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A COLLECTION OF AUTHENTICK RECORDS, STATE PAPERS, DEBATES, AND LETTERS AND OTHER NOTICES OF PUBLICK AFFAIRS,

THE WHOLE FORMINO

A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY

THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES;

CAUSES AND ACC03IPLISHMENT OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION:

THE CONSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES,

THE FINAL RATIFICATION THEREOF.

I.\ SIX SERIES.

FIRST SERIES.

From the Discovery and Settlement of the North American Colonies, to the Revolution in England, in 1688.

SECOND SERIES.

From the Revolution in England, in 168S, to the Cession of Canada to Great Britain, by the Treaty at Paris, in 1763.

THIRD SERIES.

From the Cession of Canada, in 1763, lo the King's Mes- sage to Parliament, of March 7th, 1774, on the Proceed- ings in North America.

FOURTH SERIES.

From the King's Message of March 7th, 1774, to the Decla- ration of Independence, by the United States, in 1776.

FIFTH SERIES.

From the Declaration of Independence, in 1776, to the De- finitive Treaty of Peace with Great Britain, in 1783.

SIXTH SERIES.

From the Treaty of Peace, in 1783, to the final ratification of the Constitution of Government for the United Slates, proposed by the Convention, held at Philadelphia, in 1787.

BY PETER FORCE.

PREPARED AND PUBLISHED UNDER AUTHORITY OF AN ACT OF CONGRESS.

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ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1843,

BY PETER FORCE,

IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

AMERICAN ARCHIVES:

CONTAINING

A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY

THE ENGLISH COLONIES IN NORTH AMERICA,

THE KING'S MESSAGE TO PARLIAMENT, OF MARCH 7, 1774,

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

THE UNITED STATES.

BY PETER FORCE.

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PUBLISHED BY M. ST. CLAIR CLARKE AND PETER FORCE, UNDER AUTHORITY OP AN ACT OP CONGRESS, PASSED ON THE SECOND OP MARCH, 1833.

WASHINGTON, APRIL, 1843.

ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OP CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1843,

BY PETER FORCE,

IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

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CONTENTS

OF THE FOURTH VOLUME OF THE FOURTH SERIES.

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NEW-HAMPSHIRE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY. 1775.

Sep. 12, Committee of Supplies requested to supply Co- lonel Poor's Regiment with Provisions, - 1 William Whipple and General Folsom to wait on General Washington, ... - 1

16, General Washington requires the payment to

the New-Hampshire Troops bound to Cana- da, 1

27, Orders to Captain Titus Salter to take com-

mand of the Batteries on Pierce's and Sevey's Islands, -------1

28, Orders to Colonel Timothy Walker to pay the

New-Hampshire Troops, - - - - 2

28, Boom strong enough to prevent the passage of

Vessels directed to be laid across the River from Pierce's to Sevey's Island, 2

Oct. 10, Capture of the Ship Prince George, by a sub- Committee, at Portsmouth, 2

10, Field-Officers of New- Hampshire Troops at Winter-Hill request General Sullivan may fill vacancies in the Regiments there, - - 3

10, Orders to Captain Robert Parker to inlist Ma-

trosses for the defence of Sevey's Island, - 3

12, Minute-Men to be inlisted for four months, - 3 18, Part of the Cargo of the Ship Prince George to

be sold ; and Captain Richard Emms, and the crew, paid from the proceeds, - - - 4

18, Orders to the Captains and other Officers of the

Militia of New-Hampshire, ... 4

18, Colonel Weare and General Folsom desired to attend, on behalf of New-Hampshire, a Con- ference of sundry Members of the Continental Congress, and Gentlemen of the other New- England Colonies, at Cambridge, 4

23, The Committee desired to repair to Portsmouth on the report that a Fleet was expected to at- tack that place, -...-- 4 General Sullivan requests that Commissions may be filled for the vacancies in the New- Hampshire Regiments, .... 4

27, Vessels directed to be placed in Piscataqua Har- bour, .......4

Nov. 16,Committee continued until the sitting of the Provincial Congress, on the 21st of Decem- ber next, --.-...5

17, Agreeable news of the surrender of Fort St.

John's received, ..... 5

18, Three hundred Pounds, in gold, sent to Canada

to pay the New-Hampshire Troops under

the command of Colonel Bedel, - - - 5

21, Number of the Inhabitants of New-Hampshire

transmitted to the Continental Congress, - 5

23, Captain Philip Goldthwaite and Hon. Daniel Rogers, suspected of being unfriendly to the liberties of America, examined by the Com- mittee, and discharged, - - - - 5

29, Captains Salter and Daniels ordered to fill their

Companies to serve till the last of December

next, 6

Dec. 2, Committee met at Portsmouth : Orders to Cap- tains to inlist Companies to serve in the Conti- nental Army under General Washington, un- til the 15th of January next, - - - 7 7, Adjourned to meet at Exeter on the 1 1th instant, 8

13, Colonel Thornton and Colonel Weare directed

to confer with General Washington about re- cruiting the Continental Army, ... 9 16, Orders to Colonel Hobart for paying the Regi- ments under Colonels Stark, Reed, and Poor, 10

NEW-HAMPSHIRE PROVINCIAL CONGRESS.

1775. ■Oct.ZX,

Congress met at Exeter, ....

Committee to report a scheme for the emission of a sufficient amount of Money for the de- mands on the Colony, .... Nov. 1, Report of the Committee: An issue of twenty thousand Pounds ordered, - - 2, Minute-Men to be inlisted for four months only,

2, Inhabitants of Hillsborough County requested

not to disturb or molest John duigley, Es- quire, under pretence of his being an enemy to his country, -..--. George Jaffrey, late Treasurer, required to at- tend the Congress forthwith, with his Ac- counts, .......

3, Committee to prepare a Petition to the Conti-

nental Congress, on the state of the Colony, -

4, Delegates to represent the Colony in future to

be chosen by the votes of the Electors, and not by the value of their estates, - Qualifications of Electors and Representatives,

7, Complaint of the training Soldiers in East-King-

ston, against Lieutenant-Colonel Gale, - The Fortresses lately built for the defence of Piscataqua to be supported and maintained by New-Hampshire, ----- Deserters from the Continental Army to be ar- rested by Committees, and sent to Head- Quarters, ------

8, Colonel Wingate appointed to command the

Fortresses on Piscataqua River, - - -

Other Officers appointed, ....

Butchers in Portsmouth required to refund un- reasonable fees paid them for killing Cattle for the Provincial Forces, - - - -

Committee to examine the Accounts of George Jaffrey, late Treasurer, - - . -

Field-Officers for Militia Regiments appointed,

9, Captain Ezelriel Worthen, Engineer at Piscata-

qua, required to pay all due obedience to the orders of this Congress, ....

Thanks of the Congress to the Gentlemen who laboured on the Batteries at Portsmouth on the late alarming emergency, ...

Votes of the 4th instant, respecting Representa- tives, reconsidered and made void,

Committee to frame a Plan for the future Repre- sentation of the People of the Colony,

Eight hundred men to be inlisted for the de- fence and security of the Harbour of Piscata- qua, and the Fortresses there, - - -

Form of the Inlistment, ....

Members of the Congress to be paid for Sun- days and Travel, .....

Committee to prepare a plan for Representation of the people of the Colony, ...

Committee to consider the behaviour of Samuel Dyer, complained of as an enemy to this country, -------

Plan of Representation reported and adopted, -

Meshech Weare appointed President pro tem- pore of the Congress, ....

Samuel Dyer directed to confine himself to his present place of abode in Berwick,

Committee to carry into execution the Resolve of the Continental Congress of October 26, authorizing exports, to procure Arms, &c., -

General Sullivan informed that the Congress is ready to hear him, -

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Report of the Committee on the complaint against Lieutenant-Colonel Gale,

Thanks of the Congress to General Washing- ton and General Sullivan, - - - -

Committees throughout the Colony requested to report the names of persons suspected to be inimical to the country, -

Committee of Safety continued, with the same

authority as heretofore, until the sitting of the

next Congress, - - - -

jVW16,Orders in regard to certain persons inimical to

the country, ..----

Towns and Town-Officers to proceed as here- tofore, unless specially directed otherwise by the Provincial or the General Congress,

Resolution of the Continental Congress of No- vember 3, on establishing Government in New-Hampshire, -

The Congress dissolved, -

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Sep.2l, Letter from Governour Tonyn to General Gage, 30, Letter from Governour Tonyn to General Gage, Letter from Colonel Stuart to General Gage, - Letter from Colonel Stuart to Major Small, Letter from C. Shireff to General Robertson, - Letter from Governour Tonyn to Major Dunkin, Letter from Governour Tonyn to Admiral Graves, - - - - - - -316

Letter from Colonel Stuart to General Gage, - 316 Letter from Colonel Stuart to General Gage, - 317 Letter from Lieutenant Graves to Admiral Graves, ------- 327

Letter from Captain Mulcaster to General Grant, 329 Letter from Daniel Chamier, Jun., to Daniel Chamier, - - - - - - 337

Letter from Spencer Mann to General Grant, - 335 Letter from Alexander Ross to Captain Staun- ton, --------

Letter from John Moultrie to General Grant, - Letter from Colonel John Stuart to Samuel Kem-

ble, -

Letter from Major Furlong to General Gage, - Letter from Alexander Skinner to General

Grant,

Nov. 1, Letter from General Schuyler to Captain Hul- bert, .--.---

1, Letter from General Sullivan to the New- Hampshire Congress: He is ordered to Head- Quarters immediately; sends his Orderly Book and Returns of Stores, &c, to the Pro- vincial Congress, ----- Letter from Colonel Wingate to the New-Hamp- shire Congress: He finds it absolutely neces- sary that a person acquainted with the Rivers and Tides in the Harbour be appointed to take charge of the Ship and Fire-rafts, Lieutenant-Colonel Connolly's Commission from Lord Dunmore, .....

