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1776.
Apr. 10,
Petition of William Hamilton to the Council of Safety of Maryland,
838
10,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to the Committee for Queen Anne’s County, sending the Association Papers, which they are requested to return,
838
10,
Letter from Colonel Haslett to the President of Congress; with an account of an engagement between a Detachment of the Delaware Battalion and a Tender of the Roebuck,
838
10,
Cato to the People of Pennsylvania: Letter VI,
839
10,
Letter from the President of Congress to General Putnam: Sends two hundred thousand Dollars more for the Troops at New-York,
843
10,
Letter from the President of Congress to the New-York Convention: The British Ministry, persisting in their schemes of reducing the American Colonies to slavery, have passed an act to seize and confiscate our property wherever found on the high seas; the Congress have, therefore, directed the fitting out of Letters of Marque and Reprisal,
843
10,
Letter from Adrian Bancker to the New-York Committee of Safety,
844
 Return of Officers of the Militia of Richmond County,844
10,
Letter from Samuel Buell to New-York Committee of Safety: The east end of Long-Island is much exposed to ravages and plundering; a Regiment or two should be sent there,
844
10,
Letter from Captain Hulbert to John McKesson,
845
10,
Letter from John Landon to New-York Committee of Safety: Has made an examination of some Lead-Mines, in company with McDonald,
845
10,
Letter from Colonel Nicoll to John McKesson,
845
10,
Letter from General Wooster to the President of Congress: The situation of the Army before Quebeck is very disagreeable; with two or three thousand mouths to fill, there are not more than half that number of men to do duty, and many of these expect to leave on the l5th instant: The Powder and Artillery stores are so trifling that little can be effected,
846
10,
Letter from Captain Nicholson: Account of the attack on New-Providence,
846
11,
Letter from George Dashiell to Maryland Council of Safety,
848
11,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Captain Hindman: Arms and Ammunition will be sent to Chestertown to-morrow,
848
11,
Letter from John Gibson to the President of Congress,
848
11,
Letter from the Committee for Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to the President of Congress: Moneys due for the support of British Officers, prisoners, sent there by the Congress,
848
11,
Commission for a Privateer to capture Vessels belonging to the inhabitants of Great Britain,
850
11,
Cato to the People of Pennsylvania: Letter VII,
850
11,
Lucas Gibbs, of Gloucester County, New-Jersey, convicted of refusing to receive Continental Bills, published as an enemy to his country, and precluded from all trade or intercourse with the inhabitants of the Colonies,
853
11,
An Address to the Inhabitants of New-York, advising an open assertion of Independence, with manly boldness,
854
11,
Letter from Captain Billings to the New-York Committee of Safety,
856
11,
Letter from the Albany Committee to Colonel Curtenius: Supplies for the Army,
857
11,
Letter from Colonel Saltonstall to Governour Trumbull,
857
11,
British Ship Scarborough driven from the Harbour of Newport, Rhode-Island,
857
11,
Letter from General Washington to Captain McKay: Different treatment of Prisoners by the Americans and the British,
858
11,
Letter from General Ward to General Washington,
858
1776.
Apr. 11,
Letter from Dr. Morgan to a Committee of the Massachusetts Assembly: Regrets that the Resolves of the Assembly are opposed to the instructions he has received from the Commander-in-Chief,
859
12,
Resolutions of Provincial Congress of North-Carolina, instructing their Delegates in the Continental Congress to concur with the Delegates from the other Colonies, in declaring Independency,
859
12,
Letter to Alexander Purdie, on the necessity of declaring Independence,
860
12,
Letter from Petersburgh, Virginia: The inhabitants are warm for Independence,
862
12,
Letter from General Lee to Richard Henry Lee: His preparations for defending the Towns and Rivers of Virginia,
863
12,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Richard Harrison,
864
12,
Letter from the Maryland Delegates in Congress to the Council of Safety,
864
12,
Letter from the President of Congress to the Assemblies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode-Island, and Connecticut, and the Convention of Virginia,
864
12,
Letter from William Whipple to Meshech Weare, with the Resolutions of Congress authorizing reprisals,
865
12,
Letter from Lord Stirling to New-York Committee of Safety: He has General Putnam’s order to march with a Brigade of Troops for Staten-Island; and requests the Richmond County Committee may give notice to the inhabitants, that the Troops may be received in the manner most convenient to themselves,
1439
12,
Letter from Samuel Gale to John McKesson, complaining of his imprisonment,
865
12,
Parole of the Prisoners taken by Commodore Hopkins, at New-Providence,
867
12,
Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress, enclosing sundry papers,
868
 
Letter from General Wooster to General Schuyler: Apprehends mischief from the Inhabitants, Traders, and Savages, at Detroit,
868
 
Letter from Gershom Mott to Captain Goforth,
869
 
Letter from Colonel Hazen to General Schuyler,
869
 
Letter from John Brogden to Captain Goforth,
870
12,
Letter from General Schuyler to Gen. Thompson,
871
12,
Letter from General Schuyler to General Washington: The intelligence from Canada is so alarming that he repeats his request for a considerable body of Troops to be sent immediately,
872
12,
Letter from General Ward to General Washington: The Paymaster-General has not money to pay the five Regiments at Boston, for the month of March,
872
12,
Letter from General Ward to the President of Congress, repeating his request for leave to resign his command in the Army,
872
12,
Letter from Colonel Knox to Colonel Burbeck, directing him to proceed to New-York immediately, by the most direct road, as expressly ordered by General Washington,
872
12,
Letter from Colonel Burbeck to Colonel Knox: He cannot set out directly for New-York; the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts has provided so well for him that it would be ungenerous to quit their service,
873
12,
Declaration by the Inhabitants of New-Hampshire,
873
 
Names of the Signers of the Declaration, and of those who refused to sign, in the several Towns of the Colony,
873–912
13,
Letter from Jack Thompson, at St. Eustatia, to S. Burling, New-York: The Merchants at New-York and other places should fit out Privateers; the British Admiral has given commissions, at Antigua and Dominica, to Vessels fitted out by the Merchants and Planters, to take all American Vessels they can meet with,
913
13,
Letter from Edmund Randolph to Virginia Committee of Safety: Declines the office of Mustermaster, offered him by the Congress,
914

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