1776. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 Howes 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 |
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General Orders from March 14 to March 19, |
420 |
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Marching Orders to Colonel Webb, |
421 |
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Orders to Captain Baldwin, Assistant Engineer, |
422 |
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Instructions and Orders for General Heath, |
422 |
21, |
Account of General Howes retreat from Boston, |
422 |
21, |
Letter from Boston, containing a further account, |
424 |
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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 |
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Officers of the Sixth Battalion, with their rank, |
435 |
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Officers of the Sixth Battalion as posted to each Company,
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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 |
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Samuel Loudons 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 Bedels 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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