Proceedings of a Convention of Cumberland

County, Massachusetts, .... 1320 Petition of the several Towns of the County of

Cumberland to the Council of Massachusetts, 1349 Letter from the Field-Officers at Portsmouth to the New-Hampshire Congress: Eight hun- dred men not enough to manage the Shipping and Fire-rafts in the event of an attack, - 21 Letter from Dr. Hall Jackson to the New- Hampshire Congress: He raised an Artillery Company for the defence of Portsmouth; their time will expire on the 15lh; he desires di- rections as to the disposition of the Arms, &c, in their possession, - - - - - 21 Proclamation by Governour Chester, - - 341 Letter from Allan Cameron to Duncan Came- ron, 342

Letter from Allan Cameron to Daniel Chamier, 342 Letter from the Portsmouth Committee to the New-Hampshire Congress, recommending to their notice the important services of Dr. Jackson, -----..22 Letter from Josiah Bartlett to the New-Hamp- shire Congress: Transmits sundry Resolves of the Continental Congress, and earnestly re- commends them to attend to the making of Saltpetre, ---....22

,2VW14,Letter from Captain Montague to Admiral

Graves, ------- 343

Letter from W. Griffin to the Secretary of Ad- miral Graves, ------ 343

Letter from Shubael Lovell to Captain Ayscough, 1338 Letter from Governour Chester to Governour Tryon, ------- 340

Letter from the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety to General Schuyler: The Troops un- der Colonel Bedel were sent to his Army by the advice of General Washington ; what is necessary for their subsistence and comfort should be advanced out of the Continental

Chest, - - 23

Letter from the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety to Colonel Bedel : The Provincial Congress cannot send him money for his Troops> and they have requested General Schuyler to advance what may be necessary, Letter from Walter Hatton to Nathaniel Coffin, Letter from the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety to the Delegates of the Colony in Con- gress: The Colony has advanced for the Army twenty thousand Pounds, lawful money, and requests that a part of it may be repaid, Proclamation by General Carleton, Letter from Captain Thompson to the Ports- mouth Committee : Persons should be ap- pointed to take charge of the Fire-rafts; as they are thought things of some consequence, proper care should be taken of them, - Letter from Lord Dunmore to Admiral Graves, Letter from Colonel Jacob Bayley to Colonel

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Letter from Doctor Smith, - - - -

Letter from John Jay to the New- York Congress, Letter from James Sullivan to John Winthrop, - Letter from Edmund Pendleton, President of the Virginia Convention, to Richard Henry Lee, Letter from Josiah Bartlett to the New-Hamp- shire Committee of Safety: Desires informa- tion on publick affairs; he expects to set out for New-Hampshire in two or three weeks, Letter from Neil Jamieson to James Anderson, Letter from Egbert Benson to the New-York Congress, ------

Letter from Dr. Gordon to the Massachusetts

Council, 1221

Letter from General Sullivan to the New- Hampshire Committee of Safety : General Washington has sent to New-Hampshire for thirty-one Companies to defend the Lines, in room of the Connecticut Forces, who refuse to tarry to the 1st of January; entreats they may be sent, lest the enemy take advantage of their absence, -------

30, Letter from the Committee of Congress to Gene- ral Montgomery, - 30, Letter from General Sullivan to the New- Hampshire Committee of Safety : George Jaffrey having assisted in the defence of Portsmouth, ought not to be treated as an ene- my to his country, ----- 25

30, Letter from General Sullivan to the New- Hampshire Committee of Safety: The Con- necticut Forces will quit the Lines on the 6th of December; their place must be immediate- ly supplied with Troops from New-Hamp- shire and Massachusetts, ....

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SOUTH-CAROLINA. PROVINCIAL CONORESS.

Nov. l.The Congress meets at Charlestown,

List of the Members, -

William Henry Drayton chosen President, and Peter Timothy Secretary, - - - -

Captain Robert Cunningham, charged with high crimes against the liberties of America, arrested by Captain Tutt, -

Association Papers which had been signed, de- livered to William Henry Drayton,

Captain Cunningham brought before Congress, examined, and committed to the common jail of Charlestown, .....

Committee appointed to report upon the state of

the Colony, ---.-.

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Nov.2, Letter from Captain Edward Thornborough, of His Majesty's Ship Tamar, to Henry Laurens: He is determined not to sufler any vessel to enter or depart from Charlestown, if His Ma- jesty's Agents are not permitted to supply the Tamar and Cherokee with provisions, - - 30

3, The doors to be kept shut during the present

sitting of the Congress, 31

Committee on 'regulating future elections of

Members of the Congress, 31

State pf the Colony Treasury, 32

Letter from the Congress to Captain Thorn- borough : They are not destitute of the means of taking vengeance for any violence he may perpetrate against the Shipping of the port, - 32 Committee on the state of the Colony authorized to send for Persons, Papers, and Records, - 33

4, Committee of Observation revived, and autho-

rized to give Permits to vessels to pass Fort Johnson, ,------34

Correspondence with Captain Thornborough to be published, - ..... 34

Two Pilot-boats sent to cruize along the coast, to warn vessels against coming into the Har- bour of Charlestown, - 34

Letters giving directions for this service to Col. Moultrie, Captain Vesey, and Captain Smith, 34

Letter from Captain Thornborough to the Presi- dent of the Congress: He can enter the lists even with Mr. William Henry Drayton, when his weapons are sophistry and false- hood ; but does not think Mr. Laurens's Let- ter worthy a written answer. He is deter- mined to procure provisions by every means in his power, ------ 35

Extract of a Letter from Lord William Camp- bell to Governour Tonyn, .... 35

6, Affidavit of Captain John Wanton, who, with

his vessel, was taken by Captain Thornbo- rough, .... - - 36

Resolution of the Congress on Captain Thorn- borough's Letter of the 4th instant, which contains expressions as unmerited as unbe- coming the pen of a gentleman; nothing from Lord William Campbell, unsupported by ab- solute proof, is to be credited, 37

Report of Committee appointed to inquire into the conduct of John Dunn, of North-Caro- lina, since his enlargement, 37

Information received of the seizure of the pub- lick Gunpowder, by Patrick Cunningham, - 38

Committee to inquire into the conduct of Mr. Cunningham, ------ 38

7, Mr. John Dunn reprimanded from the Chair,

and dismissed, ------ 38

Patrick Cunningham and others, charged with robbery and feloniously taking a quantity of Lead and Gunpowder, are ordered to be ar- rested and brought to Charlestown, - - 39

8, Instructions to Colonel Richardson for the ar-

rest of Patriek Cunningham and his associ- ates, and for the recovery of the Ammunition taken by them, ------ 40

Further measures for their arrest, - - 41

9, Letter to Colonel Thompson, - - - - 42 Letter to Colonel Flttchall and others, - - 42 Letter to Captain Richard Pearis, 42 Letter to Major Williamson, 43 Orders to Colonel Moultrie to send a reinforce- ment to Dorchester to protect the Cannon, Gunpowder, Stores, and Publick Records at

that place, ------ 43

Guard posted near Rugeley's Store to examine suspected Wagons and Persons coming into, or going out of, Charlestown, ... 44

Letter to the Council of Safety of Georgia, re- questing five hundred pounds of Gunpowder for Mr. Campbell, 44

Orders to Captain Tufts, of the Colony Schooner Defence, ---.-..45

The- Defence to be armed and manned with all possible despatch, ----- 45

Colonel Moult lie ordered, by every military ope- ration, to oppose any British Naval Arma- ment that may attempt to pass Fort Johnson, 45 10, Letter to Captain Thornborough, informing him of the orders of the Congress to the officer commanding at Fort Johnson, ... 45

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1775. Nov. 10, Commission of Ezekiel Polk, appointed to the

command of a Company of Rangers, - - 46

Mr. Nathan Lega re appeared, and declaring it was never his intention to supply the Men- of-War with any thing, was reprimanded and dismissed -------46

Report from the Committee of Observation, that they had prohibited Fishing-boats from pro- ceeding beyond Fort Johnson, and had given no permits for the passage of Coasters, - 47

Committee to examine and report what further defences are necessary for the security of Charlestown against hostile attacks of Ships of War, - -----.47

Letter to Committee at Little River, - - 47

Commission to Edward Blake, Commissary of Stores for the Naval Department of the Colony, 47

11, Captain Blake authorized to purchase eight

thousand pounds of Bread for the Naval Ar- mament of the Colony, 48

12, Report of Captain Tufts of his success in

sinking Hulks on the bar of Hog Island Creek, ----...48

Thanks of the Congress to Captain Tufts, - 49

Committee to consider the expediency of fitting the Ship Prosper, for the purpose of taking or sinking the Men-of-War in Rebellion Road, 49

Works to be erected for the defence of Charles- town, -----..49

Deputation to Georgia to solicit aid, in Powder, Arms, and other Military Stores, - - 50

Ship Prosper to be fitted out as a Frigate of War with the utmost expedition, 50

Committee of Safety appointed until the meet- ing .of the Congress to-morrow, ... 50

Letter to the Council of Safety of Georgia, - 51

Regiment of Artillery to be raised and embodied, to serve in Garrison or otherwise, - - 52

Commissioners for erecting Batteries for the more effectual defence of Charlestown, - - 53

14, Committee of Intelligence to correspond with

the Inhabitants of the interior of the Co- lony, 53

Motion, that the Infantry and Horse, in the pay of the Colony, be completed to the first esta- blishment, rejected, - - - - - 53

Committee of Safely authorized to complete the establishment of the Army, - - - - 53

Clement Lempriere appointed Captain of the Ship Prosper, ----.. 54

Officers of the Regiment of Artillery chosen, - 54

15, One hundred and twenty thousand Pounds Cur-

rency to be issued for the Pay and Charges of

the Regiment of Artillery, - - - - 55 Motion, that future meetings of the Congress be

held at Camden, rejected, 55

Committee of Safety appointed to act until the

meeting of the Congress to-morrow, - - 55

16, New Council of Safety appointed, ... 56

17, Secretary to cause such parts of the Journal

as may be put into his hands for that purpose,

to be published, ------ 5^

Committee to report the Powers to be vested

in the Council of Safety, 56

Allowance for the support of John Dunn and

Benjamin Booth Boote, of North-Carolina, - 56

18, Report on the state of the Paper Currency in the

Publick Treasury, ..... 57 Alarming account of the state of affairs in the back country communicated by Mr. Cald- well, 57

Every Company of Militia throughout the Co- lony to be trained once a fortnight, 58

19, Declaration published by the Congress to quiet

the minds of the misguided people in the back country, ---... 58 The President authorized to apply to Colonel Polk, of North-Carolina, for the Six Compa- nies under his command, 60

20, Militia of Charlestown embodied and ordered

upon duty, day and night, 61

Colonel Roberts ordered to take post at the Batteries at Fort Johnson and Charles- town, ....... qi

Persons disabled in the publick service will be

provided for by the Congress, - - - 61 Cannon, Powder, and Ball, allowed for the de- fence of Georgetown, - - . . 61

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Ifov.21, Settlement of the rank of the Officers of the Re- gular Troops and Militia of the Colony,

Militia not to act with the Regular Troops but on the most urgent occasions,

Militia subject to the Militia Law only, whether acting with the Regulars or otherwise.

