1776. |
Mar .15, |
Letter from a Committee of Westchester County, New-York, to the Provincial Congress, |
238 |
15, |
Letter from Colonel Nicoll to New-York Congress: The Garrison at Fort Constitution, in the Highlands, is destitute of almost every necessary article, |
239 |
15, |
Letter from Levi Pawling to New-York Congress: Difficulties about Commissions, |
239 |
15, |
Letter from Colonel Porter to James Warren: Difficulties in raising the Regiment for Canada, |
240 |
16, |
Letter from the Council of Safety of Georgia to the Council of Safety of South-Carolina; operations of the British Fleet at Savannah, |
599 |
16, |
Letter from the Georgia Council of Safety to Captain Barkley and Major Grant: They will neither make nor receive any other terms than those already offered, |
603 |
16, |
Letter from William Ennalls to Maryland Council of Safety: Has been able to collect but about five hundred Pounds, in Specie, in Dorchester County; this may be had immediately by sending the Paper money to give in exchange for it, |
241 |
16, |
Certificate of Committee of Dorchester County, Maryland, of the election of Officers of the Buck Company, |
242 |
16, |
Certificate of the Committee of Dorchester County, Maryland, of the election of Officers of Company called Friends to America, |
242 |
16, |
Letter from the Baltimore Committee to the Maryland Council of Safety: They desire to know if the defences commenced on the late appearance of Captain Squire are to be completed, |
242 |
16, |
Letter from the Baltimore Committee to Maryland Council of Safety: Safe keeping and delivery of the publick Powder, |
243 |
16, |
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to the Brigadier-Generals: Thanks for their ardour on the late alarm, |
244 |
16, |
Letter from the President of Congress to Captain Campbell, a prisoner, granting him perimssion to visit Philadelphia, |
244 |
16, |
Letter from the President of Congress to the Committee of Reading, Pennsylvania, |
244 |
16, |
Letter from President of Congress to Captain Nelson: Directs him to repair to New-York with his Rifle Company, |
244 |
16, |
Letter from Matthew Tilghman to Maryland Council of Safety, enclosing the Resolution of Congress directing ail persons to be disarmed who are disaffected to the cause of America, |
244 |
16, |
Letter from Robert Treat Paine to the New-Hampshire Assembly, enclosing the Resolutions of Congress, recommending the erection of Works for the manufacture of Saltpetre and Gunpowder, |
245 |
16, |
Field-Officers of the three Battalions raised for the defence of Pennsylvania, |
246 |
16, |
Recantation of John Webb, of Philadelphia, |
246 |
16, |
Letter from the New-York Delegates to the Provincial Congress: They were much alarmed at General Lees imposing a Test on the inhabitants of Queens County; a similar effort in Rhode-Island had passed over unnoticed; reiterated precedents must become dangerous; they have therefore procured the passage of a Resolution by the Continental Congress, prohibiting it in future, |
1391 |
16, |
Letter from Alexander Carmichael to Lord Stirling: The men to be sent to New-York, from Morris County, New-Jersey, are ready to march; but the Colonels of the Regiments decline going out of the Province without orders from the General of the Militia, |
246 |
16, |
Letter from William Burnett to Lord Stirling, |
247 |
16, |
Letter from Lord Stirling to the President of Congress: Preparations for the defence of New-York; the inhabitants have turned out cheerfully to work on the Fortifications, |
247 |
16, |
Letter from Colonel McDougall to Lord Stirling: Captain Warner can show where a number of Muskets, belonging to the Crown, are secreted by some creatures of Government; they should be taken to-night, |
248 |
1776. |
Mar. 16, |
Letter from David Matthews to Hugh Gaine, |
248 |
16, |
Letter from Governour Tryon to David Matthews, Mayor of New-York, |
248 |
16, |
Address of Governour Tryon to the Inhabitants of the Colony of New-York: It is in the clemency and authority of Great Britain only, under God, that we can look for happiness, peace, and prosperity, |
248 |
16, |
Letter from Committee for Richmond County, New-York, to Provincial Congress: Appointment of Officers, |
249 |
16, |
Letter from Jecamiah Allen to New-York Congress: Eighty-two of the Guns are unspiked, |
249 |
16, |
Letter from General Schuyler to Lord Stirling: The moment the Troops, Cannon, and Powder, are embarked on Lake. George, he will proceed to New-York, |
250 |
16, |
Albany Committee prohibit all persons from moving into the city or country, that do not bring with them evidence that they are friends to American freedom. |
250 |
16, |
Letter from Colonel Varnum to Major Harrison, |
250 |
NEW-YORK PROVINCIAL CONGRESS.
Feb .12, |
Congress met pursuant to adjournment, 22d of last December, |
251 |
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Credentials of the Members from Tryon and Dutchess Counties, not heretofore in Congress, |
251 |
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Sundry Letters and Resolutions from the Continental Congress read, |
251 |
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Letter from General Schuyler, of February 6, respecting the Regiment ordered to be raised for Canada, |
251 |
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Persons to whom Inlisting Orders have been given by General Schuyler, |
252 |
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Letter from Elihu Marvin, Chairman of the Committee for Orange County, dated February 9, recommending Officers for three Companies, |
252 |
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Committee to consider the recommendations of the Continental Congress, in relation to the ensuing campaign, |
253 |
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Robert Boyd, of New-Windsor, directed to send down, immediately, all the Gun-barrels, Bayonets, and Steel Ramrods, he has made, |
253 |
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Committee to wait on General Lee, to ascertain if he has anything to propose relative to the publick service, |
253 |
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Petition from John Willett and fourteen others, inhabitants of Queens County, now prisoners, under guard, in the City of New-York, |
253 |
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Motion to release them on bonds rejected by a great majority, |
254 |
13, |
Commissions for Field-Officers of Northern Regiment, in Ulster County, ordered, |
254 |
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Letter from Severyn T. Bruyn, resigning his appointment as Adjutant of the Southern Regiment in Ulster County,read, and referred to the Members from that County, |
254 |
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Letter from the Committee of Marbletown, in relation to Officers: Read, and referred to the Members from Orange and Ulster Counties, |
255 |
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General Lees Answer to the Committee: He will avail himself of the services of the Congress, |
255 |
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General Committee directed to cause an election to be held for seven Deputies, for the City and County of New-York, in place of that number who have not taken their seats, |
255 |
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Permission given to the Members of his Majestys Council, the Mayor of the City, and the Deputy-Secretary, to go on board his Excellency Governour Tryons Ship, until the further order of the Congress or Committee of Safety, |
256 |
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Blank Commissions sent to Colonel Joseph Drake, |
256 |
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Officers chosen by the people of Islip, in Suffolk County, |
256 |
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Appointment of Officers at Islip confirmed, |
257 |
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Application from Committee of Tryon County for a loan of five hundred Pounds, |
257 |
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