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1776.
 
 
Mar . 21,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Colonel Veazey,
441
21,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Queen Anne County Committee,
441
21,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Dorchester County Committee,
442
21,
Meeting of Committee of Inspection and Observation for Philadelpdia County: Consider a Convention by no means necessary, as the Assembly now sitting are ready to hear and redress every grievance. Direct the donations collected for the Poor of Boston, to be paid to Joseph Matthers; and appoint a Committee of Correspondence,
442
21,
Cato to the People of Pennsylvania: Arguments in favour of reconciliation with England, and against Independence,
443
21,
Letter from the President of Congress to General Washington: Has forwarded two hundred and fifty thousand Dollars for the Army,
446
21,
Letter from the President of Congress to Colonel Warren, Paymaster,
447
21,
Letter from the President of Congress to Thomas Hanson,
447
21,
Letter from James Duane to New-York Committee of Safety,
447
21,
Letter from Colonel Ford to Lord Stirling: Has forwarded a Detachment of one hundred and fifty men from the First Regiment in Morris County, New-Jersey,
447
 
Return of the Detachment,
448
21,
Letter from Lord Stirling to the President of Congress,
448
21,
Letter from Colonel Curtenius to New-York Committee of Safety: He has no money,
448
 
Stores, &c., Colonel Curtenius is directed to purchase, by an order of the Provincial Congress of February 26th,
449
21,
Application by William Powell for permission to go on board the Man-of-War at New-York,
450
21,
Letter from William Birdsall to the New-York Committee of Safety: The inhabitants of Queen’s County are unfriendly to the common cause; if not regulated by military law, affairs will grow worse, instead of better,
450
21,
Address to the freeborn Sons of America in general, and of Connecticut in particular: As American Independence is seriously thought of as an event near at hand, and reconciliation despaired of as impracticable, it is time to be collecting the materials and laying the plan for a more sound Constitution and perfect scheme of Government among ourselves,
450
21,
Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress,
452
21,
Memorial from the British Prisoners at Hartford to the Continental Congress,
452
21,
Letter from Governour Trumbull to Lord Stirling: He has, at the request of General Washington, ordered reinforcements for New-York, to march as soon as possible,
454
21,
Letter from Governour Trumbull to General Schuyler,
454
21,
Letter from Josiah Quincy to General Washington,
455
21,
General Orders published by General Washington at Boston, for the preservation of peace, good order, and discipline,
456
21,
Letter from General Washington to Governour Trumbull: The enemy have had favourable winds, but are still lying in Nantasket Road; their delay is a matter of much conjecture,
457
21,
Letter from General Washington to the Assembly of Massachusetts,
486
21,
Letter from General Washington to Governour Cooke,
457
21,
Letter from General Howe to the Earl of Dartmouth: Account of his retreat from Boston; he will proceed to Halifax; detach three Regiments to Quebeck, soon as the navigation of the St. Lawrence becomes practicable, and hold the remainder of the Army in readiness for New-York,
458
22,
Proclamation by the King for encouraging Seamen to enter themselves on board his Majesty’s Ships-of-War,
458
1776.
 
 
Mar . 22,
Address of the Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council of Forres to the King; expressing their abhorrence of the seditious spirit that actuates the refractory Colonies,
461
22,
Address and Petition of Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the City of London, to the King; praying for a change of policy in regard to the Colonies,
462
 
Answer of the King to the Address: He will show mercy and clemency when his authority is established, and the now existing rebellion is at an end,
462
22,
Letter from William Lux to Maryland Council of Safety: Mr. Hughes cast one eighteen-pounder on Monday; expected to have four ready last night; and begs to have them proved before he proceeds too far,
463
22,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Calvert County Committee,
463
22,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Anne Arundle County Committee,
463
22,
Letter from Benjamin Franklin to C. W. F. Dumas: Introducing Mr. Deane,
464
22,
Petition of Oswell Eve to the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety, for a remuneration for his discoveries for graining and manufacturing Powder,
464
22,
Letter from James Young to the President of Congress; requesting that his son, who is a prisoner in New-York, may be placed on parole,
434
22,
Letter from John Chatfield to New-York Committee of Safety: A number of Vessels passed Montauk this forenoon, to the eastward of Block-Island, and apparently for Rhode-Island,
465
22,
Letter from Peter S. Van Allstyne to New-York Committee of Safety,
465
22,
Letter from Governour Trumbull to New-York Committee of Safety, for the loan of such a number and sizes of Cannon as can be spared without detriment,
466
22,
Letter from Governour Cooke to General Washington: For six Seamen, prisoners, to be exchanged for six inhabitants of Rhode-Island, taken and detained by Captain Wallace,
467
22,
Letter from General Ward to the President of Congress: The enemy having left Boston, he asks permission to resign,
467
22,
Letter from William Hildreth to the Massachusetts Council,
467
 
Commission returned by Mr. Hildreth to the Council,
468
23,
Reflections on American Affairs,
468
23,
Letter from Captains Henry and Kent to Maryland Council of Safety,
469
23,
Letter from Thomas B. Hands to Maryland Council of Safety,
469
23,
Letter from John Steward to Maryland Council of Safety,
470
23,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Captain Thomas,
470
23,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to their Delegates in Congress: Our Independent Companies are very importunate for arms; we cannot supply them; some gold and silver have come in; more might be got had we cash to exchange: The Otter, on her passage down, plundered Sharp’s Island,
470
23,
Letter from John Jay to Colonel McDougall,
471
23,
Letter from John Adams to General Gates,
472
23,
Letter from the President of Congress to New-Jersey Committee of Safety,
473
 
Resolutions of Congress, directing the Prisoners at Trenton to be removed at a proper distance from the Sea and Post-Roads,
473
23,
Letter from the President of Congress to Captain Wolverton: The Congress has agreed to take his Company into the service of the Continent,
473
23,
Letter from Joseph Reed to General Washington: We have no news of the Fleet; as no Member of Congress expresses any concern, we begin to suspect they are gone on some distant enterprise,
473
23,
Letter from Baron de Woedtke to General Washington,
474


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