1776. |
Mar .29, |
Letter from William Elder, &c., Prisoners, requesting they may be heard, |
539 |
29, |
Address of Massachusetts Assembly to General
Washington, |
539 |
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General Washingtons 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, |
Catos fifth Letter to the People of Pennsylvania: Against seeking foreign aid, |
542 |
30, |
York County, Pennsylvania, Committee, proceedings on charge against Robert Owings, |
546 |
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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 |
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Return of the Troops before Quebeck, March 30th, |
550 |
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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 |
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SOUTH-CAROLINA PROVINCIAL CONGRESS. |
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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 |