Letter from Colonel Gridley to General Washington, with a survey of Cape Annl, and an account of the defences for Cape Anne and Boston,

Letter from Mcshech Weare to Thomas Cush-ing: Arrangements have been made by the Committee of Safety of New-Hampshire to furnish immediate assistance in case of an attack upon Boston,

Letter from Stephen Parker to James Bowdoin: States the reasons for his going to Nova-Scotia, and declares his firm attachment to the cause of America,

Petition of Stephen Parker to the Council and House of Representatives of Massachusetts-Bay,

Letter from Charles W. F. Dumas to the Committee of Secret Correspondence,

Loudoun County (Virginia) Committee direct Richard Morlan to be advertised as an enemy to the liberties of the country,

Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to Gerard Hopkins, Jun.,

Letter from R. H. Harrison to Colonel Tupper: General Washington desires he will prevent all intercourse with the ships-of-war, and to make no attempt on the Light-House unless he is certain of success,

Letter from Christian Jacobson to the New-York Provincial Congress,

Letter from Christopher Smith to Robert Benson,

Letter from Colonel Henry B. Livingston to General Washington: State of the Fortifications in the Highlands,

Letter from the Committee of Kingston to the New-York Congress, giving an account of their proceedings with Azor Betts and John Blackner,

Letter from Bryan Lefferty to the President of Congress,

Letter from General Schuyler to the Committee of Albany,

Letter from General Schuyler to General Sullivan,

Letter from General Schuyler to Sir John Johnson,

Letter from General Schuyler to Volkert P. Douw,

Letter from General Schuyler to Sir John Johnson,

Letter from General Schuyler to Lady Johnson,

General Schuyler’s Orders to Colonel Ogden, for his expedition to Johnstown, in Tryon County,

Letter from Colonel Wayne to General Washington,

Letter from. General Thompson to General Washington: Arrived at Chambly the 13th; the confused state of the country is past description; but if they are supplied with powder, provisions, and intrenching tools, all will be well,

Letter from General Sullivan to General Washington: He cannot go forward till the provisions are passed over Lake George; when it may be too late to assist our distressed friends in Canada,

Letter from General Schuyler to General Sullivan, of May 13: Informs of the dreadful situation of our Troops in Canada, and di-reets him to halt with his Brigade,

Letter from General Schuyler to General Washington, of May 13: Informing him of the defeat of the Army in Canada,

Letter from the Commissioners in Canada to General Schuyler, of May 10: The retreat of the Army»before Quebeck was made with the utmost precipitation and confusion, with the loss of the cannon, provisions, five hundred small-arms, and a batteau-load of powder; a supply of provisions is absolutely necessary for the preservation of the Troops at present in Canada; a further reinforcement will only increase our distress,

Letter from the Commissioners in Canada to the President of Congress, of May 10,

Letter from General Thomas to the Commissioners in Canada, dated May 7th: On the 1st of May, the Army before Quebeck consisted of nineteen hundred men, nine, hundred of whom were invalids, chiefly with the small pox; of the effective men, the time of three hundred expired on the 15th of April, many of whom refused duty, and all very importunate to return home; the whole amount of powder was but one hundred and fifty-pounds, and there were but six days’ provision. On the fifth it was determined to retreat; they were attacked and defeated on the 6th,

Further account of the defeat, (Note,)

Letter from General Arnold to General Schuyler, of May 10: If the post of Deschambault is not maintained it will not be practicable, if advisable, to keep possession of that part of the country. Isle-aux-Noix can be effectually secured,

Letter from General Thomas to General Washington, May 8,

Council of War held at Head-Quarters, Camp before Quebeck, May 5,

Council of War held at Head-Quarters, Camp at Deschambault, May 7,

I, Letter from the Camp at the mouth of the Sorel: Generals Wooster, Arnold, Woedtke, and about fifteen hundred good troops are at this place, which we are now fortifying,

Letter from Jonathan Sturges to General Washington: A number of Tories have recently been captured; and there is reason to believe a horrid plot has been laid by them to destroy the people of the country and cooperate with our enemies, and that Long-Island is appointed for Head-Quarters,

List of Tories gone from the Main to Long-Island; enclosed by Jonathan Sturges to General Washington,

Letter from R. Derby, Jun., to Thomas Cush-ing, requesting Cannon, &c, maybe furnish-. ed for the new armed vessels at Salem,

Letter from General Carleton to Lord George Germaine: Quebeck had been clos’ely invested by the Rebels for five months, when, on the 6th of May, the reinforcements arrived; the garrison then marched out to see what the mighty boasters were about, and found them very busy in preparing for a retreat; a few shots were exchanged, and the plains were soon cleared of those plunderers,

Advices received at the Admiralty from Captain Douglass, of his Majesty’s Ship Isis, at Quebeck: Operations of the Fleet sent for the relief of Quebeck,

Letter from General Lewis to the President of Congress: General Lee is on his way to North-Carolina, and the troops in Virginia are under the command of General Lewis,

Address and Instructions of the Freeholders of Buckingham County, Virginia, to Charles Patteson and John Cabell’ their Delegates in Convention: State the grievances the people of the Colonies have suffered from the tyranny of Great Britain, and instruct their Delegates, as far as their voices will contribute, to cause a total and final separation from Great Britain to take place as soon as possible,

Resolution of the Convention of Virginia, instructing their Delegates in the General Congress to propose to that body to declare the United Colonies free and independent States, absolved from all allegiance to, or dependance upon, the Crown or Parliament of Great Britain

Proceedings of the Convention of Maryland: Instructing their Delegates in Congress, that they do not, without the approbation of the Convention, concur in any Resolve to declare the Colonies independent of the Crown of Great Britain,

Letter from William Richardson to the Maryland Council of Safety, for Commissions for Captain Joseph Richardson’s Company,