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1776  
May 29,
Letter from Kenneth MacCloud to Commodore Hopkins,
617
30,
Letter from Captain Hammond to Governour Eden: Will soon send one of the King’s ships to take him on board; orders will be given to commit no hostilities at Annapolis,
617
30,
Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to the Committee for Worcester County, Massachusetts,
618
30,
Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to Captain Nicholson,
618
30,
Letter from the Secret Committee of Congress to Captain Hodge: Instructions for his government in his voyage to Europe, to procure from foreign countries supplies of arms, ammunition, and other articles,
618
Certificate of the appointment of the Committee of Secret Correspondence,
620
30,
Letter from Colonel Reed to the President of Congress: His reasons for declining the office of Secretary to General Washington,
620
30,
York County (Pennsylvania) Committee: Approve the appointment of a Provincial Congress, and condemn the conduct of James Rankin, Representative from York County,
620
Address of James Rankin to the worthy inhabitants of York County,
621
A Freeman’s Address to James Rankin, one of the Representatives for the County of York, Pennsylvania,
623
30,
Meeting of the Committee for Chester County, Pennsylvania,
625
30,
Letter from the Committee for Northampton County, Pennsylvania, to the Philadelphia Committee,
625
30,
Meeting of the Committee for Northampton County: Declare in favour of a Provincial Convention,
625
30,
Proclamation by Governour Franklin, requiring the Assembly of New-Jersey to meet at Perth Amboy, on the 20th of June, next,
626
30,
Letter from General Putnam to the New-York Congress, complaining of the bad management of the Jail,
626
30,
Memorial of the Vestry of the City and County of New-York to the Provincial Congress, praying the sum of five thousand pounds may be advanced or lent to the City of New-York for the support of the poor,
627
30,
Report of Committee of Provincial Congress, on Resolutions for raising two additional Battalions for three months,
627
30,
Return of the state of the Minute Regiment raised in Suffolk County, New-York,
628
30,
Letter from General Thompson to General Washington: The havock made among the New-England Troops by the small-pox, and the want of ammunition, especially lead, have prevented anything being done below Sorel,
628
30,
Council of War at Chambly,
628
30,
Two Prizes, laden with military stores for the British Troops, taken and brought into New-buryport,
629
31,
Address to the People of the Thirteen United Colonies: On the necessity of an immediate Declaration of Independence,
629
31,
Resolutions of the Virginia Convention, disapproving of the conduct of the Council of Safety of Maryland, in regard to Governour Eden,
629
31,
Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to Captain Hill,
630
31,
Letter from Francis Ware to the Maryland Council of Safety,
630
31,
Letter from J. Hall to the Maryland Council of Safety, for ammunition for the Severn Battalion,
630
31,
Snow-Hill (Maryland) Committee: Application for commissions for a Company raised in Worcester County,
631
31,
Letter from General Washington to John A. Washington: We expect a bloody summer at New-York, as it is there the grand efforts of the enemy will be aimed; we are not, either in men or arms, prepared for it; but the same Providence which has in many instances appeared for us, it is to be hoped, will still go on to afford its aid,
631
1776  
May 31,
Letter from John Macpherson to the President of Congress,
632
Report of the Committee of the Congress on Mr. Macpherson’s Letter,
632
31,
Extract of a Letter from New-York to a gentleman in Philadelphia,
632
31,
Letter from New-York: Nothing has been said in the Provincial Congress upon the subject of a Declaration of Independence, but a new mode of Government has been talked of,
633
31,
Letter from Colonel Ritzema to the New-York Congress, requesting a pair of Colours for his Regiment, of such a colour and with such devices as shall be deemed proper by the Congress,
633
31,
Letter from the New-York Congress to the Committee for Ulster County,
1349
31,
Letter from James Smith to the New-York Congress, returning his commission as Captain of the armed sloop Schuyler,
1353
31,
Letter from General Putnam to General Washington,
633
General Orders from May 22 to May 31,
633
31,
Letter from the Committee for Jamaica, Queen’s County, New-York, to the Provincial Congress,
637
31,
Letter from the Committee for New-Windsor to the New-York Congress: Case of Mrs. Lawrence, who sells tea in violation of the Resolve of Congress,
638
31,
Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress
639
31,
Return of Stores and Provisions received, forwarded, expended, and what remains in store, at Fort-George,
639
31,
Letter from General Schuyler to General Washington: The disagreeable accounts heretofore transmitted from Canada, he hopes, will be the last. A number of persons living on the New-Hampshire Grants have had, and perhaps still have, a design to seize him as a Tory; hopes the Congress will publickly do him justice,
639
Letter from General Schuyler to Committee of Albany, May 14: Requests a secret committee may be appointed to receive the information he sends by Mr. Duer of the intentions of the Tories in the neighbouring Counties,
641
Letter from General Schuyler to General Sullivan, May 14: Information has been lodged with him against Sir John Johnson, charging him with hostile intentions. Directs that Colonel Dayton, with three hundred men, be sent to Johnstown,
641
Letter from General Schuyler to Sir John Johnson, May 14,
642
Letter from General Schuyler to Volkert P. Douw, May 14, requesting him to inform the Mohawks of the reasons for marching the Troops to Johnstown,
642
Letter from General Schuyler to Colonel Dayton, May 14: Instructions for proceedings in Johnstown,
642
Letter from General Schuyler to Sir John Johnson, May 14: Having discovered his secret operations, has ordered him to be sent to Albany a close prisoner,
643
Letter from General Schuyler to Lady Johnson, May 14,
643
Letter from Sir John Johnson to General Schuyler, May 18: Mr. McDonald has no control over the clan of his name, and they will not leave Johnstown, to be removed to Albany,
644
Letter from Colonel Dayton to General Schuyler, May 22: Arrived at Johnstown, on the 19th instant; Sir John Johnson has assembled the Highlanders, who determined not to surrender themselves, and has retired with them into the woods,
644
Letter from General Schuyler to Colonel Dayton, May 22: He has requested the Committees of Albany and Tryon to take measures to secure the country against the infernal machinations of the Tories; they are to be aided, if necessary, with the Troops under his command,
645
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