1776.
June 4, |
Answer of the New-York Congress to Lewis Thibou: The Continental Congress
alone can decide upon measures affecting the general welfare,
| 1362 |
4, | Examination of witnesses on the charges against Capt. Jonathan Baker and
Stephen Fountain, | 570 |
4, | Proceedings of the New-York Committee on the complaint against Captain
Harriott, submitted to the Provincial Congress, | 1375 |
4, | Captain Jonathan Baker and Stephen Fountain tried by the Joint Committees of
Brookhaven, St. George’s, and Meritches, on the charge of being enemies to their country;
and, as such, of taking up arms and holding correspondence with our enemies on board the
Ministerial ships of war, | 710 |
| | Order for the conveyance under guard of Jonathan Baker and Stephen Fountain,
to the Committee of New-Haven, or the Provincial Congress of New-York, | 710 |
4, | Speech of Indian Chiefs to Henry Wisner, | 710 |
4, | Letter from Richard Varick to General Washington: With Captain Godwin of the
Royal Artillery, made prisoner at Chambly, | 711 |
4, | Letter from General Schuyler to General Thomas: Recommends the seizure of all
persons notoriously disaffected to the Colonies, as a measure necessary for the preservation of
such of our friends as may fall into the enemy’s hands in the course of this
contest, | 711 |
4, | Rev. Willard Hall, of Westford, Massachusetts, declared unfriendly to the
cause of the American Colonies, | 712 |
4, | Letter from James Sullivan to James Warren, recommending the appointment of a
Truck-master at Penobscot to supply the Indians on the Bay of Fundy, and the St. John’s
Tribe, | 712 |
5, | Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to the Baltimore Committee,
| 713 |
5, | Letter from the President of Congress to General Washington, | 713 |
5, | Letter from the President of Congress to Joseph Reed: Congress has appointed
him Adjutant-General of the Continental Army, | 713 |
5, | Letter from William Whipple to John Langdon, | 1025 |
5, | Petition of William Adams to the Continental Congress: Is Surgeon on board the
sloop Hornet, but conceives he could render his country more service in a fighting capacity, and
requests an appointment of Captain of Marines, | 714 |
5, | Letter from John Watts to the New-York Congress, | 714 |
5, | Letter from Captain Cregier to Thomas Randall: Is with the schooner General
Putnam at Shrewsbury Inlet; several ships of war are at Sandy-Hook, | 715 |
5, | Letter from Ezekiel Hawley to the New-York Congress, for directions how to
proceed; many of the inhabitants about Salem, in Westchester County, are opposed to the measures
of the United Colonies, | 1385 |
5, | Letter from George Townshend to the New-York Congress, | 715 |
5, | Petition of Inhabitants of the City of Albany to the sub-Committee of the City
and County: Requesting that all persons notoriously disaffected to the measures now pursued by
America to support her freedom, may be placed under restraint, | 715 |
5, | Letter from the Committee for Albany to the Delegates for that County in the
Provincial Congress: They have very little powder, and Tryon County is in a worse
condition, | 715 |
5, | Letter from General Sullivan to General Washington, | 921 |
5, | Letter from General Arnold to General Schuyler, | 924 |
5, |
Letter from J. Duggan to
General Schuyler, | 924 |
5, | Letter from Joseph Greenleaf to the Massachusetts Council, | 715 |
5, | Address of A Watchman to the People of Massachusetts-Bay,
| 716 |
6, | Speech of Governour Bullock to the Provincial
Congress of Georgia, | 718 |
| | Address of the Provincial Congress to Governour
Bullock, June 7th, | 719 |
1776.
June 6, |
Letter from General Lee to the
President of Congress: South-Carolina and Georgia must be reinforced; the enemy will probably
make it the seat of war,
| 720 |
6, | Letter from General Lee to General Lewis: Directing
him to order as large a body of Regulars as can be spared from Virginia, to march to Cross-Creek
in North-Carolina, | 721 |
| | Letter from General Lee to the Convention of
Virginia, June 1: The enemy’s fleet has sailed from Cape Fear, but whether they have gone
north or south is uncertain; he sets out for Charlestown to-morrow, | 721 |
6, | Committee for Hanover County, Virginia, declare
Alexander Macauley, Richard Dennis-town, and Thomas Evans, inimical to the liberties of America,
| 721 |
6, | Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to the
Committee for Frederick County, | 722 |
6, | Letter from U. Scott to the Maryland Council of
Safety: Wishes to go to England, and asks them for a passport, | 722 |
6, | Letter from the President of Congress to General
Mercer: Requests him immediately to set out for Head-Quarters, at New-York, | 723 |
6, | Letter from the President of Congress to Stephen
Moylan, Quartermaster-General, | 723 |
6, | Reflections on Publick Affairs: Recommended to the
perusal of the Members of the New-Jersey Assembly, | 723 |
6, | Letter from Colonel Huntington to Governour Trumbull:
It is conjectured the attack on New-York will be made through Long-Island, as it has the
greatest proportion of Tories, both of its own growth and of adventitious ones, of any part of
the Colony, | 725 |
6, | Mangle Minthorn published by the New-York Committee,
as an enemy to America, | 725 |
6, | Letter from the Albany Committee to the President of
Congress, recommending Captain John Visscher for promotion, | 726 |
6, | Appointment of Francis Guillot, by General Sullivan,
| 923 |
6, | Instructions for General Thompson, | 923 |
6, | Letter from General Arnold to General Schuyler,
| 925 |
6, | Connecticut Council of Safety direct the three
galleys to be furnished and manned with fifty men, each, | 726 |
6, | Letter from General Ward to General Washington: With
an Invoice of the Ordnance Stores forwarded for the Army at New-York, | 727 |
6, | Letter from the Assembly of Massachusetts to their
Delegates in Congress: It will be very difficult to raise the Battalions proposed to be raised in
Massachusetts without some additional encouragement, | 728 |
7, | Letter from General Howe to Lord George Germaine: The Troops at Halifax are
embarked, and waiting only for favourable weather to sail for Sandy-Hook; he proceeds in a
frigate that he may have the advantage of communicating with Governour Tryon, for obtaining the
best information of the state of the Rebel Army in the environs of that place; his best
endeavours will be employed to engage the assistance of the Indians of the Six Nations, and
hopes, by the influence of Colonel Guy Johnson, to make them useful, | 728 |
7, | Letter from Colonel Moultrie to President Rutledge:
By an unlucky accident a flag from the man-of-war was fired on by a sentinel, | 1185 |
7, | Letter from President Rutledge to Colonel
Moultrie: Directs him to send a flag immediately to the Commanding Officer of the British Fleet
to explain the accident, | 1185 |
7, | Loose Thoughts on Government, by Democraticus,
| 730 |
7, | Letter from B. Johnson to the Maryland Council of
Safety: Requesting commissions for Officers of three Companies in his Battalion, | 732 |
7, | Meeting of the Council of Maryland: The Governour
informs the Board of his intention of leaving the Province very shortly; and communicates the
several circumstances that oblige him to leave the Government, which he does not do of choice,
| 732–740 |
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