Letter from Elbridge Gerry to James Warren: The great question of Independency was yesterday carried in a Committee of the Whole House, by nine Colonies,

1212

2,

Constitution of New-Jersey,

1635

2,

Letter from the New-York Delegates to the Provincial Congress: Independence has been carried in Congress, without one dissenting vote,

1212

2,

Address of the Committee of Safety to the Inhabitants of Pennsylvania,

1213

2,

Letter from General Mifflin to General Washington,

1214

2,

Letter from R. Carey to General Mifflin: General Washington cannot supply him any arms, as there is great want of them in the camp at New-York,

1215

2,

Letter from David Matthews to Gouverneur Morris,

1215

2,

Letter from James Coggeshall to Gouverneur Morris,

1215

2,

Letter from Frederick Phillips to a Committee of the New-York Congress,

1215

2,

Letter from Thomas Moffat to the New-York Congress, enclosing the evidence of Ephraim Dunning, and the examination of John Samson, relative to the plot contrived against the liberties of the United Colonies,

1216

2,

Letter from General Schuyler to General Sullivan: Colonel Dayton will, by the 9th or 10th, take post at Fort Stanwix,

1217

2,

Letter from General Sullivan to the President of Congress: Condition of the Northern Army,

1217

Petition of Inhabitants of the New-Hampshire Grants to General Sullivan, asking a detachment for their protection,

1218

2,

Letter from General Sullivan to General Washington: Has arrived at, and is fortifying Crown Point; sickness seized both officers and men to such a degree that he was forced to leave Isle-aux-Noix, where he had determined to make a stand; in the retreat everything was secured, even to an axe, except three cannon at Chambly,

1219

2,

Letter from Governour Trumbull to General Schuyler: Some strange fatality seems to attend our Northern Army; this is the critical time when every nerve must be strained for our security; the forces raising for the Northern Department are forwarding with diligence, they will begin their march by parties,

1222

2,

Proceedings of the Connecticut Council of Safety,

1223

2,

Letter from Walter Spooner to General Washington: Measures have been taken by the General Court of Massachusetts to forward with the utmost expedition the raising the troops destined for New-York,

1227

2,

Letter from Colonel Wentworth to General Washington,

1227

2,

General Folsom’s orders to Captain Gage to raise men to reinforce General Sullivan, supposed to be at Crown Point,

1228

Return of Captain Gage, dated July 24, that he has got but ten men,

1228

3,

Letter from R. Rea to Governour Bullock: Fears the British emissaries have at last accomplished their designs with the Cherokees, but hopes to give the Indians a good drubbing before they can get assistance from the King’s Troops,

1228

Deposition of Aaron Smith respecting an attack of the Indians,

1228

Deposition of David Shettroe,

1229

Letter from Henry Stuart to the frontier inhabitants of North-Carolina and Virginia, May 19, urging them to repair to the King’s standard, where they and their families will find protection, and be free from all danger whatever,

1229

3,

Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to Captain Smith,

1230

3,

Letter from the President of Congress to the Philadelphia Committee, requesting, by order of the Congress, that the troops raising for the Flying Camp may be forwarded with the utmost possible expedition,

1230

Letter from John Adams to Mrs. Adams: Yesterday the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America: a resolution was passed without one dissenting Colony, that the United Colonies are free and independent States. In a few days there will be a Declaration setting forth the causes which have impelled us to this mighty Revolution, and the reasons which will justify it in the sight of God and man,

1234

3,

Letter from John Adams to Mrs. Adams: Had Independence been declared seven months ago, we might, before this, have formed alliances with foreign States, have mastered Quebeck, and been in possession of Canada; but on the contrary, the delay has many great advantages attending it: time has been given for the whole people maturely to consider the great question,

1232

3,

Letter from Samuel Tucker to the New-York Congress, enclosing Resolutions of the Provincial Congress of New-Jersey, authorizing the arrest of suspected persons,

1233

3,

Letter from General Livingston to General Mercer: The British have possession of Staten-Island, and the people of New-Jersey seem greatly dispirited at so great a part of their Militia being drawn off to New-York, while they are left at the mercy of the enemy,

1233

3,

Letter from General Washington to the President of Congress: Yesterday fifty sail of the enemy’s fleet anchored at Staten-Island; one hundred and ten have arrived within the Hook,

1234

3,

Letter from Colonel Curtenius to the New-York Congress: The Regulars have landed at Staten Island without opposition; part are marched to Elizabethtown and Bergen-Point, while most of the Jerseymen are in New-York,

1234

3,

Letter from Colonel Malcom to John McKesson: One hundred and fifty men in his Regiment are without arms,

1235

3,

Letter from Colonel Huntington to Governour Trumbull,

1235

3,

Census of several Towns in Suffolk County, New-York, taken in compliance with the Resolves of the Continental Congress,

1236–1252

Shelter-Island,

1236

Manor of St. George and Patentship of Meritches,

1236

Brookhaven, north of the County Road,

1237

Brookhaven, south of the County Road,

1238

Southampton,

1240

Islip,

1243

Easthampton,

1243

Smithtown,

1246

Southold,

1247

3,

Letter from Isaac Elliott to General Washington: The Ministerial party have a post from New-York to the northward, as regularly as the other posts. Bennett, the General’s express, is suspected, by his frequenting disaffected houses, riding back roads, &c., to be either treacherous or an impostor,

1252

3,

Extract of a Letter from Crown Point: Account of the retreat of the Army from Sorel,

1252

3,

Letter from Governour Trumbull to General Washington: Has ordered reinforcements of Foot and Horse to join the Army, with the the least possible delay,

1253

3,

Resolutions of the Committees of Springfield, Westfield, and West-Springfield, for the regulation of the prisoners in the care of the Committees of Hampshire County,

1254

3,

Letter from the Selectmen of Rochester, in the County of Stafford, in New-Hampshire, to Meshech Weare,

1254

4,

Edict published at Lisbon, by order of the King of Portugal, prohibiting the entry of American vessels in any port in the dominions of Portugal, and requiring that they be driven from such ports in the same state in which they shall arrive, without any succour of any kind being given to them,

1255

4,

Letter from Colonel Smallwood to Thomas Johnson,

1255

4,

Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to James Tilghman, requesting him to attend the Council of Safety at Annapolis,

1256