| 1776. |
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Commissions for the Fourth Regiment in Tryon County, to be delivered to the persons duly elected, by Mr. Moore, on his return from the Committee of Safety, |
1391 |
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Letter received from John James Boyd, of Richmond County, who says that he is a steady and warm friend to his country, |
1391 |
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Letter from the Delegates in Congress: They have procured the passage of a Resolution prohibiting any Military Officer from imposing upon, exacting, or requiring of any inhabitant of the Colonies, any Oath or Test, |
1391 |
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Jonathan Carpenter permitted to take a cargo of Provisions and bar-Iron to Rhode-Island, for the use of that Colony, |
1394 |
| Mar .22, |
Jacobus Van Zandt and Isaac Sears permitted to export Produce for the Military Stores imported from Amsterdam, |
1394 |
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Philip Livingston permitted to export Produce, pursuant to a permission of the Committee of Secrecy of the Continental Congress, |
1394 |
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Mr. Deane, of Connecticut, permitted to load a Brigantine with Wheat and Flour, on Continental account, |
1394 |
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Patrick Sinclair permitted to go to Britain on parole, |
1395 |
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Letter from Colonel Nicoll, respecting the command in the Highlands, |
1395 |
| 23, |
The Port-Master permitted to take on board the Ship Dutchess of Gordon certain articles, for the use of Governour Tryon, |
1396 |
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Letter from Major Douglass, accepting the command on the Lakes, |
1397 |
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Letter to the Delegates in Congress, recommending Captain Wynkoop for the command on the Lakes, |
1397 |
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Letter to the Delegates in Congress, recommending Captain Wynkoop for the command on the Lakes, |
1397 |
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Letter to the Delegates in Congress, recommending Captain Wynkoop for the command on the Lakes, |
1397 |
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Letter from the Committee of Easthampton: Twenty sail of square-rigged Vessels off Montauk, on the 22d, |
1398 |
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Gunpowder and Lead sent for the inhabitants of Suffolk County, |
1398 |
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General Woodhull authorized to make disposition of the Militia of his Brigade, on any sudden invasion, as he may think best, |
1399 |
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The Commissary of Military Stores directed not to deliver out any Ammunition belonging to the Colony, without the order of the Congress, |
1399 |
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Application from the Committee of Safety at Philadelphia, for permission to recruit Seamen for the Naval service of that Province, |
1399 |
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Letter from James Duane, |
1399 |
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Return required of the officers and men at the Fortifications erecting at Hell-Gate, |
1400 |
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Sundry persons permitted to go on board Governour Tryon’s Ship, and the Ships-of-War in the Harbour, |
1400 |
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Permission given to load a Vessel with Provisions for Rhode-Island, |
1400 |
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Leads ordered to be taken out of the window-cases of the City-Hall and the Exchange, for the use of the publick, |
1401 |
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Armed Vessels, fitted out by the Colony, made subject to the Regulations of the Continental Congress, for the Navy of the United Colonies, |
1401 |
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Letter from Colonel A. Hawkes Hay, requesting the Minute Regiment, and not a detachment from his, may be ordered to New-York, |
1401 |
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Answer to Colonel Hay: Colonel Cooper will be directed to order down Minute-men, |
1402 |
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Letter from the Committee for Dutchess County: The Companies cannot be filled in that County without an augmentation of pay, |
1402 |
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Answer to the Committee: The pay cannot be increased, |
1402 |
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Letter from John Barnes, respecting Commissions for Charlotte Precinct, in Dutchess County, |
1403 |
| 26, |
Committee to report a plan for disarming the Tories, |
1404 |
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Letter to Colonel Nicoll: He has the command of all the Troops at the different Fortifications in the Highlands, |
1405 |
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Letter to the Continental Congress on the subject of the contract for victualling the Troops, |
1406 |
| 1776. |
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| Mar . 27, |
John McDonald directed to examine certain Lead Mines in Orange and Dutchess Counties, |
1408 |
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Committees of the several Cities, Counties, Manors, Townships, Precincts, and Districts, recommended, forthwith, to cause to be disarmed all persons who are known to be disaffected to the cause of America, |
1410 |
| 28, |
Cornelius Humphrey appointed Colonel of the
First Minute Regiment in Dutchess County, 1411 |
1410 |
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Election of sundry Officers in Fredericksburgh, Dutchess County, |
1412 |
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Application from the Committee for Suffolk County, for additional Troops, the east end of Long-Island being much exposed to the ravages of the Ministerial Army,
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1413 |
| 29, |
Letter from the Commissioners at the Fortifications in the Highlands, stating their difficulties in prosecuting the works,
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1414 |
| 30, |
Colonel Trumbull authorized to take possession of the Cellars of the Hospital, for storing Provisions for the Troops, |
1415 |
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Passport for Gerard G. Beekman, a friend to the cause of American liberty, to go to Bristol, in Pennsylvania, |
1415 |
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Sebastian Beauman appointed Captain of the Continental Company of Artillery to be raised in the Colony,
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1416 |
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Letter to Commissioners in the Highlands, informing them that Colonel Nicoll’s powers cannot be abridged,
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1416 |
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Committee of Richmond County advised to remove the Stock from Staten-Island to New-Jersey, to save it from the expected depredations of the Ministerial Army and Navy,
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1417 |
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Offer of the Committee of Safety to contract for five thousand stand of Arms, to be manufactured in the Colony,
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1418 |
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Application from General Thompson for directions for securing the property in the houses of persons who have left the City,
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1418 |
| Apr . 1, |
Return of Colonel Hasbrouck’s Regiment, in
Ulster County,
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1419 |
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Resignation of Colonel Abraham Lent,
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1419 |
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Letter from Governour Trumbull, respecting Cannon and Lead-Mines,
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1420 |
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Letter from Henry Wisner, stating the progress made in the manufacture of Gunpowder, at his Mill, in Orange County,
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1421 |
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Answer to Mr. Wisner: As fast as the Powder is cured it should be sent to Fort Constitution,
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1421 |
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Prisoners from Albany, taken at St. Johns, sent to New-Brunswick, in New-Jersey,
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1422 |
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Permission given to send Provisions to Barnstable, in Massachusetts, for the inhabitants of Nantucket,
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1422 |
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Permission to export Flour to Connecticut, to be thence exported to some foreign Port,
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1422 |
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Return by Captain William Jackson, of the men he has inlisted for the Continental service, in Ulster County,
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1423 |
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Instructions to each County Committee where
Troops are inlisting,
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1423 |
| 3, |
Hugh Wallace permitted to go on board his Majesty’s Ships-of-War in the Harbour,
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1423 |
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Supplies sent to the Governour’s Ship and the Ships-of-War,
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1423 |
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The Hospital directed to be prepared for Barracks for the Troops,
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1424 |
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Captain Hamilton directed to place, and keep a proper guard of his Company, where the Records of the Colony are deposited,
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1424 |
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Upper part of Henry Cuyler’s Sugar-House to be taken for a Powder Magazine,
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1424 |
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Provincial Congress of New-Jersey requested to send what supplies of Hay and Fuel they have, immediately; for all intercourse will probably soon be stopped, as the Ships-of-War in the Harbour are daily committing acts of piracy and depredation on the inhabitants,
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1424 |
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Captain Jackson ordered to Fort Constitution,
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1424 |
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Committee for the City authorized to permit the exportation of bar-Iron, whenever they think proper,
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1425 |
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Letter to Colonel Nicoll: Supplies have been sent to the Posts in the Highlands,
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1425 |