Motion, for a draft of Militia from the Country Regiments for the defence of Charlestown, rejected, -------

Orders to Captain Lempriere to take command of the Prosper, - - - - -

John Joiner appointed Commander of Fort Lyt- tleton, near Beaufort, . - - - - iVoy.22,Letter from Rowan County (North-Carolina) Committee, recommending a cessation of all intercourse with persons not known to be friends to the American cause, -

Clement Lempriere declines the command of the Ship Prosper, - - - -

23, Simon Tufts appointed to the command of the

Prosper, -------

Further . Regulations for the government of the

Militia adopted, -

Leading marks over the Charlestown Bar to be

cut down and demolished, - - - - Petition and Remonstrance from John Dunn and

Benjamin Booth Boote, presented,

24, Merchants who sell Goods at exorbitant prices,

to be advertised as contemners of the Resolves of the Congress, - Committee to consider and report what Manu- factures are proper to be established in the Colony, - - - - -

25, Colonel Roberts directed to complete the works

for the defence of Dorchester, - The Colony declared to be in a state of actual

alarm, - - -

Troops marched to Congarees, and to the Che- rokee Ponds, ------ 67

Volunteers from Georgia to receive same pay as Militia of South-Carolina, -

26, Orders to Colonel Powell, Colonel Rothmahler,

and Colonel Richardson, - - - - Committee of Safety invested with the direction, regulation, and ordering of the Land and Sea Forces, the Militia, and all Military Arrange- ments within the Colony ; they may appoint and suspend any Officer of the Army or Na- vy ; and do all things in their opinion neces- sary for securing and defending the Colony, -

27, Application to the Continental Congress for aid

in procuring Seamen from the Northern Colo- nies, -------

Lord William Campbell to be notified of any intended attack on the Men-of-War in the Road, -------

Powers of all Committees throughout the Colo- ny revived and continued, - - - -

28, Commissioners appointed to clear and deepen

Wappoo Cut, ------

Captain Allston's Indian Company of Rovers directed to scour the sea-coast, subject to the orders of the Council of Safety, -

Committees for the Sea Islands required to pro- vide signals of alarm, such as are usual in time of war, ------ 71

Charlestown is to be defended to the last extre- mity ; and all residents who are absent are required to return forthwith, ...

Premiums for the encouragement of Manufac- tures in the Colony, -----

29, Committee of Intelligence required to keep, in

proper books, minutes of their transactions, and copies of all letters written by and to them, ---.....

Delegates to the Continental Congress reap- pointed, with the same powers heretofore vest- ed in them, ------

Counterfeiting Paper Currency of the Colony declared a Gapital offence, - - - -

Council of Safety authorized to bestow honorary or other rewards upon such as they think entitled to either, -

Petition and Remonstrance of Messrs. Dunn and Boote, to be transmitted to the Council of Safety of North-Carolina, -

Congress adjourned to Thursday, February 1, 1776, - 76

CONTENTS. XVI

1775.

VIRGINIA CONVENTION.

Dec. 1, Convention met at Richmond, 75

List of the Delegates, ... - 75

Edmund Pendleton elected President, and John

Tazewell appointed Clerk, 76

Letter from Colonel Woodford, representing the

situation of the Troops under his command, - 76 Colonel Woodford directed to risk as little as

possible ; and, if necessary, to accept assistance

from North-Carolina, - - - 76

4, Convention met at Williameburgh, - - 77

5, Rev. Thomas Price appointed Chaplain, - 77 Committee of Safety directed to lay their pro- ceedings before the Convention, 77

Convention in Committee on the state of the

Colony, report progress, - - - 77

Committee of Safety revived, 77

Committee to examine Charles Robinson, ap- prehended as a suspected person, 77

6, Intercepted Letters to be transmitted to the Com- mittee of Safety unopened, 78

Further progress in Committee on the state of the Colony, 78

7, Five hundred effective men to be employed for the protection and defence of Northampton and Accomack, ----- 78

8, Committee to draw up a Declaration in answer to Lord Dunmore's Proclamation of Novem- ber 7, - - - - - - - 79

Venders of Salt permitted to fix their own prices, 79 Treasurer of the Colony required to purchase for the publick use all good Gunpowder im- ported into, or manufactured there, - - 79 Money advanced to the Rev. John Dixon, to as- sist him in his Salt-works, - - - 79

9, Money advanced to Charles Carter, and to the Dumfries Saltpetre Company, as an encou- ragement to promote the manufacture of Salt- petre, 80

1 1, Representations from the Committees of Acco- mack and Warwick, referred to the Commit- tee on the state of the Colony, 80

Committee to inquire into the conduct of John Goodrich, and others, - - - - 80

12, Resolution approving the conduct of Colonel Woodford, in the late action at Great Bridge, 81

13, Declaration in answer to Lord Dunmore's Pro- clamation of November 7, - - - - 81

Colonel Woodford directed to effect an exchange of the Prisoners in his possession for our worthy countrymen now confined by Lord Dunmore, ------ 82

Petition from surviving Captains of Companies in the late expedition against the Indians, - 83

Regular forces of the Colony to be increased to eight Battalions, of ten Companies each; one of the Battalions to be composed of Germans, with German Officers, - - - - 83

Report of Committee on Charles Robinson's case : He is permitted to go at large on pa- role, 83

14, Colonel Woodford directed to send to Williams- burgh all Tories who have borne Arms against the Colony ; to extend indulgence to such as joined Lord Dunmore through neces- sity; and to permit the distressed Highlanders to pass to North-Carolina, - - - 84

Declaration offering pardon to the Slaves who have taken Arms under Lord Dunmore, upon returning to their duty, 84

'Arms and Accoutrements taken at Great Bridge to be appropriated to publick use, and the value thereof divided among the Soldiers, - 85

Reprisals on the Property of Lord Dunmore, for Property seized by him, not permitted without the order of the Convention, - - 85

Captive Slaves to be employed at the Lead Mine in Fincastle County, 85

15, Carter Braxton appointed a Delegate to the Continental Congress, in place of the' late Peyton Randolph, ----- 85

16, Petition from Inhabitants of Lunenburgh Coun- ty, praying the establishment of a Test, whereby the friends of America may be dis- tinguished from those who are inimical to the glorious cause in which the country is en- gaged, - - - - - - - 86

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Petition from Dr. Archibald Campbell: Denies the charge against him, that he had taken an active part under Lord Dunmore, relative to the late transactions in Norfolk; and prays the protection of the Convention, in behalf of the Inhabitants of the Borough, -

Twelve Members of new Committee of Safety- elected, -------

Bee. 18,Committee of Nansemond County directed to prevent the sailing of a Vessel to Great Bri- tain with Naval Stores, - - - -

Petitions from Joseph Simpson, John Camp- bell, and Alexander Ross, for losses in the late expedition against the Indians; for repairs of Fort Pitt, building Fort Fincastle, and ad- vances to Major Connolly, -

19, Petition from Edward Hack Moseley, of Prin-

cess Anne, and Matthew Phripp, of Norfolk: They are represented as inimical to their country, and request a hearing before the Convention, ------

Natives of Great Britain, Inhabitants of the Co- lony, having violated the Continental As- sociation, and become active promoters of the cruel and arbitrary persecutions of the people, and propagators of falsehoods against them, the Resolution formerly passed in their favour is rescinded, - - - - -

20, Ordinance for establishing a General Test, pre-

sented, and read the first time, - - -

Petitions of Inhabitants of Augusta County, for remuneration for services and expenses in the late Indian War, -

Soldiers in the regular service to be allowed Hunting-Shirts, Leggins, and Bindings for their Hats, by the publick, -

Proceedings of the Commissioners to treat with the Indians laid before the Convention,

County-Lieutenants required to keep double Patroles during the ensuing holydays.

Troops raised by an Ordinance of the last Con- vention, in Fincastle County, to be disbanded,

21, Ordinances for raising an additional number of

Forces for the defence and protection of the Colony, and for establishing a mode of ma- king Tobacco payments during the discontin- uance of the Tobacco Law, presented, and read the first time, -----

Petition of John Willoughby, of the County of Norfolk, requesting to be heard on the reports against him, of being inimical to the interests of his country, -----

Petition of Archibald Govan, praying that, as he has not infringed the Association, he may not be made to suffer for the unfriendly Letters found on board his Vessel, - - - -

Ordinance for raising an additional number of Forces, read a second time, and referred to a Committee of the Whole Convention, -

Petition of the Inhabitants of Frederick, and others residing westward of the Blue Ridge, for payment for expenses and losses in late Indian War, ------

22, Petition of Cary Mitchell, praying that, as he

is suspected of being unfriendly to his coun- try, there may be a full inquiry into his con- duct, .-..--.

