1776. |
Mar, 10 |
Letter from Lazarus Stewart and others to the President of Congress, applying for Commissions, |
171 |
10, |
Letter from Charles Carroll to Maryland Council of Safety: Feats the Powder sent from Philadelphia has been seized by one of the British Tenders. It is the general sentiment of the people in Baltimore that the enemys Ships should not be supplied with any Provisions, |
171 |
10, |
Letter from Colonel Beall to Maryland Council of Safety: Has received at Bladens-burgh a quantity of Powder and twelve Muskets; will keep his Battalion ready to move till further orders, |
171 |
10, |
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Colonel Hindman: The Man-of-War has passed by Annapolis, towards Baltimore, |
172 |
10, |
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Colonel Beall: To hold his Battalion in readiness to march at a moments warning, |
172 |
10, |
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Dorchester County Committee, |
172 |
10, |
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Captain Gunby: Cannot furnish him with Arms, |
172 |
10, |
Maryland Council of Safety to Charles Carroll: A Flag has been sent on shore from the Otter to Governour Eden, |
173 |
10, |
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Governour Eden: The time has been when any of his Majestys Ships would with pleasure have been supplied with Provisions. Captain Squire, in burning a Vessel in full view of Annapolis, adds insult to the misfortunes already felt by the people of the Pirovince. |
173 |
10, |
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Charles Carroll: The hostile Fleet has sailed down the Bay, but will return in two or three days; therefore prepare for the defence of Baltimore, |
173 |
10, |
Letter from Lord Stirling to Colonel Dayton, requiring him instantly to get the Third Regiment of New-Jersey Troops in the best possible condition for inarching; they must go out of the Province by Tuesday, at farthest, |
173 |
10, |
Letter from Lord Stirling to General Schuyler: On the 25th of this month the effective force for the defence of New-York will be reduced to five hundred men. Information has just been received that Great Britain has engaged four thousand Hanoverians and six thousand Hessians, for the American war, |
174 |
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Agreement with a Company of Artificers to be raised for the Continental Service, |
174 |
10, |
Letter from Lord Stirling to the President of Congress: A Packet-boat arrived from England in nine weeks; brings intelligence of the reinforcements to be sent to America in the Spring. Two gentlemen in the Packet will set out for Philadelphia in the morning, and give all the particulars of the intelligence, |
175 |
10, |
Letter from James Deane to General Schuyler, |
768 |
10, |
Letter from Benjamin Smith to the Massachusetts Council: With a detachment of his Company has captured the Ship Harriet, a store-ship from London, bound to Boston, |
176 |
10, |
Letter from Beriah Norton to the Massachusetts Council, |
176 |
10, |
Letter from the Camp at Cambridge: We attempted last night to take possession of Nooks Hill, but failed. There is now less appearance of the embarkation of the enemy than for some days past. It is believed they will soon draw off, and that their destination will be to New-York, |
177 |
10, |
Proclamation by General Howe, requiring all good subjects to use their utmost endeavours to have all Linen and Woollen Goods removed from Boston, as such articles are much wanted by the Rebels, and would aid and assist them in their Rebellion, |
177 |
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Draft of a Letter found among the Papers of Crean Brush, who was taken in his flight from Boston to Halifax, |
177 |
1776. |
Mar. .11, |
Letter from Charlestown, South-Carolina: Captain Baker, of the Good Intent, fitted out at Charlestown, has brought in four of six Transports, that were under the convoy of a British Sloop-of-War, |
178 |
11, |
Letter from Colonel Dorsey to Maryland Council of Safety: Will, according to order, dismiss his Battalion of Militia, who were in order to march to any part of the Province, |
178 |
11, |
Letter from the Elkridge Committee to Maryland Council of Safety, |
178 |
11, |
Letter from Joseph Galloway to Maryland Council of Safety, |
178 |
11, |
Letter from the Council of Safety to the Delegates of Maryland in Congress: Account of the expedition of the British Sloop-of-War, Captain Squire, up the Bay, |
179 |
11, |
Salus Populi to the People of North-America: On the different kinds of Government, |
180 |
11, |
Letter from the President of Congress to General Washington: Requests Captain Connor, of the Rifle Battalion, may be sent to Philadelphia, Congress having occasion to employ him in the Southern Department, |
183 |
11, |
Letter from General Lee to the President of Congress, |
183 |
11, |
Letter from Dr. Franklin to General Schuyler: Informs him of the appointment of Commissioners to go to Canada, who purpose setting out this week, |
183 |
11, |
Letter from Lord Stirling to General Washing ton, |
183 |
11, |
Letter from Abraham Livingston to New-York Congress: Declines serving further as Commissary of Provisions, |
184 |
11, |
Letter from General Greene to General Washington, |
185 |
12, |
Letter from Talbot County Committee to Maryland Council of Safety, asking advice as to the Non-Enrollers: The proceedings of the Convention not having been received until the 3d instant, they think it would be extremely rigorous to proceed immediately to levy fines, and seize their Arms, |
185 |
12, |
Letter from John McClure to Maryland Council of Safety, |
185 |
12, |
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Committee for Talbot County: Alexander Wickham, apprehended as a person inimical to the liberties of this country, is sent to them for trial, the witnesses on both sides residing on the Eastern-Shore, |
185 |
12, |
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Baltimore Committee: The Gunpowder and Arms from Philadelphia, impatiently expected, |
185 |
12, |
Letter from the Baltimore Committee to Maryland Delegates in Congress, requesting them to obtain an order from Congress for the Continental Troops in Cumberland and York Counties to march to their assistance, |
1511 |
12, |
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Captains Henry and Kent, detached for special duty to Northampton County, Virginia, |
186 |
12, |
Address to the Ladies of Baltimore: Requesting them to supply the Surgeons with Linen Rags, &c., for bandages, |
186 |
12, |
Letter from Philadelphia to a Gentleman in England: The present condition of affairs in the Colonies, |
186 |
12, |
Cato to the People of Pennsylvania, Letter II: Urges the propriety of receiving and treating with the Commissioners appointed by Great Britain: Many weeks have not elapsed since the first open proposition for Independence was published to the world: It has no countenance from the Congress, to whose sentiments we look up with reverence, |
188 |
12, |
Letter from Alexander McDonald and others, to Jonathan Sergeant; requesting they may be excused signing the Association, which has been tendered to them in New-Jersey, |
190 |
12, |
Letter from Captain Macpherson to the Continental Congress: Requesting employment in the Navy. If the Congress desire it he will make known his discoveries to as many as they may appoint for that purpose; but the fewer that know them, the less probability of our enemies knowing them, |
191 |
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