defence,
144
9,
Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to Virginia Committee of Safety,
144
9,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Charles Carroll: Captain Stricker’s Company must march to Baltimore; when the Man-of-War comes down the Bay, they must proceed to Annapolis,
145
1776.
May. .9,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Captain Stricker,
145
9,
Letter from Baltimore Committee to Captain Nicholson: If the Tenders escape him and join the Otter, it will be improper to attack them all together,
1509
9,
Letter from Thomas Johnson to Maryland Council of Safety: Captain Tibbet has just arrived at Philadelphia; the Powder, &c., he has brought shall be sent forward,
145
9,
Letter from the Maryland Delegates in Congress to the Council of Safety: Soon as advice was received that a Man-of-War was in the Bay, Powder was forwarded by land to Baltimore,
145
9,
A Lover of Order: Recommends to the various Committees and Conventions on the Continent to declare their sentiments on the important subject of Independence,
146
9,
Letter from Samuel Tucker to Lord Stirling: Enclosing a Resolution of the Continental Congress, declaring it inexpedient to raise any more Battalions in New-Jersey,
146
9,
Petition of Robert Robinson and Michael Price to New-York Congress, expressing their contrition, and praying to be restored to publick favour,
466
9,
Letter from John Hathorn to the New-York Congress: Officers elected in Orange County,
146
9,
Letter from General Schuyler to Governour Trumbull: Has, on his own security, procured and sent General Wooster upwards five thousand Dollars, in specie, who is in great distress for it, as the Canadians will not take our Paper money: The impassable condition of the Roads will detain the Troops destined for Canada, who, besides, are deficient in Arms,
147
9,
Letter from General Schuyler to General Washington: He cannot procure Arms for the Troops on their way to Canada; many of those from New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, come almost without them; none are to be had in New-York, and how to arm the four Regiments raising in the Colony, no mortal knows. Twelve heavy Cannon are on their way from New-York, but what can be done with them in Canada without Powder and Ball?
147
Affidavit of William Bradley, a Midshipman of the Gaspee: Colonel Allen was brought on board the vessel then lying at Montreal, in September last; he was for some time kept in irons and handcuffs,
149
Affidavit of Levi Solomons: He saw Colonel Allen with a pair of irons on his legs and a sentinel standing before him, with a pistol in his hand,
149
Affidavit of James Morrison: In October last he saw Colonel Allen on board the Gaspee man-of-war with a pair of handcuffs on his hands,
149
9,
Letter from Governour Trumbull to a Committee of Congress, enclosing statements of losses sustained by the people of Connecticut from the hostilities of the Ministerial Army and Navy, since March last,
149–165
9,
Letter from General Washington to Governour Trumbull: A detachment of twenty-five hundred men, under General Thomas, began the works on Dorchester Hill, on Monday last, and the enemy are now preparing to evacuate Boston,
165
9,
Letter from Colonel Moylan to Lord Stirling: The General has taken possession of the Heights of Dorchester, and is preparing to erect a Fort on Nook’s Hill, which commands the South of Boston. If the enemy does not move off, he is determined to force them to a battle. If they leave here, New-York will probably be their destination,
166
9,
Letter from Colonel Moylan to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety,
167
9,
Affidavit of John Rodgers, relative to his treatment by the British Officers in Boston,
167
10,
Letter from North-Carolina: Particulars of the Battle at Moore’s Creek Bridge, about twenty miles above Wilmington,
170

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