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 Kings 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 |
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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 |
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Address of James Rankin to the worthy inhabitants of York County, |
621 |
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A Freemans 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 |
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Report of the Committee of the Congress on Mr. Macphersons 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 |
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General Orders from May 22 to May 31, |
633 |
31, |
Letter from the Committee for Jamaica, Queens 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Letter from General Schuyler to Sir John Johnson, May 14, |
642 |
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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 |
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Letter from General Schuyler to Colonel Dayton, May 14: Instructions for proceedings in Johnstown, |
642 |
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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 |
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Letter from General Schuyler to Lady Johnson, May 14, |
643 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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