Thanks to the Officers, Volunteers, and Soldiers of North-Carolina, for their prompt and gen- erous aid in defence of our common rights against the enemies of America, - - -

Petition from sundry persons of Cumberland County, praying that the indulgence granted to Foreigners maybe recalled, and a General Test established for all suspected persons,

23, Petition of James Wood, of Frederick County,

Captain of a Company in the late expedition against the Shawanese Towns, praying remit- . neration for losses sustained by him, - Thanks to Colonel Elliot, to James and Richard Barron, and to the Inhabitants of Hampton, for their successful exertions in defeating the designs of our enemies, - - - -

26, Charles Robinson ordered to be discharged from

his Parole,

Ordinance for raising an additional number of Forces, considered in Committee of the Whole,

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Committee to consider the services of Mr. James Wood, who was sent among the In- dians on the Western Frontier prior to the late Treaty at Fort Pitt, - - - - 99

Colonel Howe directed to inform Captain Bel- lew, of His Majesty's Ship Liverpool, that, if he can satisfy the Convention that he comes to Virginia on a friendly errand, Provisions may be furnished for his crew ; but, if not, the Inhabitants of Virginia will not contribute towards their own destruction, 99

Apportionment of the Salt taken by the Cruis- ers at Hampton among the several Counties of the Colony, --.--- 100 Ordinance for raising an additional number of

Forces, further considered, ... 101

Same Ordinance further considered, - - 102

Thanks to the Rev. Mr. Griffiths for his truly

patriotick Sermon preached yesterday, - - 102 Ordinance for raising an additional number of

Forces, further considered, - 102

Terms offered by Colonel Howe to the In- habitants of Norfolk who had joined Lord Dunmore, and desired to return, approved by the Convention, ----- 103

Archibald Campbell, John Willoughby, and Cary Mitchell, of Norfolk, discharged on their parole not to give intelligence or assist- ance to the enemies of America, - - - 106 Memorial of Lieutenant-Colonel Christian, Wil- liam Preston, and Arthur Campbell, asking remuneration for services in late Indian war, 106 Ordinance for raising additional Forces, further

considered, - - - - - - 107

E'dward Hack Moseley and Edward Hack Moseley, Jun., discharged on their parole not to give intelligence or assistance to the ene- mies of America, 108

Matthew Phripp, of Norfolk, who, in his ex- tremity, had taken Lord Dunmore's Oath, in the opinion of the Convention ought to be re- stored to the confidence of his countrymen, - 109 Ordinance for raising additional Forces, further considered, - - - - - -109

Report of the Committee appointed to inquire whether the Goods taken on board several Vessels at Hampton were imported agreeably to the Continental Association, and whether the same belonged to friends to America, or to enemies of this Colony, - - - - 109

Report of Committee on the Services of Mr. James Wood, - - - - - -110

Ordinance for raising additional Forces, further considered, - - - - - -111

Proceedings of the Court of Inquiry held on the Prisoners taken at Norfolk, and in the neigh- borhood thereof, laid before the Convention, 112 Report of Committee on Petition of Alexander

Ross and William Thompson, of Pittsburgh, 113 Ordinance for raising additional Forces, further considered in Committee of the Whole to be reported to the Convention on the 9th instant, 113 Treasurer ordered to advance one thousand Pounds for the relief of the Inhabitants of Norfolk who have suffered from the destruc- tion of that Town, - - - - - 114

The cases of two Vessels taken by Captain Bar- ron, in Hampton Roads, and carried up York River.'laid before the Convention by the Pre- sident, - - - - - - -114

Report of the Committee on the Petition of

Sampson and George Matthews, - - - 114 Resolution appointing Colonel John Bowyer Commissioner of Claims on account of the late expedition against the Indians, rescinded, and Joseph Cabell appointed in his stead, - 115 Report on Petition of Robert Carr, - - 115

Petition of Richard Hopper, master of the Ship Rockingham, in behalf of the owners, Mer- chants in Hull, England, - - - - 115

Ordinance for raising additional Forces, with several amendments, reported to the Conven- tion from the Committee of the Whole, - 116 Amendments to be considered to-morrow, - 1 16 Letter from Council of Safety of North-Caro- lina : Colonel Howe has orders to remain in Virginia as long as the publick service may require, - - - - - - -116

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Committee of Safety directed to inform the Vir- ginia Delegates in Congress that the state of affairs requires an increase of the Regular Forces to nine Regiments necessary, and re- questing they may be taken in Continental pay,

Cargo of the Brig Fanny, taken by Captain Barron, and carried to Cumberland, to be disposed of for the use of the Colony, - Jan.M .Ordinance for raising additional Forces, read third time and passed, -

Hugh Mercer elected Colonel of the Third Re- giment, -------

Brig Fanny ordered to be delivered to her own- er, Joseph Hewes,of North-Carolina, a mem- ber of the General Congress, a known friend to America, and wholly a stranger to the ill conduct of the Captain, -

Field-Officers of the seven additional Regiments appointed, ------

Petition of sundry Inhabitants of Norfolk and Princess Anne Counties, setting forth their sufferings from the Troops under Lord Dun- more, and their apprehension of greater cru- elties if our Troops are dislodged from Nor- folk,

Report on Representation of Committee of Isle of Wight : John Goodrich declared a friend of the Colony, ------

Report of the Committee on the conduct of John Goodrich, William Goodrich, and John Goodrich, Jun. : Bartlett Goodrich and John Goodrich, Jun., have manifestly violated the first article of the Continental Association, -

Colonel Howe appeared before the Convention, and examined concerning the present situation of Norfolk, and the neighborhood thereof, -

Inhabitants of Norfolk and Princess Anne Coun- ties, exposed to the attacks of the enemy, ad- vised to remove, with their effects; the poorer to be assisted by the publick, -

Report of Committee to inquire into the cases of the Prisoners in the City of Williamsburgh: Alexander Gordon and others to be detained as Prisoners of War; Caleb Whitehurst and others to be discharged on parole not to aid Lord Dunmore in future, - - -

Report of Committee on Petition of John Good- rich, -------

Prisoners sent by the Committee of Northamp- ton County to be examined by the Committee of Safety,

Report of the Committee on Prisoners confined in the Publick Jail : Slaves who have borne Arms in the service of Lord Dunmore to be sent to the West India Islands, and sold,

Colonel of the First Regiment allowed an Aid- de-camp, -------

William Finnie elected Deputy Quartermster General; Thomas Bullitt, Adjutant-General; and John Sears, Deputy Adjutant-General, -

Committee to inquire into, and report upon, the conduct of the Officers and Militia of Princess Anne County, ------

The propriety of opening the American Ports to all willing to trade with us, Great Britain, Ireland, and the British West Indies, except- ed, recommended to the consideration of the Continental Congress, - - - -

All Publick Money, except his Majesty's Quit- rents, now in the hands of Collectors, and other Officers, to be paid into the hands of the Treasurer of the Colony, - - - -

Adjourned to April 2, to meet in Williamsburgh,

Ordinances passed by the Convention

1. For raising an additional number of Forces for the defence and protection of the Colony,

2. For appointing Sheriffs, - - - -

3. For amending the Ordinance for providing Arms and Ammunition for the use of the Colony, -------

4. For reviving and amending an Ordinance ap- pointing a Committee of Safety, - - -

5. For establishing Tobacco Payments during the discontinuance of the Inspection Law, -

6. Amending an Ordinance for regulating the election of Delegates and Committee-men, -

7. For establishing a mode of punishment for the enemies to America, hi Virginia, -

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Dec. 1, Address of the Gentlemen, &c, of the City of Carlisle to the King : Nothing on their part will be wanting to counteract the frantick and nefarious machinations of Aristocratick or Republican Traitors, - - - -

Address of the Gentlemen, Clergy, &c, of Dub- lin, to the King, -

Letter from Captain Leslie to General Gage, -

Letter from Captain Fordyce to Captain Urquhart, ------

Letter from Paul Micheau to the New- York Congress : Committee of Richmond County has not ordered an election of Deputy to the Provincial Congress, - - - - -

Meeting of the New- York Assembly prorogued to first day of January next, -

Letter from Cumberland County Committee to New- York Congress, - - - -

Recantation of David Taylor, Jun., addressed to the Committee for the Town of Danbury, Connecticut, ------

Letter from General Lee to General Burgoyne,

Letter from Colonel Moylan to Colonel Went- worth : Instructions in regard to captured Vessels, -------

Letter from Colonel Moylan to William Wat- son, giving him instructions as to fitting out the Armed Vessels, - - - - -

Letter from General Putnam to General Wash- ington, -------

Letter from Dr. Jackson to New-Hampshire Provincial Congress: Recapitulates his ser- vices since he entered the Army, in conse- quence of an intimation that he had been ab- sent a long time: He was engaged in laying out Fortifications, constructing Field Car- riages, raising and exercising an Artillery Company, making Cartridges, &c, besides at- tending to his regular duties as Surgeon,

Address of the Magistrates, &,c, of Borough of Jedburgh to the King : They hear with alarm, that the Americans, lost to all sense of justice and gratitude, are proceeding in the desperate purpose of shaking off their dependance on the Mother country,

Letter from Lord Dunmore to General Howe: A Winter campaign would reduce, without the smallest doubt, the whole of the Southern country to a proper state of obedience,

Letter from Captain Squire to Admiral Graves,

Letter from the President of Congress to the Commanding Officer of the Pennsylvania Battalion, requesting him to station a Guard for the protection of the Vessels and Stores on the wharves of Willing & Morris, -

Letter from the President of Congress to Gene- ral Washington, -

Letter from the President of Congress to Go- vernour Trumbull : The Commissioners sent to consult with General Schuyler are instruct- ed to induce the Men to reiniist for one year from the first of January next ; No bounty will be allowed to the Soldiers on reinlistment, -

Letter from the President of Congress to the New-Hampshire Convention, transmitting certain Resolutions of Congress, - - -

Letter from Theodore Van Wyck to New- York Congress, informing them of the reason of his non-attendance, -

Declaration of Thomas Colden, High Sheriff of Ulster County, acknowledging his opposition to the measures of the Congress, and pledging himself to support them in future,

Extract of a Letter from an Officer in the North- ern Army : Colonel Ritzema has taken St. Luke La Come and Major Campbell prison- ers: The Garrison at Montreal is weak; but General Wooster is taking measures to put it in the best order of defence possible, -

Letter from a Committee of the Assembly to Governour Trumbull, relating to the pay- ment of the Connecticut Troops at Roxbury,

Letter from General Washington to Governour Trumbull : The time of the Connecticut Troops does not expire until the 10th instant, when others will be in to supply their place ;

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yet, yesterday morning, most of them resolved to leave the Camp; many went off, some with their Arms and Ammunition, - - 157 Dec. 2, Letter from Colonel Moylan to William Bartlett : It does not appear that Captain Broughton had good reason for seizing the Sloop Phoebe; and the General orders that she be delivered to Mr. Aborn, 158

2, Letter from Colonel Moylan to William Bart- lett : Captain Hunter and his crew to be treat- ed with humanity, and may be permitted to live on board the Vessel, - 158

