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| June 24, |
John Willett examined and discharged on giving bond, that he will neither directly nor indirectly contravene or oppose the measures of the Continental or the Provincial Congress, |
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| Captain Archibald Hamilton examined and discharged on his parole, | 1170 |
| Examination of John Yates of Wallkill Precinct, in Ulster County, | 1171 |
| Captain Abeel ordered to arrest —— Simerson, of Hempstead, in Queen’s County, | 1172 |
25, | Form of Warrant to be issued against such persons of equivocal character as may refuse or neglect to appear on summons, | 1172 |
| Form of Summons to persons inimical to the cause and rights of America, | 1173 |
| Examination of George Brewerton, | 1174 |
| Mr. Brewerton’s bond and discharge, | 1174 |
| Order for the arrest of Nicholas Connery, | 1175 |
| Deposition of James Campbell and Alexander Anderson, | 1175 |
26, | Case of Dr. Samuel Martin further considered, | 1175 |
| Certificate to Dr. Martin, | 1176 |
| James Matthews’s Bond, | 1176 |
| Deposition of Irael Youngs, | 1177 |
| Examination of Gilbert Forbes, | 1178 |
27, | Mr. Axtell objects to the parole offered him by the Committee; but offers to give his parole not to take any active part against this country, | 1179 |
| His case (concealing his name) to be submitted to the Provincial Congress, | 1179 |
| Summons issued to Charles Nicoll, Donald Mc-Clean, Peter Graham, Richard Morris, Solomon Fowler, and William Smith, as persons of equivocal character, | 1179 |
| Summons issued against Theophylact Bache, Charles Arden, John Moore, Sen., Benjamin Williams, Nathaniel Underhill, James Horton, Jun., William Sutton, Peter Corne, Peter Huggeford, William Barker, Joshua Purdy, and Absalom Gidney, persons inimical to the cause and rights of America, | 1179 |
| Case of William Axtell to be laid before the Provincial Congress for their direction, | 1180 |
| Summons issued against William Bayard, William Newton, Frederick Rhinelander, Christopher Benson, John Wood, James Coggeshall, Samuel Burling, Theophilus Hardenbrook, John Millner, Benjamin James, David Beatty, Linus King, John Baltus Dash, and Henry Law, | 1181 |
29, | Information given by David Baldwin, of Bergen County, New-Jersey, | 1182 |
| Prisoners sent to Brigadier-General Greene, | 1183 |
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July 1, | Letter from General Lee to General Washington: Account of the attack and defeat of the British fleet at Sullivan’s Island, | 1183 |
1, | Letter from Christopher Gadsden to Colonel Moultrie, | 1192 |
1, | Letter from General Lee to Colonel Moultrie: The garrison should be kept more vigilant than ever; in war we are never in so great danger as when success makes us confident, | 1192 |
1, | Letter from John Cradock to the Maryland Council of Safety: Resigns his commission of First Major, in Soldiers’ Delight Battalion; they will be commanded only by officers recommended by themselves, | 1192 |
1, | Letter from Colonel Gist to the Maryland Council of Safety, resigning his commission, | 1193 |
1, | Letter from the President of Congress to General Washington, with Mr. Wiebert, a French Engineer, | 1193 |
1, | Letter from John Adams to Archibald Bullock: There has been a great change in the sentiments of the Colonies, a few months will bring us all to the same way of thinking; this morning is assigned for the debate on the Declaration of Independence, and this day or to-morrow is to determine its fate, | 1193 |
1, | Letter from John Adams to Samuel Chase: The question of Independence was carried to-day in the affirmative, in Committee of the Whole, and reported to the House; a Colony desired it might be postponed until to-morrow, when it will pass by a great majority, perhaps with almost unanimity, | 1194 |
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| July 1, |
Letter from Josiah Bartlett to John Langdon: The affair of independency has been this day determined in a Committee of the Whole House; expects by the next post to send a formal Declaration, with the reasons, |
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1, | Officers appointed by the Committee for Chester County, Pennsylvania, for the Battalion to be raised in that County, | 1195 |
1, | Letter from General Washington to General Ward: One hundred and ten of the enemy’s fleet arrived at New-York on Saturday; and it is expected General Howe will make an attack as soon as possible; the Army is extremely deficient in arms, and in great distress for want of them, | 1196 |
1, | Letter from Colonel Joseph Reed to the New-York Provincial Congress, for all the lead they can spare, for it is one of those articles of which the Army stands at present in the utmost need, | 1196 |
1, | Letter from James Coggeshall to a Committee of the New-York Congress, | 1197 |
1, | Petition of Isaac Ketchum to the New-York Congress, | 1197 |
1, | Committee appointed by the Committee for Queen’s County, New-York, to request assistance to prevent their being plundered by the Ministerial Troops, | 1198 |
1, | Letter from Theophylact Bache to Philip Livingston: The accusation that he is inimical to the cause and rights of America is unmerited, | 1198 |
1, | Petition of Inhabitants of Cortlandt’s Manor to the New-York Congress, representing their defenceless condition, and that they are surrounded by numbers of Tories, who are daily meditating their destruction, | 1198 |
1, | Petition of the Inhabitants of Cherry Valley, New-Town, Martin, and Springfield, in Tryon County, New-York, requesting their defenceless condition may be taken into immediate consideration. They are in imminent danger of being cut off by the Savages, who have been bribed to do it by Sir John Johnson and Colonel Butler, | 1198 |
1, | Letter from General Schuyler to General Washington: General Gates claims the command of the Northern Army; the Congress should explicitly declare if they so intended, | 1199 |
| Letter from General Sullivan to General Schuyler, June 24, | 1201 |
| Statement of the conversation between Generals Schuyler and Gates, on the subject of their respective commands, June 30, | 1202 |
1, | Letter from General Schuyler to Governour Trumbull: Is far from desponding, though so many untoward circumstances have arisen to the northward, | 1203 |
1, | Letter from General Schuyler to Meshech Weare: Acknowledges the receipt of eleven hundred and forty-seven Pounds in specie, | 1203 |
1, | Letter from Colonel Bellows to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety: In half his regiment there is not an ounce of powder or ball, and not a single firelock fit for use, | 1204 |
1, | Letter from Captain Harding to Governour Trumbull, | 1204 |
2, | Letter from General Lee to the President of Congress, with an account of the repulse of the enemy at Sullivan’s Island, | 1205 |
| Narrative, by five seamen, deserters from the British fleet which attacked and were beaten off by the fort at Sullivan’s Island, June 28th, | 1205 |
2, | Extract of a Letter from Charlestown, South-Carolina: Account of the attack, by Sir Peter Parker, on Sullivan’s Island, | 1206 |
| Extract of a Letter from Sir Peter Parker to Mr. Stephens, Secretary of the Admiralty, July 9: His account of his defeat at Sullivan’s Island, | 1208 |
| Extract of a Letter from a Surgeon in Sir Peter Parker’s fleet, July 9, | 1209 |
2, | Letter from Thomas Ennalls to the Maryland Council of Safety, | 1209 |
2, | Letter from Bennett Bracco to Gabriel Duvall, | 1211 |
2, | Letter from John Martin to the Maryland Coun-of Safety, | 1211 |
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