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1776.
Mar .14,
Letter from David Matthews to New-York Congress; enclosing Letters from Francis Dashwood, Secretary of the General Post Office, and John Foxcroft, of the Swallow Packet, requesting Clerks may be sent on board the Packet to take an account of the Letters, in order for their immediate delivery,
216
14,
Letter from Lord Stirling to the President of Congress: The quantity of Powder at New-York does not exceed three tons; expecting a visit from the enemy, he has stopped seven tons there on its way to Cambridge,
217
Regulations agreed to for the defence of New-York between Brigadier-General Lord Stirling, of the Continental Troops, and a Committee of the Provincial Congress,
217
General Orders issued by Lord Stirling, as Commanding Officer at New-York, from March 13 to March 17th,
218
14,
Letter from Lord Stirling to Governour Trumbull: Requests the two Connecticut Regiments now at New-York may remain there until they are relieved by others from that Colony,
221
14,
Letter from Colonel Winds to the President of Congress: Every Officer in the Regiment is dissatisfied with the appointment of Mr. Ogden as Lieutenant-Colonel,
221
14,
Letter from the Albany Committee to the New-York Congress,
222
14,
Letter from Lord Stirling to Captain Warner; directing him to take James Boyd, and bring him before the Provincial Congress,
222
14,
Letter from Abraham Livingston to the New-York Congress: He is deputed to act as Assistant Deputy Commissary of Stores and Provisions until an order is produced from the Continental Congress to the contrary,
222
14,
Abraham Livingston’s Proposals for supplying the Army in the Colony of New-York,
222
14,
Letter from Jacob Bamper to John McKesson: Desires to be recommended for a Captain’s or Lieutenant’s Commission,
223
14,
Petition of William Gandell to the New-York Congress: He has followed the sea, is now out of employ, and offers himself as a proper person for Lieutenant of Artillery, or Master of one of the Vessels on the Lakes,
223
14,
Letter from General Washington to Lord Stirling: General Howe’s Army is certainly about to leave Boston; it is given out they are bound to Halifax, but it is probable New-York is their place of destination, and we must use every endeavour to keep it from them. Reinforcements will immediately be sent from Cambridge,
223
14,
Letter from General Washington to General Lee,
224
14,
Letter from General Washington to Meshech Weare: It is impossible at this time to return the Powder: at present the smallest quantity cannot be spared; it shall be replaced as soon as circumstances will admit of it,
224
14,
Letter from General Sullivan to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety: Requests Commissions may be sent for the Officers of Colonel Waldron’s Regiment; and expresses regret for the ungenerous treatment he has received from some persons in New-Hampshire who have sacrificed much less than he has in the common cause,
225
14,
Letter from Captain Salter to the New-Hampshire Assembly: Signals have been agreed upon to announce the approach of an enemy,
225
15,
An American to the People of Virginia: On the treatment the Colonies have received from Great Britain: Independence should be declared, the ports opened to a trade with the nations of Europe, and France called on for assistance,
225
15,
Letter from G. Mason and John Dalton to the Maryland Council of Safety: They have been appointed by the Committee of Safety of Virginia to fit out three Armed Vessels and two row-Galleys for the defence of the Potomack; but they are out of Powder, and request they may have ten casks until their own is received from Philadelphia,
227
1776.
Mar .15,
Letter from Benjamin Mackall to Maryland Council of Safety,
228
15,
Letter from James Murray to Maryland Council of Safety: Another visit is expected from the enemy, and the people have no Powder,
228
15,
Letter from Jonathan Beall to Maryland Council of Safety: The people of Prince George’s County, particularly the Potomack part of it, are extremely desirous to procure some Powder, as it is apprehended the enemy may come up the river, as far as Alexandria; a pound for every man would be of great service,
229
15,
Letter from M. Gist to Maryland Council of Safety,
230
15,
Letter from William Lux to Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer: Captain Nicholson has sent to Frederick for twenty Riflemen to add to his Marines, and desires the Council of Safety to furnish the Rifles for them,
231
15,
Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to Captain Nicholson; conveying their thanks to him, his Officers, and Men, for their conduct in repelling the late hostile attack upon the persons and properties of their fellow-citizens,
231
15,
Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to their Delegates in Congress: Desiring their assistance in the purchase of all the private adventures of Powder imported in the Wild Duck, at Philadelphia,
231
15,
Letter from the President of Congress to New-Jersey Committee of Safety: It is feared our implacable enemies are determined to bend their force against New-York; the Congress have therefore authorized the Commanding Officer at that place to call in the aid of the Militia of the neighbouring Colonies,
231
15,
Letter from the President of Congress to New-York Committee of Safety: Protection and defence of New-York,
232
15,
Letter from the President of Congress to Lord Stirling: It is the desire of Congress, by all possible means, to provide for the defence of New-York, and that the utmost diligence be exerted in erecting the works and perfecting the defences agreeable to the plan left by General Lee,
232
15,
Letter from the President of Congress to Governour Trumbull,
233
15,
Letter from the President of Congress to Lord Stirling: Directs him to send forward the Powder directly to Cambridge, unless he has express advice from General Washington that the enemy have left Boston,
233
15,
Letter from Joseph Reed to General Washington: Not a syllable yet from our Fleet; it is four weeks to-morrow since they left our Capes. It is said Arthur Lee has written that Commissioners are coming out to settle the dispute. I am more afraid of these Commissioners than of their Fleets and Annies; I am apprehensive they will divide us; there is so much suspicion in Congress, and so much party on this subject, that little is required to kindle a flame. Mr. Deane, of Connecticut, is gone to Europe; his errand may be guessed, though little is said about it,
233
15,
Letter from John Cadwallader to the Pennsylvania Assembly, declining the appointment of Colonel, second in command; he considers himself entitled to the First Battalion,
686
15,
Letter from John Smith, a prisoner, to Congress,
236
15,
Prices of sundry articles established by the Committee of Newark, New-Jersey: Any person who shall demand or receive higher prices, to be published as an enemy to his country,
236
15,
Letter from the Committee for Essex County, New-Jersey, to Lord Stirling: One Company is now sent, and the three others will follow to-morrow, to New-York,
237
15,
Letter from Lord Stirling to Colonel Dayton: Requires him to march immediately to New-York, with his Regiment, as soon as his Companies can be prepared,
237
15,
Letter from Lord Stirling to General Washington,
237

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