2, Letter from Rev. Eleazer Wheelock to General Washington, giving him an account of an in- terview with the famous Major Rogers, and communicating the suspicions entertained that the Major was in the service of the enemy, - 158

2, Letter from General Sullivan to New-Hamp- shire Committee of Safety, urging them to despatch reinforcements as soon as possible, as the Connecticut Forces have determined to leave the lines, and the enemy in Boston are fully acquainted with our situation, - - 159

2, Letter from an Officer in Boston to his friend in Edinburgh : The Troops are harassed with constantly watching the Rebels ; many are sick, and fresh Provisions very dear; but the Rebels are in a worse condition from want of Clothing and Shelter, - - - - 159

2, Letter from General Howe to the Earl of Dart-

mouth, enclosing copies of Returns and Esti- mates, with occasional Remarks, - - 160

3, Letter from Lord Stirling to the President of

Congress: The Jersey Regiments are in want of Clothing, Arms, and Ammunition; hopes the six Companies ordered to the Fortress on Hudson's River will march next week. Letter from John McKesson to Lord Stirling: At present there is neither Provincial Con- gress nor Committee of Safety in session, Letter from Lord Stirling to Colonel Maxwell, urging him to hasten the march of his Troops

to the North River,

Return of the First New-Jersey Regiment in the Continental Service, under the command of Lord Stirling, - Captain Erskine to Officers of the First Jersey Battalion : He has raised and equipped an In- dependent Company at his own expense at the Ringwood Iron-Works, and complains that his men are inlisted in other Companies,

3, Letter from Walter Livingston to the Congress,

3, Letter from Robert H. Harrison to the Council of Massachusetts: Information has been re- ceived that persons are to be sent out of Bos- ton, lately inoculated for the Small-Pox, with the design, probably, of spreading the infec- tion, .....--

3, Letter from Colonel Glover to General Wash- ington : Captain Manly has brought in an- other Prize, ------

3, Letter from General Sullivan to New-Hamp- shire Committee of Safety : The Connecticut Forces begin to leave in Companies, six or seven days before their time is expired: The New-Hampshire Troops should be sent im- mediately, as much may depend upon their speedy arrival, ..... 168

3, Letter from Joseph Wentworth to Stephen Moy- lan: Two prizes are at Winter Harbour; they should be removed to some safe Port, - 168

3, Letter from the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety to Colonel Hobart, urging him to raise a number of Companies in Hillsborough County, with all possible despatch, to guard our lines, left open by the Connecticut Forces, 169

3, Letter from the New-Hampshire Committee of

Safety to Colonel Walker, - - - 169

3, Letter from General Howe to the Earl of Dart- mouth: Fears a general defection of the Ca- nadians, and that the whole Province will fall into the hands of the Rebels; Montreal has surrendered ; a transport, with Arms, &c, has been taken by a Rebel Privateer; and fearing these advantages will encourage the Rebels to make further attempts, he recom- mends an increase of the Army in Canada to twelve thousand fighting men, - - 170

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Committee of Louisa County, Virginia, offer, in the name of the whole County, to make the best provision in their power for their dis- tressed brethren in the lower Counties, - 171

Letter from Colonel Scott to a friend in Wil- liamsburgh: Advantages have been gained in several skirmishes with the King's Troops; while writing, alarm gun fired, and a number of Houses at the Great Bridge on fire, - 171

Letter from Josiah Bartlett to the New-Hamp- shire Committee of Safety: Congress has voted for New-Hampshire the sum of forty thousand Dollars, - - - . . 172

Letter from Samuel Tucker to Lord Stirling, - 172

Letter from Lord Stirling to Isaac Bonnell, giving directions about the Barracks, &c, - 172

Letter from Lord Stirling to the New-York Congress, applying for Fire-Arms for the Jersey Troops ordered to the new Fort in the Highlands, on Hudson River, ... 173

Letter from Governour Tryon to Whitehead Hicks, enclosing an Address to the Inhabitants of New-York, 173

Letter from a Citizen to Governour Tryon, on his Address to the Inhabitants of New- York, 174

Letter from Montreal to a Gentleman in Phila- delphia : General Montgomery is on his way to Ouebeck ; Carleton has about twelve hun- dred fighting men with him, ... 175

Letter from Governour Trumbull to the Coun- cil of Massachusetts, enclosing Permits, &c, from the Committees of Falmouth, Massa- chusetts, and Suffolk Count}', New- York, to Captain Fanning, of Nantucket, to transport Provisions to that Island, .... 175

Letter from Colonel Moylan to the Council of Massachusetts, with a list of Prisoners, - 176

Letter from Governour Cooke to General Washington, asking how he is to dispose of Captain Stanhope, of the British Navy, a near relation of Earl Stanhope, lately made prisoner at Newport, .... 177

Court-Martial at Roxburyon Prisoners charged with desertion to the enemy, ... 177

Letter from General Washington to Colonel McDougall: Cannon is much wanted, but a full supply of Shot and Shells has been ob- tained from the captured Store-Ship, - - 178

Letter from Robert H. Harrison to the Massa- chusetts Council, 1222

Letter from George Leonard, Jun., to the Mas- sachusetts Council, ----- 1232

Letter from General Gates to the Massachusetts Council, 1253

Letter from Robert H. Harrison to William Bartlett : The General does not consider the Sloop sent in by Captain Broughton a prize, and will have nothing to do with her, - - 178

Letter from Robert H. Harrison to William Palfrey, 178

Letter from Stephen Moylan to Colonel Glover: The General has received the account of the capture of the Concord, but does not feel au- thorized to declare English Vessels in the merchant service lawful captures, and has re- ferred the matter to Congress, ... 179

Letter from William Watson to Colonel Moy- lan: He supplied the wants of the Crew, and the Brigantine has been repaired, and has sailed, 179

Letter from General Washington to the Presi- dent of Congress : He has called for five thousand men from Massachusetts and New- Hampshire, to make up the deficiency of the Connecticut men, who will all leave on the ]0lh instant; and fears the same defection in other troops, when their time expires. The trouble with the Crews of the Armed Vessels is inexpressible; Manly's success has lately quieted his people; the Crews of the Wash- ington and Harrison have actually deserted them. The want of Powder is so great that nothing offensive can be attempted; there is barely enough to defend the lines in case of an attack, 180

Letter from General Putnam to General Wash- ington, requesting him to recommend Colonel Babcock for Brigadier-General, ... 182

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.Resolution of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, calling the attention of Gene- ral Washington to the importance of Cape Cod Harbour, ------

General Orders, from December 1 to December 5, 5, Letter from Colonel Scott, at Great Bridge: There is hardly an hour in the day but they exchange shot with the British, - - - 5, Notice by' William Whetcroft, Postmaster at Annapolis: The Constitutional Post-Office having been instituted by the Congress, it is hoped that all well-wishers to the opposition in America will promote the same, 5, Letter from Lord Stirling to the President of Congress: The Troops to be sent from New- Jersey to the Highlands cannot be quartered contiguous to the new Fortress on the Hud- son River, for there are not five habitable houses within five miles of it, - 5, Letter from Colonel Woodhull to Lord Stirling: The Barracks at the new Fort in the High- lands are now crowded, and it is impossible to quarter the Jersey Troops there; in the course of the winter additional Barracks will be built to accommodate one thousand men, - 5, Letter from the Provincial Congress of New- York to the Commissioners at the Highlands, urging them to complete Barracks for one thousand men as soon as possible, 5, New- York Committee: Petition to the Provin- cial Congress, complaining of the seizing and carrying oft" Rivington's types at noon-day, by Captain Sears, and praying that some means may be devised to protect the liberty and property of the Inhabitants, - - - Express despatched to give notice of the sailing

of an Armed Vessel up the North River, William Leary appointed Town-Major, Colonels of Regiments authorized to appoint days for election of Company Officers to fill vacancies, John Myford, charged with inlisting men for the Asia Man-of-War, reprimanded and dis- charged, ----...

5, Letter from Major Skene to Hugh Gaine, de- claring that the assertion that he had violated his Parole is groundless, - 5, Letter from the Committee of Dutchess County to the New- York Congress: Three persons, material witnessfs against prisoners charged with inlisting men for the Ministerial Army, have refused to be sworn, and contemned the authority of the Committee. As there are many officious Ministerial Agents in the County, the advice of the Congress how to act in the premises is solicited, ... 5, Letter from Colonel Knox to General Wash- ington, with a list of Stores to be conveyed from Ticonderoga to the Camp, - - - 5, Letter from General Montgomery to General Schuyler : Has arrived before Quebeck with about three hundred men ; proposes to amuse Mr. Carleton with a formal attack; but means to assault the works towards the Lower Town, and thinks there is a fair prospect of success, -------

5, Letter from Colonel Arnold to General Wash- ington : General Montgomery, with three hundred men, joined him at Point-aux-Trem- bles on the 3d instant; his own Detachment amounts to six hundred and seventy-five men, 5, Letter from an Officer in Canada to Isaiah Thomas, giving an account of the difficulties and sufferings of Arnold's Detachment in their march to Canada, - 5, Letter from Governour Trumbull to General Schuyler, ---.._

5, Letter from General Washington to James Otis: The Resolve of the General Court to pay the men by the lunar month aims a most fatal stab to the peace of the Army; Lord North himself could not have devised a more effectual blow to the Recruiting Service, - 205 5, Letter from General Washington to the Assem- bly of Massachusetts, giving a statement of his situation in consequence of the refusal of the Connecticut Troops to continue in service at this critical time, and expressing his fears

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that their example will be followed by the Forces from the other New-England Colo- nies. He suggests that vigorous measures may be adopted, if the powers of the Govern- ment are adequate, to facilitate the completion of the Army, which cannot be recruited in any reasonable time by voluntary inlistments, 191 Dec. 7, Letter from the General Court of Massachusetts to General Washington : The Officers and Soldiers of the Militia now to be raised are put upon the same footing, in all respects, as the rest of the American Army under his command, - - - - - -191

5, Letter from General Washington to General Schuyler: Knows his complaints are well- founded, but begs he will not think of resign- ing. The cause we are engaged in is so just and righteous, that we must try to rise supe- rior to every obstacle in its support, - - 192

5, Letter from General Washington to Colonel Arnold, offering to him and his brave follow- ers sincere thanks for their enterprising and persevering spirit during their long and fa- tiguing march, ------ 192

