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1776.
 
 
Mar . 18,
Stratford, Connecticut, Committee proceedings on a child being baptized by the opprobrious name of Thomas Gage,
405
18,
Letter from Governour Trumbull to General Washington,
406
18,
Orders of Commodore Hopkins, to the Captains, on sailing from New-Providence,
47
18,
Orders from Commodore Hopkins to Lieutenant Hinman,
407
18,
Letter from Commodore Hopkins to the Committee of Dartmouth: Sends them two Cannon,
407
18,
Letter from Governour Cooke to General Washington,
407
18,
Letter from General Frye to General Washington: Desires to resign the command he has been honoured with,
489
18,
Letter from James Otis to Benjamin Greenleaf,
489
19,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to George Mason and John Dalton: They will do everything in their power to promote the general welfare; and for that purpose are now increasing their marine,
408
19,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Virginia Committee of Safety: Will join in any expense that may attend the erection of Beacons on the Potomack,
408
19,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to George Plater and General Dent: They are appointed to co-operate with the Virginia Commissioners for fixing Beacons on the Potomack,
409
19,
Letter from Maryland Delegates in Congress to the Council of Safety: Mr. Temple, who arrived in the last Packet, is now in Philadelphia; he brought merely a note from Arthur Lee, informing Congress that Troops were to sail from Ireland,
409
19,
Letter from the President of Congress to the Baron DeWoedtke: Congress has appointed him a Brigadier-General in the Army of the United Colonies,
410
 
Recommendations of the Baron,
410
19,
Commission of Dr. Franklin, Samuel Chase, and Charles Carroll, as Commissioners to Canada,
411
19,
Instructions to the Commissioners,
411
19,
Letter from New-York Delegates in Congress to the Committee of Safety,
413
19,
Letter from the Maryland Delegates to New-York Committee of Safety: Requesting some Cannon for Maryland,
414
19,
Letter from John Witherspoon to Lord Stirling: Will convene the Committee for Somerset County, and lay his request before them as soon as possible,
414
19,
Letter from Moses Ogden to Joseph Hallett,
414
19,
Letter from Lord Stirling to the President of Congress: Every step will be taken to prepare New-York for the reception of the enemy,
414
19,
Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress,
415
 
Letters from General Wooster, enclosed by General Schuyler,
416
19,
Letter from Governour Cooke to General Washington: The necessary orders have been given to the Militia of Rhode-Island to hold themselves in readiness should any attack be made by the enemy,
417
19,
Letter from General Washington to Lord Stirling: We are now in full possession of Boston; General Howe’s retreat was hurried and precipitate; where they intend to make a descent next is altogether unknown,
418
19,
Letter from General Washington to General Schuyler,
419
19,
Letter from General Washington to the President of Congress,
420
 
General Orders from March 14 to March 19,
420
 
Marching Orders to Colonel Webb,
421
 
Orders to Captain Baldwin, Assistant Engineer,
422
 
Instructions and Orders for General Heath,
422
21,
Account of General Howe’s retreat from Boston,
422
21,
Letter from Boston, containing a further account,
424
17
 
 
Mar . 17,
Letter from an Officer in the British Army to a person in London, with a journal of the operations at Boston from the 3d to the 17th of March,
425
19,
Letter from Colonel Morey to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety,
427
19,
Letter from Jeremiah Folsom to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety,
427
19,
Letter from Captain Osgood to New-Hampshire Committee of Safety,
428
19,
Letter from Colonel Bedel to New-Hampshire Committee of Safety: Explains difficulties he has encountered in raising his Regiment, which is now nearly completed,
428
19,
Proclamation by the Council and Assembly of New-Hampshire, of the organization of the new plan of Government,
429
20,
Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to the Committee of Queen Anne County,
429
20,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Hugh Young,
430
20,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to William Ennalls,
430
20,
Letter from Alexander Somerville to Maryland Council of Safety,
430
20,
Letter from Maryland Delegates to Council of Safety: They have forwarded all the Powder that could be procured; it is an article that cannot be purchased in Philadelphia,
430
20,
List of Officers appointed by the Delaware Government, transmitted to the Continental Congress by the Council of Safety,
431
20,
Cassandra to Cato: On the treatment the Colonies have received from Great Britain,
431
20,
Memorial from the Committee of Inspection and Observation of the City of Philadelphia to the Assembly of Pennsylvania, requesting that the Instructions to their Delegates in Congress, of the 9th of November, 1775, may be rescinded,
434
20,
Letter from Colonel Irvine to the President of Congress: Will march his Battalion to New-York immediately, though deficient in Arms and other necessaries,
435
20,
List of the Sixth Battalion of Pennsylvania Troops, commanded by Colonel William Irvine,
435
 
Officers of the Sixth Battalion, with their rank,
435
 
Officers of the Sixth Battalion as posted to each Company,
436
20,
Letter from Lord Stirling to General Schuyler. The whole Army at New-York consists of about twenty-two hundred men; all except the guards are on fatigue duty. The two Connecticut Regiments, of five hundred each, will probably leave next Monday. General Thompson has arrived, and will take the command,
436
20,
Letter from Lord Stirling to General Washington,
437
20,
Letter from Major Douglass to New-York Committee of Safety: Is willing to take the command on the Lakes, when required to do so by the Congress or General Schuyler,
437
20,
Letter from John James Boyd to New-York Committee of Safety: Requests to be informed of the charges against him,
438
20,
Application for permission to go on board the Men-of-War at New-York, by William Powell; refused,
438
20,
Memorial of Samuel Loudon to the New-York Committee of Safety,
438
 
Samuel Loudon’s Address to the Publick,
439
20,
Letter from Thomas Johnson to Nathaniel Folsom, expressing his regret at the backwardness of the New-Hampshire Forces destined to Quebeck; Colonel Bedel’s Regiment is not near full,
440
21,
Letter from William H. Drayton, President of the Provincial Congress of South-Carolina, to the Continental Congress, enclosing the Act of Parliament of the 21st of December last, prohibiting all trade and intercourse with the American Colonies,
1666
21,
Letter from William Lux to Maryland Council of Safety: General Lee arrived at Baltimore last night; he passed on to Virginia, and has taken Mr. Massenbaugh with him,
441


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