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1776.
Mar .29,
Letter from William Elder, &c., Prisoners, requesting they may be heard,
539
29,
Address of Massachusetts Assembly to General Washington,
539
General Washington’s Answer,
540
29,
Instructions and Orders to General Putnam; to proceed to New-York, and take the command there,
541
30,
Letter from Nathaniel Smith to Maryland Council of Safety,
542
30,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Captains Kent and Henry,
542
30,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Charles County Committee,
542
30,
Cato’s fifth Letter to the People of Pennsylvania: Against seeking foreign aid,
542
30,
York County, Pennsylvania, Committee, proceedings on charge against Robert Owings,
546
Declarations of Robert Owings,
547
30,
Recantation of Peter Louderback,
547
30,
Letter from General Thompson to New-York Congress, requesting they will give directions for the protection of the property of persons who have left the City,
547
30,
Letter from Captain Grenell to Thomas Tredwell,
547
30,
Letter signed Americanus, to the New-York Committee of Safety: Too many gentlemen are allowed to go to Britain, who convey large quantities of Specie out of the Province,
548
30,
Letter from Elihu Marvin to New-York Committee of Safety,
548
30,
Letter from John Blackler to New-York Committee of Safety, asking to be released from confinement,
548
30,
Petition of Henry Van Rensselaer to the Committee for Albany County, offering to erect a Powder-Mill,
548
30,
Letter from General Arnold to Silas Deane, giving him a sketch of the strength, situation, and prospects of the Army: To reduce Quebeck, they have a few small Cannon, (sixes, twelves, and one twenty-four Pounder,) little Ball, and less Powder,
549
Return of the Troops before Quebeck, March 30th,
550
General Orders before Quebeck, prohibiting Inoculation for the Small-Pox,
550
30,
Letter from James Warren, Paymaster-General, to the President of Congress: Desires to resign his office,
551
30,
Letter from Mark Hopkins to the Massachusetts Council: In the election of Officers for the two Companies in Great Barrington, the Tories outvoted the Whigs, and persons unfriendly to the common cause have been elected,
551
30,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to theBaltimore Committee,
552
31,
Letter addressed to Cato, Cassandra, and all the writers on the Independent controversy,
552
31,
Letter from Azor Betts to New-York Committee of Safety,
558
31,
Letter from Colonel Nicoll to John McKesson,
558
31,
Letter from Governour Cooke to General Washington: Twenty-seven Ships, undoubtedly having Ministerial Troops on board, are near, and there are not eight hundred men in the whole Colony, besides the Militia, who are not half armed,
558
31,
Letter from General Washington to John A.Washington,
558

SOUTH-CAROLINA PROVINCIAL CONGRESS.

Feb .1,
Second Session of Provincial Congress, held at Charlestown,
561
2,
Henry Middleton and John Rutledge, two Delegates to the Continental Congress, presented a manuscript copy of the Journals of the Congress, which were read,
561
3,
Resignation of Claudius Pegues, Deputy from the Parish of St. David; not accepted,
562
1776.
Committee for publishing extracts from the Journals, from day to day,
562
Papers from the Continental Congress communicated,
562
Lady and Daughter of John Stuart not permitted to leave his house in Charlestown, which is placed under guard,
562
Committee to wait on Mrs. Stuart, before the guards are placed there,
563
Feb .5,
Return of the Country Militia, now in Charles town, ordered,
563
Letter to the Committees of St. Bartholomew, St. Helena, and Charlestown, respectively, respecting the Estates and Property of John Stuart and Henry Stuart,
563
6,
Bills to the amount of one hundred and fifty thousand Pounds ordered to be stamped and signed,
564
Order for disarming the Insurgents suspended,
564
Committee to inquire into the state of the interior parts of the Colony,
564
7,
Members allowed to speak but twice upon one question,
565
Letter to Major Andrew Williamson,
565
Council of Safety to consider the number of Forces necessary to be raised for the service of the Colony,
565
8,
Thanks presented by the President to the Delegates of this Colony, for their important services in the American Congress,
565
Committee to take into consideration the Resolution of the Continental Congress, recommending the establishment of a new Government in South-Carolina, if the Convention find it necessary,
567
9,
Division of the District between Broad and Saluda Rivers,
567
Flag to be used by the Commander-in-Chief of the American Navy; presented by Colonel Gadsden,
568
10,
Report of Committee respecting a form of Government; read and considered,
568
11,
Committee to prepare a plan or form of Government,
569
12,
Committee to consider on the best method for promoting the manufacture of Saltpetre,
569
Committee to inquire into the present impositions upon the publick, in the high advance in price upon the necessaries of life,
569
13,
William Guest, charged with practices inimical to, and destructive of, the peace of the Colony, committed to Prison,
570
14,
Prohibition of the exportation of Rice to be continued until the 1st of May next,
571
15,
Committee to consider the building of two Frigates for the service of the Colony,
571
Committee to proceed to Savannah, to induce that Colony to co-operate with this in paying the strictest obedience to the Resolves of the Continental Congress,
572
Mr. Rutledge permitted to resign his seat in the Continental Congress,
572
16,
Letter to the Colony of Georgia,
573
Delegates to the Continental Congress elected,
573
17,
Benjamin B. Boote committed to close confinement,
573
Motion to raise three Battalions of Infantry, on Continental establishment, rejected,
574
18,
Committee to consider and report on the best means of raising a sufficient force for the protection of Charlestown,
574
19,
Letter to the Committee of Safety for Salisbury, North-Carolina, respecting Mr. Dunn and Mr. Boote,
575
Drafts for one thousand and fifty men, from the Country Militia, ordered for the immediate defence of Charlestown,
575
Letters ordered to be written to the Continental Congress, acquainting them with the present situation of affairs in this Colony, and of the alarming intelligence from Georgia,
576
20,
Motion that the Regiment of Rangers be reduced from Horse to Foot, rejected,
576
Other motions, relating to the Rangers, rejected,
576
21,
Report of Committee on interior parts of the Colony; read, and postponed,
577

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