5, Letter from General Washington to Governour Cooke : He is convinced of the impractica- bility of recruiting the Army by voluntary inlistments; but this is not a time for trifling; and the exigency of affairs calls aloud for vi- gorous exertions, ----- 193

5, Letter from Colonel Moylan to the Salem Com- mittee, referring to them, by direction of the General, the case of the Kingston Packet, taken at Barrington, in Nova-Scotia, - - 193

5, Letter from Colonel Moylan to Captain Wads- worth, directing him to examine the Harbour of Cape-Cod, and report what Fortifications may be necessary for the defence of its en- trance, - - - . - - - 193

5, Letter from Colonel Moylan to William Bart- lett : The General orders that the Schooner Thomas, from Fayal, seized by Captain Coit, be immediately surrendered. It is not the in- tention of the Continent to interrupt good citi- zens in their trade, - - - - - 194

5, Letter from the General Court of Massachusetts to their Delegates in Congress, representing the difficulty arising from the determination of the Congress to pay by the calendar month, after Massachusetts had agreed to pay by the lunar month, - - - - - - 194

5, Letter from the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety to General Sullivan: They are making every effort to furnish, by the 10th instant, the Troops required of them, - 195

5, Proclamation to the Governour of Nova-Scotia:

A daring and traitorous Rebellion against his Majesty subsists in his Colonies on the Con- tinent ; and many of the Rebels having dared to insult and invade the Province, he declared martial law to be in full force therein, - - 195

6, Address of the Noblemen, &c, of the County

of Caithness, to the King: Alarmed with the prospect of seeing the freest empire God ever framed rent by an unnatural war in America, and an unprovoked faction at home, they pledge their lives and fortunes to subdue a rebellion premeditated, unprovoked, and that every day is becoming more general, -

6, Address of the Magistrates, &c, of the Royal Burgh of Cupar, in Fife, to the King, -

6, General Meeting of the Planters of the Sugar Colonies, residing in Great Britain; and of the London Merchants trading to the said Colo- nies; their Proceedings, and Petition to the House ofCommons, - - - - -

6, Letter from a Gentleman in Henrico to his friend in Williamsburgh, explaining the condition of the People in the lower Counties, who are suffering for want of Salt, - - - -

6, Committee for Chesterfield County, Virginia, de- clare that Edward Johnston, of Manchester, has wilfully violated the Proclamation of the Committee of Safety, -

6, Letter from Samuel Patterson to the Delaware Delegates in Congress: Offers the Congress one thousand Pounds in gold; and will take, in exchange, their bills now in circulation, - 200

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, Letter from Richard Henry Lee to General Washington : Has reason to believe the im- provements on the Kenhawa have not been destroyed by the Indians, - - - - 201

Letter from Edmund Pendleton to Richard Henry Lee: Movements of the Troops in Virginia; action at Kemp's Landing, - - 201

Memorial of John Bull, of Philadelphia, to the Congress, requesting authority may be given him to dispose of the Lands belonging to the Nanticokes, in Maryland, who are desirous of removing to live with the Six Nations, - 202

Letter from Lord Stirling to the President of Congress, 202

Punishment of Thomas Randolph, of Quibble- town, New-Jersey, for reviling and opposing the Continental and Provincial Congresses and Committees, 203

Declaration of the Inhabitants of Queen's Coun- ty, New-York : The report that they are inimical to the American cause is void of truth; they wish to remain peaceable and quiet ; have the means of protecting them- selves, and will not submit to be disarmed, - 203

Letter from Inhabitants of Putney, Cumberland County, New-York, to Colonel Williams and Paul Spooner, 429

Letter from an Officer in the Camp before Que. beck: The men are in high spirits ; if Que- beck does not surrender soon, it is the Gene- ral's intention to carry the Town by storm, - 204

Connecticut Council of Safety: Officers and Sailors of the Armed Vessel taken near St. John's ordered to be sent to the County of Litchfield, 205

Captain Hunter and others, Prisoners sent to be quartered in Connecticut, allowed to reside in Wethersfield on their parole, ... 205

Letter received from General Washington, in- forming that a number of the Connecticut Troops had deserted the service, - 205

Letter ordered to be sent in reply, expressing the resentment of the Council at the conduct of the Troops, ------ 205

Letter from General Washington to Governour Cooke, 205

Letter from Colonel Moylan to Timothy Pick- ering: It will give the General great plea- sure to contribute to the particular safety of the Inhabitants of Salem, when he can do so consistent with his duty to defend the whole, 206

Letter from Stephen Moylan to Captain Bartlett, 206

Letter from James Sullivan to General Sulli- van, communicating his Plan for raising men for the new Army, - - - - - 206

Letter from General Folsom to the New-Hamp- shire Committee of Safety: Is exerting him- self to raise Troops to march immediately to the Camp, 207

Plan of Reconciliation with the Colonies offered in the House of Commons by Mr. Hartley, - 207

Letter from William De Hart to Lord Stirling, 210

Letter from the Commissioners for Fortifications to the New- York Congress, ... 254

Letter from Albany Committee to Committee of the District of Kinderhook : Earnestly re- commending to the District of Kinderhook that they will adopt measures to promote among them peace and harmony, - - 210

Reply of the Kinderhook Committee in defence of the measures they have heretofore pursued, 211

Letter from Colonel Holmes to Captain Wyn- koop, -- - - - - . -212

Letter from Inhabitants of Westminster, Cum- berland County, to Colonel Williams and Paul Spooner, ------ 430

Recantation of Gideon Lownsbery, - - - 212

Letter from Governour Trumbull to General Washington : The reprehensible conduct of some of the Troops of the Colony has excited grief, surprise, and indignation. Care will be taken to make examples of some of the ring- leaders. The zeal and ardour of Connecti- cut in the common cause may be relied on, - 213

Letter from the General Court of Massachu- setts to General Washington, in reply to his Letter of the 5th instant to Mr. Otis: They

are clearly of opinion that the words of the Resolve will not justify the construction sug- gested to his Excellency by General Heath, - 191 Dec. 7, Letter from General Washington to the Presi- dent of Congress : Broughton and Selman are returned without affecting any good purpose; Mr. Callbeck and two others, brought in Prisoners, have been discharged, - - 214

7, Letter from General Washington to Governour Cooke, requesting him to send Captain Stan- hope and the two Midshipmen to Northamp- ton on parole, - - - - - - 214

7, Letter from General Washington to the Com- mittee for Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, - 214

7, Letter from Richard Derby to Stephen Moylan: The Committee at Salem have declined act- ing in the case of the Kingston Packet, but say there does not appear the least cause to detain the vessel, ----- 214

7, Letter from John Pickering to Stephen Moylan: In such cases as that of the Kingston Packet, if Committees in different Towns give differ- ent judgments it will cause great difficulties; it should be determined by Judges whose ju- risdiction is general, ----- 215

7, Letter from Nathaniel Peaslee Sargeant to the

Massachusetts Council, - - - - 1236

7, Letter from John Waite to John Adams, with a

statement of the losses he sustained when Fal- mouth was burnt by the Ministerial Troops

and Navy, 215

8 Advices from the interior of South-Carolina:

Action with Cunningham's party, - - 215

8, Letter from the President of Congress to Com-

mittee for Fredericktown, with the Thanks of Congress for their vigilance in seizing Came- ron, Smith, and Connolly, - - ' - - 216

8, Letter from the President of-Congress to the Governments of the several New-England Colonies: The Congress is alarmed at the want of publick spirit, and backwardness in the Soldiers to reinlist, and the dreadful conse- quences that must ensue, should the lines be abandoned, and the General deserted, at a critical moment, ----- 217

8, Letter from the President of Congress to Gene- ral Washington: General Schuyler has or- ders to forward what Cannon and Lead he can spare ; the Congress are sensibly affected with his situation, regret the backwardness of the Troops to reinlist. and have empowered him to call forth the New-England Militia in any emergency, ----- 217

8, Letter from Thomas Lynch to General Wash- ington, 218

8, Letter from the New- York Provincial Congress

to President Hancock, - - - -391

8, Letter from the Provincial Congress to the New- York Delegates in Continental Congress, - 392

8, Petition of John Marks to the New-York Con- gress for assistance in establishing the business of making Nails, which is much needed, - 218

8, Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress : The men are in want of suita- ble Clothing for the winter : He has not been able to settle the accounts with the Soldiers, from which the cause will suffer extremely; numbers that have gone home, have sworn that they will never re-engage in the service, 219

8, Letter from Abram Davenport to Governour Trumbull, asking permission for a Vessel to go to the West Indies with Provisions, and to bring back Military Stores, ... 220

8, Letter from General Washington to General Sullivan: The intention of yesterday's Order, respecting the Review of the Connecticut Troops, is only to afford a good opportunity of making choice of such of their Arms as may be found fit for the use of the new Army, 220

8, Letter from Robert H. Harrison to General

Thomas, 221

8, Letter from Colonel Moylan to the Salem Com- mittee: The General cannot decide upon breaches of the Association ; that comes un- der the cognizance of the Committees of Safety, 221

8, Letter from Stephen Moylan to Colonel Glover : The General desires he will put Captain Der-

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by in possession of Kingston Packet, and so manage the matter that Head-Quarters may- hear no more of it, - - - - - 221 Bee. 8, Letter from General Sullivan to the New-Hamp- shire Committee of Safety : General Wash- ington is extremely pleased with the vigorous exertions and noble spirit of the People of New-Hampshire, - - - - - 221

8, Letter from Jonathan Titeomb, and others, to

Benjamin Greenleaf, ... - 1229

8, Letter from Thomas Jones, and others, to Ben- jamin Greenleaf, - - - - 1229

8, Proclamation by the Governour of Nova-Scotia :

Fearing the evil consequences that may en- sue from permitting strangers, who may be in the interest of the Rebels, to resort to the Town of Halifax, all persons corning there are required to report themselves within two hours, or they will be treated as Spies, - 222

9, Letter from London : Measures of the Ministry

to carry into effect their plans with regard to

the Colonies, ------ 222

9, Letter from a Gentleman in London to his friend in Virginia: Government does not intend to make the Grand Armament at Boston ; the whole Force, including those now in Ameri- ca, is to be twenty-six thousand men ; they are to be divided in America, and sent to New- York, Virginia, and South-Carolina, - - 223

