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1776.
Apr. 16,
Letters from Maryland Delegates in Congress to Council of Safety,
953
16,
Letter from the President of Congress to the Baltimore Committee,
953
16,
Letter from the President of Congress to the Maryland Council of Safety: The Congress have directed that the person and papers of Governour Eden be immediately seized,
954
 
Resolutions of Congress directing the seizure of Governour Eden and Alexander Ross,
954
16,
Letter from the President of Congress to General Putnam, directing him to discharge the Militia of New-York, Connecticut, and New Jersey, now in pay of the Continent,
954
16,
Letter from William Scudder to New-York Committee of Safety,
955
 
List of the men under the care of William Scudder, with the dates of their inlistment,
955
16,
Letter from Governour Tryon to the Mayor of New-York: The Commander of His Majesty’s Ships-of-War have found it expedient for His Majesty’s service to burn down the Pilot-House at the Hook,
955
16,
Letter from Committee for Richmond County to New-York Committee of Safety: They do not approve the arrest and conveyance of persons out of the County for trial,
956
16,
Letter from Admiral Hopkins to Lieutenant Hinman, directing him to convey Cannon to Rhode-Island,
956
16,
Letter from Major Bassett to the Massachusetts Council, with prisoners taken at Martha’s Vineyard,
956
16,
Letter from General Ward to the Massachusetts Assembly: Boston is not safe; the Harbour is open, and the Town may, and probably will be, cannonaded and carried by the enemy, if proper measures are not taken to defend it,
957
 
Sentiments relative to fortifying Boston Harbour,
957
17,
Address of the Ministers and Elders of the Provincial Synod of Dumfries to the King: With hearts full of loyalty and affection, they express their abhorrence of the rebellion in the North-American Colonies,
959
17,
Extract of a Letter from North-Carolina: The inhabitants of Virginia desire to be independent of Great Britain; in North-Carolina all attachment to the King and the Nation of Britain is gone; a total separation is what they want. Independence is the word most used,
959
17,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to their Delegates in Congress: Their proceedings relative to Governour Eden and Alexander Ross,
960
 
Letter from Lord Dartmouth to Governour Eden, dated Whitehall, July 5, 1775,
961
 
Letters from William Eden to Governour Eden, dated November 15 and December 24, 1775,
962
 
Letter from Governour Eden to a Committee of the Council of Safety,
963
 
Answer of the Committee to Governour Eden,
964
17,
Letter from Thomas Richardson to Maryland Council of Safety,
964
17,
Letter from Lewestown, near the Capes of Delaware: The Roebuck still remains there,
965
17,
Letter from Thomas Johnson to the Maryland Council of Safety, informing them of the contents of a Letter from Mr. Purviance to the President of Congress,
955
17,
Letter from the President of Congress to Commodore Hopkins, congratulating him, in the name of Congress, on the success of his Expedition to New-Providence,
965
17,
Letter from the President of Congress to General Washington: Two Companies of Colonel Dayton’s Battalion of New-Jersey Troops to be stationed at Cape-May,
967
17,
Memorial of Colonel Jacob Ford to General Washington, representing the necessity of paying the Troops,
966
17,
Letter from General Washington to the New-York Committee of Safety: The safety of the Colony requires that all intercourse between the inhabitants and the Vessels-of-War of the enemy should cease,
968
1776.
Apr. 17,
Letter from the New-York Committee of Safety to General Washington, requesting him to procure the release by exchange, of seven citizens, now detained on board the Ships Asia and Phenix, as prisoners,
1022
17,
Letter from Committee for Dutchess County to the New-York Committee of Safety,
968
17,
Letter from Admiral Hopkins to General Babcock: He has ordered Cannon to Rhode-Island,
969
18,
Letter from Colonel Smallwood to Maryland Council of Safety: Alexander Ross was arrested yesterday at Chestertown,
969
18,
Letter from Captain Andrew Beall to the Maryland Council of Safety; with objections to the appointment of William Hamilton,
969
 
Recommendations for the appointment of Andrew Beall, Jun.,
970
18,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to their Delegates in Congress,
970
18,
Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to the President of Congress: They cannot comply with the request of the Congress to arrest Governour Eden,
970
18,
Letter from the Maryland Delegates in Congress to the Council of Safety: The Congress has refused to take any action on Mr. Purviance’s Letter; the Delegates this morning waited on Mr. Hancock to demand the Letter, but he refused to see them,
971
18,
Remarks on a plan of the American Compact, proposed by an English American,
972
18,
Remarks of an Independent Whig on the proposed American Compact,
973
18,
Reply to the remarks of Rationalis on Common Sense,
974
18,
Letter from General Washington to the President of Congress,
977
 
Fac-Simile of the original of the preceding Letter,   (opposite)
977
18,
Letter from General Washington to General Ward, respecting Prizes,
977
18,
Letter from New-York Committee of Safety to General Washington: They will embrace every opportunity of co-operating with him in any measure for the publick utility,
978
18,
Letter from Lord Stirling to the New-York Committee of Safety,
978
 
Examination of Craig relative to Thomas Vernon, a prisoner,
978
18,
Letter from the Committee for Orange County to New-York Committee of Safety: Ask for another Company on the north side of the Mountains,
978
18,
Letter from the Committee for Orange County to New-York Committee of Safety, respecting the erection of a Powder-Mill,
979
18,
Letter from Jeremiah Clark to Teunis Cuyper,
979
18,
Petition of the Committee of Safety and Officers of the Militia of King’s District, in Albany County, Province of New-York, together with part of the Committee and Militia Officers of the east part of Claverack District; also the east part of Manor Rensselaerwick District, in said County, in the Province of New-York, to the Continental Congress,
979
18,
Letter from Fort George: The Lakes are not yet open; General Thomas has gone on to break his way through; and his forty batteaus, with five hundred men, left this morning with the same intention,
981
19,
Letter from General Lee to the President of Congress: On the defences and condition of Virginia and the Carolinas,
981
 
Address of General Lee to the young Gentlemen of Virginia, urging them to form themselves into Companies of Light Dragoons,
982
19,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to their Delegates in Congress: They have been treated improperly by the Baltimore Committee, the Virginia Council of Safety, and the Congress; they look up to the Congress with reverence and esteem, as having the supreme authority over the Continent, but that body cannot interfere, with uncontrollable power, in the internal polity of any of the Provinces,
983
19,
Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to Richard Harrison, at Martinico,
984

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