June 7,

Letter from the President of Congress to General Washington: Congress has just received intelligence from Canada which is truly alarming; the Army there is almost ruined for want of discipline; it has been determined to recall General Wooster,

7,

Circular Letter from the President of Congress to the several Colonies: Lead is so essentially necessary at this juncture, that no pains should be spared to procure it. The situation of the United Colonies will be extremely deplorable if we depend entirely upon the importation of it. Every people should have within themselves all the means of self-defence,

7,

Letter from General Washington to the President of Congress: He arrived at New-York on the 6th; by the news just received from Canada, it appears our affairs there are in a much worse condition than was first reported at Philadelphia,

7,

Letter from General Washington to the New-York Congress: Earnestly requests they will endeavour to furnish the quota expected from the Province for the reinforcement of our Army in Canada, as speedily as possible; General Schuyler is extremely importunate for a supply of men,

7,

Letter from General Washington to General Schuyler: Congress has provided for reinforcing the Army in Canada, and keeping up the communication with that Province; they have also authorized the engaging a number of Indians in the service,

7,

Letter from Robert H. Harrison to General Ward: Enclosing the dismissal of Colonel Burbeck from the Continental Army; and advises him, if the Troops are turbulent and very importunate for their pay, to borrow money from the General Court, to be repaid when money is sent,

7,

Letter from the Provincial Congress of New-York to the President of the Continental Congress: It was expected that the pay of the Army would be equalized, and that the Eastern Troops would receive no more than the Troops of the Middle Colonies; the discrimination is unjust and odious, and has produced great dissatisfaction. As a matter of justice it is claimed that all be put on one general footing,

7,

Letter from John Schuyler to the New-York Delegates in Congress,

7,

New-York Committee request the inhabitants of the City and County to decide by an election, on the 17th instant, on the propriety of establishing a new Government,

7,

Letter from Colonel Bellinger to Colonel Fisher: An express has just arrived with the news that a great number of enemy Indians had arrived at Oneida, and were on their march down,

7,

Letter from General Sullivan to General Washington,

7,

Letter from General Thompson to General Sullivan,

7,

Address of the Committees of the several Towns in the County of Berkshire, Massachusetts, with the approbation of King’s District in New-York, to General Washington: Expressing the dissatisfaction of many officers and soldiers, and others, with the conduct of General Schuyler; who have great fears respecting his fidelity to his country, and that there is a great backwardness in men to in-list for service in Canada on this account,

7,

Letter from Asa Douglass to General Washington: Has been a constant observer of all our Northern transactions, from the beginning of our troubles; the resolution of Congress to abandon Ticonderoga, in 1775, was caused by the land jobbers; New-York is not hearty either in the reduction of Canada or in opposing Great Britain; he believes, from all that has transpired, that General Schuyler is a traitor, and that the destruction of the Army in Canada, if not all the New-England Provinces, is near at hand,

June 7,

Account of the capture of the privateer Yankee Hero, by the British frigate Milford,

Commission of the privateer Yankee Hero, from the Council of Massachusetts,

8,

Letter from Colonel Moultrie to the Commanding Officer of the British Fleet: With a flag by Captain Huger, assuring him that the firing on his flag yesterday was the effect of error in the sentinel,

Letter from General Lee to Colonel Moultrie: Ordering a detachment to Long-Island, to dislodge the enemy if possible,

8,

Address to the Convention of Virginia, on the subject of Government in general, and recommending a particular form to their consideration: By a Native of the Colony,

8,

Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to Lieutenant Harrison,

8,

Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to their Delegates in Congress: The Governour is not gone yet, but will leave the Province in a few days; the intention of the Virginia Resolutions is to stir up the people of Maryland against their Deputies in Congress, Convention, and Council of Safety—for which they deserve to be properly rewarded,

8,

Instructions of Assembly of Pennsylvania to their Delegates in Congress: Removing the restrictions laid upon them by the Instructions of last November, directing them to dissent from and reject any proposition that might cause, or lead to, a separation from Great Britain,

8,

Resolution of the Committee for Berks County, Pennsylvania, to support the present civil Government of the Province, till a new one is formed,

8,

Letter from the Committee of Cumberland County to the President of Congress: Enclosing a Resolution of the Committee respecting some gunpowder forwarded by Lewis Morris to Ephraim Blair, to be sent to Fort Pitt,

8,

Letter from Lieutenant Hallock to the Marine Committee,

8,

Letter from William Henshaw to Gen. Gates,

8,

Letter from the New-York Delegates to the New-York Congress: Requesting instructions on the question of Independence,

8,

Letter from Isaac Ketcham to John Jay: Israel Youngs has discovered a plan which should be guarded against; he is unwilling to explain himself to any person but Mr. Jay,

8,

Letter from General Washington to the President of Congress, enclosing a Letter from General Schuyler, of May 31,

General Orders, from June 1 to June 8,

8,

Letter from the Albany Committee to the New-York Congress: An immediate invasion of the frontier is expected; the Militia of Sche-nectady with that of Tryon County are ordered to march to the westward; but the whole of the powder in Albany and Tryon Counties is scarce sufficient to give ten rounds to each man; they earnestly request a supply of ammunition,

8,

Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress: Recommends the establishment of a Post at the place where Fort Stanwix formerly stood; and that a conference should be held with the Six Nations at the German Flats, to inform them of our intentions,

Return of Provisions received at Fort George and forwarded to Ticonderoga, since the 1st instant,

8,

Letter from Samuel Kirkland to General Schuyler: Colonel Butler by threats and proffers has prevailed upon the greater part of the Senecas, Cayugas, and Onondagas, to renounce the cause of the Colonies, and engage on the King’s side; they have sent the war hatchet to the Chippewas and Ottawas, and some of the tribes have received it; if Colonel Butler is reinforced from Niagara, our Indian friends say the back parts of New-York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, will soon feel his resentment,