9, Letter from Colonel Woodford to Edmund Pen- dleton, informing him of the attack and de- feat of the British at Great Bridge, - - 224

9, Letter from Major Spotswood to a friend in Williamsburgh, with sundry particulars of the battle at Great Bridge, - - - 224

9, Committee of King and Queen County, Vir- ginia, examine into the charge against Wil- liam Lyne, of endeavouring to prejudice the Minute Service, and decide that he appears to be a friend to American liberty, - - - 224

9, Letter from the Committee for Trenton, New- Jersey, to the President of Congress, on the con- duct of the Prisoners on parole at that place, - 225

9, Letter from New- York Congress to General

Schuyler, 396

9, Letter from Provincial Congress to New- York

Delegates in Continental Congress, - - 397

9, Letter from New- York Congress to Committee

for Tryon County, 397

9, Letter from Colonel David Mulford to the New-

York Congress, ----- 408

9, Letter from General Schuyler to General Wash- ington : Colonel Knox will get the articles he wants, except Powder and Flints, at Fort George, and they will be sent to Cambridge the first snow, ------ 225

9, Letter from General Schuyler to General Wash- ington, with a Return of the Artillery at Ti- conderoga, Crown-Point, &c, ... 226

9, Letter from Governour Trumbull to General

Washington, 227

9, Letter from Elbridge Gerry to Massachusetts

Council, 1227

9, Letter from General Gates to Massachusetts

Council, 1227

9, Letter from Colonel Moylan to James Otis, with

four Prisoners for examination, - - - 227 9, Letter from William Bartlett to General Wash- ington: Captain Manly has brought in two more Prizes, ------ 227

Account of the capture of the two Vessels by

Captain Manly, 227

10, Letter from Colonel Woodford to the Virginia

Convention, - .... 228

Full account of the battle at the Great Bridge,

(Note,) 228

10, Letter from Samuel Tucker to Lord Stirling :

Has endeavoured to do every thing that was required; the Assembly passed a law for re- pairing the several Barracks, but it was lost in the Council, - 228

10, Letter from Colonel Lowrey to Lord Stirling:

He has been with Mr. Hancock, and many Members of Congress, urging them to pro- vide for the necessary articles; they have pro- mised something should be done, - - 229 40, Letter from Gilbert Potter to New- York Con- gress, ---.--. 404

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Account of the burning and plundering by the

British at Conanicut, Rhode-Island, - - 230 Letter from Thomas Crafts, Jun., to William Cooper, - - - - - - - 1229

10, Letter from General Washington to James Otis, 1229

10, Letter from Thomas Crafts, Jun., to General

Washington, 1229

10, Letter from Stephen Moylan to William Bart- lett, giving instructions in regard to the two Prizes last sent in, 230

10, Letter from Stephen Moylan to William Bart- lett, directing the cargo of the two Prizes to be laid up in a secure place, and to assist Cap- tain Adams in preparing for a cruise, - - 231

10, Letter from General Greene to Samuel Ward: The inlistments proceed slowly; the Rhode- Island Troops are home-sick ; the Connecti- cut Troops are going off in shoals; New- Hampshire behaves nobly ; their Troops en- gage cheerfully; in Massachusetts they are zealous to engage in the service, - - 232

1 1, Address of the Provost, &c, of the Royal Burgh of Wick, to the King, - - - - 232

1 1, Letter from Colonel Woodford to Edmund Pen- dleton : The enemy has abandoned the Fort at the Great Bridge, and he has taken posses- sion of it, ------ 233

11, Order of the Maryland Convention, that the Parliamentary Post be not permitted to travel in, or pass through the Province, with any Mail, Packages, or Letters, - - - 234

11, Letter from Captain Conway to Lord Stirling, - 234

11, Letter from Captain Morris to Lord Stirling: Has no Money to buy Arms, and half his Com- pany have none, ----- 235

11, Committee for Barnard:s Township, New-Jer- sey, declare Nathaniel Haten an enemy to the liberties of America, - - - - 235

11, Letter from Colonel Nicoll to John McKesson, 235

1 1, Letter from Governour Cooke to General Wash- ington : Mr. Penel has arrived with propo- sals for supplying the United Colonies with Arms and warlike Stores, ... 235

11, Letter from William Sever to General Wash- ington, - - - - - - - 1229

11, Letter from General Washington to the Com- mittee of Symsbury, requesting them to se- cure, in the Jail at that place, certain Prisoners sentenced by a Court-Martial to be imprison- ed there, ------- 235

11, Letter from Robert H. Harrison to General

Ward, 236

11, Letter from Robert H. Harrison to Thomas

Crafts, Jun., 236

1 1, Letter from William Bartlett to General Wash- ington: The valuable Prizes at Beverly are much exposed, as there is nothing to defend them with ; there are forts and breastworks, but no guns nor ammunition, ... 236

11, Petition from the Committee for Beverly, Mas- sachusetts, to General Washington, request- ing they may be supplied with some Guns and Powder, as they are much exposed, and entirely without the means of defence, - - 236

11, Letter from General Washington to the Presi- dent of Congress: The inlistments go on at a slow rate; the Militia are coming in fast; Massachusetts and New-Hampshire have shown great alacrity on the occasion, - - 237 Letter from General Washington to Governour

Trumbull, 238

Proceedings of a Court-Martial for the trial of

Lieutenant-Colonel Enos, - 238

General Orders, from December 6 to December 11, 240

11, Letter from General Sullivan to Meshech Weare: The Congress having given New- Hampshire a power to assume Government, he submits his views of the form which will best answer the true end and design thereof, - 241

12, Address of the Magistrates and Council of the Burgh of Kirkwall to the King, - - 243

12, Address of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the

County of Roxburgh to the King, - - 244

12, Letter from Colonel Woodford to the Virginia Convention: He has taken some of the prin- cipal Tories of Norfolk, and sends their ex- aminations to the Convention, ... 244

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.D«c. 12,Letter from Colonel Scott to Captain Southall: Lord Dunmore has applied for an exchange of Prisoners, ------

12, Regulations adopted by the Committee for Han- over County, Virginia, respecting Salt, 12, Letter from the Committee of Secret Corres- pondence to Arthur Lee: The Congress de- sires to know the disposition of foreign Pow- ers towards us; in this, great circumspection and impenetrable secrecy are necessary: we continue firm in our resolutions to defend our- selves, notwithstanding the big threats of the Ministry, -------

Price of Oil regulated by the Philadelphia Com- mittee, -------

Letter from Lord Stirling to the New-Jersey Committee of Safety: Has quietly got posses- sion of the Barracks at Amboy, -

Letter from New- York Congress to Governour Trumbull,

Recantation of James Miller, of Bedford, New- York: Acknowledges he has acted against the liberties of his country, and promises to behave better for the future, -

Recantation of Lewis Macdonald, of Bedford, Westchester County, New- York, 12, Recantation of Stephen Baxter, of Bedford,

12, Letter from General Schuyler to Governour

Trumbull: The two Skenes, and some other Officers, have broke their parole of honour, - Letter from Dr. Morgan to Gen. Washington, General Lee to Richard Henry Lee : Congress should be more decisive; indecision will ruin us; indecision has thrown the affairs of Vir- ginia into their present situation ; Lord Dun- more should have been disarmed of his teeth and claws, and Tryon an:l all his Tories seized at New- York: recommends the adop- tion of some strong measures, - Letter from General Gates to General Sullivan, Letter from Robert H. Harrison to Dr. Stiles, - Letter from Timothy Pickering to the Council of Massachusetts, ----- Letter from Joseph Otis to General Washington, Letter from Colonel N. Freeman to General Washington, ------

13, Declaration by the Convention of Virginia, on

Lord Dunmore's Proclamation of Novem- ber 7,

13, Letter from Colonel Howe to the Virginia Con- vention, -------

13, Letter from Charles Stewart to Governour Penn: His proceedings with the Intruders from New-England on Lands in Northamp- ton County, Pennsylvania, - - - - Agreement of the Intruders to submit to the laws of Pennsylvania, -

13, Committee appointed by the General Commit- tee of New- York, to ascertain the damages sustained by the City and County, from the Ministerial Army and Navy, ...

13, Letter from Edward Jones to the New- York Congress, -------

Letter from the Commissioners for Fortifica- tions to New- York Congress: It is not possi- ble to prepare Barracks for the Troops from New-Jersey, ------

13, Letter from Inhabitants of Fulham, Cumberland County, New- York, to Paul Spooner, -

13, Letter from William Sever to General Wash- ington, -----.-

13, Letter from Robert H. Harrison to Colonel Baldwin: None of the persons lately sent out of Boston can be permitted to approach the Camp ; if they have the small-pox, it might be of fatal consequence to the Army,

13, Letter from Stephen Moylan to William Watson,

13, Letter from Elbridge Gerry to Samuel Adams : A Continental General ought not to have any command of the Militia; it would lead a ser- vant of the Government to forget his station, and conceive himself its master, -

13, Letter from General Howe to the Earl of Dart- mouth : The state of Provisions gives rise to alarming apprehensions : and the uncertainty of Vessels getting into Boston is rendered more precarious by the Rebel Privateers in- festing the Bay, -

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14, Letter from St. Eustatia, signed " Yankoo, " communicated to the House of Representa- tives of Massachusetts by the Speaker,

14, Declaration by the Virginia Convention, on Lod P Inmore's Proclamation, offering free- dom to fu^h able-bodied Slaves asare willing to join !nm, --....

14, Letter from Lord Stirling to Captain Polhemus,

14, Letter from Lord Stirling to Captain Conway, -

14, Letter from Colonel Maxwell to Lord Stirling,

14, Letter from William Bedlow to Nathaniel Woodhull, President of the New- York Con- gress, -------

14, Letter from Colonel Levi Pawling to New- York Congress, ...

14, Letter from the Commissioners for Indian Af- fairs to the President of Congress, giving in- formation about a Speech of an Indian in Council, relating to the Lands in dispute be- tween Connecticut and Pennsylvania, -

14, Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress: We have now full proof that the Ministerial Servants have attempted to engage the Savages against us, -

14, Report of Joseph Hopkins to the Assembly of Connecticut, on the Lead-Mine at New-Ca-

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Letter from General Washington to the Presi- dent of Congress, informing him of the arri- val of Messrs. Penet and Pliarne, who pro- pose a plan of supplying the Continent with Arms and Ammunition, - Letter from General Washington to the Presi- dent of Congress, - Letter from Doctor Morgan to General Wash- ington, reporting the condition of the Hos- pitals, -------

General Orders for December 13 and Decem- ber 14,

14, Letter from General Washington to Governour Cooke, -------

14, Letter from William Bartlett to General Wash- ington, -------

14, Letter from Stephen Moylan to Colonel Went- worth : The two Vessels sent into Winter Harbour were unjustly taken, and must be delivered up, ----- -

14, Letter from Major Rogers to General Washing- ton, enclosing his parole and passports, and requesting permission to go unmolested where his private business may call him.

14, Condition of the British Army in Boston,

CONNECTICUT ASSEMBLY.

Z)ec.l4,Meetat New- Haven, - - - - -

JJst of the Members, - - - - -

William Williams elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Richard Law, Clerk,

An Act for equipping a body of Minute-Men, to be in readiness for the better defence of this Colony, -------

An Act for encouraging the Manufactures of Saltpetre and Gunpowder, -

An Act for restraining and punishing Persons who are inimical to the liberties of this and the rest of the United Colonies, and for direct- ing proceedings therein, - - - -

An Act, in addition to a law of this Colony, enti- tled An Act for the punishment of Deserters,

An Act empowering the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army to administer an Oath, -

An Act for altering and further ascertaining the Bounds and Limits of the Town of Westmore- land, in this Colony, - - - - -

Delegates to the General Congress to be chosen annually in October, - - - - -

Selectmen of each Town for the time being, ap- pointed Inspectors of Nitre and Saltpetre,

Committee to examine where any Mines or Mi- neral substances containing Sulphur may be found in the Colony, - - -

Committee to procure and fit out Armed Vessels for the Colony, ....

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Troops now stationed on the Sea-Coast to be continued in service, and the several Batte- ries to be supplied with Cannon, -

Lieutenant Benjamin Kilborn cashiered for trea- sonable declarations against the United Colo-

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Committee to make allotment of Lands to Indians for their support, - - - - 278

Report of Committee to examine a Lead-Mine in New-Canaan, - - - - - 591

CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC.

Dec.\5, Letter from Colonel Howe to the President of

the Virginia Convention, - - - 277

15, Letter from Colonel Woodford to Virginia Con- vention : All the principal Tories at Nor- folk have gone on board the Ships-of-War in the Harbour, 278

15, Letter from Captain Squire, of the Otter, to the Officer commanding at Norfolk, informing him that several Musket Balls were last night fired at the King's Ship from some people in Norfolk, 279

15, Letter from Colonels Howe and Woodford to Captain Squire: They have given no orders to fire on the Otter, .... 279

15, Letter from Captain Covenhoven to Lord Stir- ling, - - - - - - - 279

15, Letter from Captain Polhemus to Lord Stirling, 279

15, New- York Committee

Mr. Daubeny convicted of attempting, inadver- tently, to send some necessaries on board the Asia, reprimanded and discharged, - - 280 Names of the Members as they voted on the

question to discharge Mr. Daubeny, - - 280 Door-Keeper required to see every absent Mem- ber and obtain a Declaration, in writing, whe- ther they mean to be considered Members of the Committee, -..-.. 280 Mr. Graham charged with supplying Provisions

to the Asia Man-of- War, - - - - 28 1 Regulations for the Military Night Watch, - 281

15, Letter from Richmond County Committee to

the New- York Congress, - 427

15, Letter from General Schuyler to General Washington: The Army in Canada is con- stantly decreasing; of the men now at Ticon- •deroga, Crown Point, and Fort George, there will probably not be one left by the first of next month, ...... 282

15, Letter from General Washington to Joseph

Reed, 282

15, Letter from General Washington to Governour

Trumbull, --.... 283

15, Letter from Robert H. Harrison to James War- ren, transmitting a Donation from Fairfax County, Virginia, for the Suffering Poor of Boston, ----... 284

15, Letter from Colonel Moylan to William Bart-

lett. 284

15, Letter from Colonel Moylan to William Bart-

lett: The General is much surprised at the rapacity of the crews in stripping the Prizes of every thing they could lay their hands upon ; all must be restored, or the value de- ducted from the shares of the pillagers, - 285

16, Speech of John Derk Van der Capellan, upon

the request of the King of Great Britain for the loan of the Scotch Brigade, in the As- sembly of the States of Overyssell, and insert- ed in the Records of that Province, - - 285 16, Extract of a Letter from London to a Gentleman in Virginia: Parliament has shut up all the Ports of America ; at present the Nation is against us, and think we shall be an easy prey, 287 16, Letter from Colonel John Connolly to Alexander

McKee, -----.. 517 16, Letter from Colonel Connolly to Captain Lord, 617 16, Letter from Colonel Connolly to Captain Ler-

nau!t. 618

16, Letter from Colonel Connolly to Captain Lord 618 16, Letter from Colonel Connolly to Mrs. Connolly' 618 16, Letter from Samuel Tucker to Lord Stirling, - 287 16, Letter from Lord Stirling to Captain Long- street, --..... 288 16, Letter from Lord Stirling to Captain Conway, 288

1775.

Z)ec. 16,Letter from Lord Stirlingto John VanEmberg, 288

16, Recantation of James Judd, of Danbury, Connec- ticut, 288

16, Letter from General Montgomery to General Wooster : He proposes, the first strong north- wester, to make two attacks on Quebeck, by night, one on the Lower Town, the other upon Cape Diamond Bastion ; he has but about eight hundred men fit for duty, - - 289 16, Letter from General Montgomery to General Carleton : Charges him with cruelty to Pri- soners, and firing upon a flag of truce ; and demands a surrender of the Garrison, - - 289

16, Letter from an Officer in the Continental Army

before Quebeck, ..... 290

16, Extract of a Letter from Lieutenant Van Wa- genen : Quebeck makes an obstinate defence ; a Flag sent them to surrender was fired at by Carleton ; above two hundred Shells have been thrown into the Town, ... 290

16, Letter from Samuel Norton to the Assembly of

Massachusetts, 290

16, Letter from General Washington to the Presi- dent of Congress : Several Vessels sailed from Boston this day ; Halifax is given out for their destination, but it is possible they may be bound elsewhere, ..... 291

16, Letter from General Washington to the Assem- bly of Massachusetts, - - - - - 291

16, Letter from Peleg Wadsworthto General Wash- ington, ...._.. 454

16, Report of Committee appointed by the Commit-

tee of Safety of New-Hampshire, appointed to place Obstructions to prevent the passage of the enemy's Ships up the Piscataqua River, 291

17, Letter from Colonel Scott to Captain Southall :

We have possession of Norfolk; almost all the inhabitants fled on board the British Ships; our duty is very hard, the Guards have not been relieved for forty-eight hours, 292

17, Letter from Colonel Woodford to Edmund Pen- dleton : His correspondence with Captain Squire; refuses to permit any communication with the Ships-of-War, and will not surrender the Brig demanded, 292

17, Return of the Forces under command of Colo- nel Howe, at Norfolk, .... 294

17, Letter from a Member of the Continental Con- gress to his Friend in Williamsburgh, - - 294

17, Letter from Lord Stirling to the President of Congress: The Tories in every part of the Province have of late assumed fresh courage, and talk very daringly; it is said a combina- tion is formed to oppose the measures of the Congress, and that their List of Association already amounts to four thousand men, - 294

Stations intended for the two Regiments in New- Jersey, ....... 295

Letter from Colonel Maxwell to Lord Stirling, 295

17, Letter from Colonel Maxwell to Lord Stirling: He has got no farther than Woodbridge; Mr. Patterson, who had him entirely in his power, would go no farther, - - - - - 296

17, Letter from Colonel Knox to Colonel McDougall, urging him to use his influence that there may be immediately sent to Cambridge a quantity of Shells, 296

17, Letter from Colonel Knox to General Washing- ton : He has made forty-two strong Sleds for the Cannon, and engaged Oxen to drag them as far as Springfield; if snow falls, will soon have them in Camp, - - - - 296 List of Cannon and Mortars brought from Ti-

conderoga to Fort George by Colonel Knox, 297 List of Cannon, Stores, &c, ordered from New- York, - - - - - - - 298

17, Letter from General Washington to New- York

Congress,- ---... 437

17, Letter from General Washington to Governour Cooke, requesting him to have removed, without delay, the Cattle from Block Island, to prevent their falling into the hands of the Ministerial Army, now in great want of fresh Provisions, ...... 298

17, Letter from General Washington to Governour

Trumbull, - - - - - - 298

17, Letter from General Washington to General

Ward, - - 298

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1775. Dec. 17, Reports of Captain Dodge to General Wash- ington, -------

Letter from General Sullivan to General Wash- ington: Has examined Major Rogers, who has given an account of his movements since he left New- York on the 10th of October last, .......

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NORTH-CAROLINA PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

Dec. 18, Council met at the Court-House of Johnston

County, 299

19, Walter Lamb to be tried by the Committee, of

Safety for the District of Halifax, - - 299

19, Order George Massingbird to be discharged

from custody, ------ 300

20, Committees of Wilmington and Brunswick di-

rected to prevent all communication between Governour Martin and the Inhabitants of the Province, - - - - - -301

Application to the Council of Safety of South- Carolina for two thousand weight of Gun- powder, ------- 301

21, Commissioners appointed to purchase, arm, and

man an Armed Vessel, at Brunswick, Beau- fort, and Roanoke, ----- 302

Vessels to be sent from Newbern, Wilmington, and Edenton, to procure Arms and Ammuni- tion for the use and protection of the Province, 302

Committee appointed to purchase materials, and employ proper persons to make and repair Fire-Arms, ...... 303

Two Battalions of Minute-Men to be immediate- ly embodied in Salisbury District, - - 304

Field-Officers for the two Battalions, - - 304

22, James Kebble, of Onslow County, at present in-

imical to the cause of liberty, is disqualified from holding any Office in the Militia, - 305

Colonel Rhodes directed to receive into his cus- tody all the Gunpowder in the County of On- slow, - - - - - - - 305

23, