Letter from Commodore Hopkins to President of Congress: The Cabot and Andrew Doria have both sailed on a cruise to the eastward; the Columbus will sail soon; the other vessels cannot get away for want of men,

Court-Martial on Abraham Whipple the Commander of the Columbus, May 6th, on the charge of cowardice, in the engagement with the Glasgow ship-of-war, on the 7th April last,

Proceedings of a Court-Martial on John Hazard, Commander of the sloop Providence, May 8,

Letter from James Warren to the Massachusetts Council: He has purchased a sloop to watch the motions of the enemy and to give intelligence,

Orders from the Committee of Safety of New-Hampshire to General Folsom: On notice of any attack or descent of the enemy to order out the Militia immediately,

Letter from the President of Congress to Mrs. Connolly: The Congress cannot, under the present situation of affairs, comply with her request for a passport to proceed to Pittsburgh,

Letter from the President of Congress to Abraham Livingston, conveying the thanks of Congress for resigning the contract for supplying the forces in the Colony of New-York,

Letter from John McDonald to the New-York Congress, requesting to know if they intend to open any of the lead mines he has examined,

Letter from Duncan Campbell, a prisoner, to General Washington,

Letter from the Committee for Tryon County to the Commissioners of Indian Affairs,

Letter from Captain Varick to General Washington: Sends prisoners from Albany to New-York,

Letter from Admiral Hopkins to Nathaniel Shaw: For an account of the guns and stores left in his hands,

Letter from Admiral Hopkins to Captain Sal-tonstall: For an exact account of the cannon, mortars, shot, shells, and stores, left at New-London,

Vote of the Town of Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in favour of Independence,

Instructions of the Town of Boston to their Representatives,

Letter from the President of Congress to General Schuyler: Sends him by Captain Gray-don, of the Pennsylvania Forces, £1662 1s. 3d., which is the whole amount of hard money in the Treasury,

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

Letter from the President of Congress to General Thomas: Canada, in the opinion of Congress, is an object of the last importance to the welfare of the United Colonies; should our troops entirely evacuate that Province, it is not in human wisdom to foretell the consequences,

Letter from the President of Congress to General Schuyler: Should our enemies get possession of any one Province, which may furnish them with supplies and from which they may harass the adjacent country, the preservation of American liberty would be rendered precarious; it is this circumstance which gives a greater weight to the war in Canada than in any other part of America, as the danger of our enemy’s getting footing there is much greater,

Letter from General Washington to General Thomas: His precipitate retreat from Que-beck, with the loss of the cannon and powder going from General Schuyler, has given a sad shock to our schemes in that quarter, and blasted the hope we entertained of reducing that fortress and the whole of Canada to our possession; the misfortune must be repaired, if possible, by our more vigorous exertions,

 

Memorial from the Committee of Philadelphia to the Congress of the United Colonies of North-America: They have beheld, with great affliction, the Assembly of Pennsylvania withdraw from its union with the other Colonies; in consequence of the defection of the Delegates appointed by the Assembly, they apprehend an appeal was made to the people, and a conference of Committees has accordingly been called to determine upon the propriety of a Provincial Convention to take up the subject of Government,

Letter from James Mease to Robert Morris,

Proceedings of the Committee of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, on a complaint against George Wolfe and others,

Letter from General Putnam to General Washington, with an invoice of articles forwarded to Albany for General Schuyler,

Plan for General Putnam’s consideration to employ the armed vessels under his command, and which will prevent the King’s ships being supplied with fresh provisions by the enemies of America,

Letter from General Putnam to the New-York Congress,

Letter from General Schuyler to General Wash-ington,

An estimate of the number of men necessary to transport provisions for ten thousand men from Albany to Canada, specifying the manner in which it is conveyed,

Letter from Colonel Dayton to General Schuyler,

Letter from Colonel Dayton to General Schuyler, enclosing Depositions,

Letter from Captain Wilkinson to General Greene: Colonel Bedel, posted at the Cedars, has been taken, and Major Sherburne, detached to relieve him, cut off; General Arnold cannot now muster more than four hundred and fifty men, and we shall be attacked in six hours,

Court-Martial on Lieutenant Merrill,

Letter from Colonel Smallwood to the Maryland Convention,

Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to the North-Carolina Committee of Safety,

Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to Captains Sand, Ridley, and Mawbray: The orders for their sailing are countermanded, and they are not to move from their station without further directions,

Letter from the President of Congress to the Commanding Officer of the Continental Troops in Philadelphia: He is to call out such Continental Troops as have arms, and form them in Battalion with the Associators for review by the Generals on Monday next,

Letter from Cornelius Swartwout to the New-York Congress,

Letter from Paul Micheau to Nathaniel Wood-hull,

Petition of Israel Youngs and Isaac Youngs to the New-York Congress,

Meeting of the New-York Committee on the complaint against John Alsop,

Letter from William Smith to the New-York Congress: Many persons on Long-Island are believed to be in communication with the British ships of war,

Meeting of the Joint Committee of Brook-haven, St. George, and Meritches, to discover the secret plots and misconduct of sundry evil-minded persons, May 13,

Letter from the Albany Committee to General Schuyler,

Letter from the Committee of Tryon County to the Commissioners of Indian Affairs, May 23: They have stopped the batteaus with provisions, believing they were intended for the enemy, and not for Indian trade,

Letter from the Albany Committee to the Tryon Committee, German Flats: The traders may be permitted to pass on with what is manifestly intended for trade with the Indians, if they leave behind the necessaries for the garrison,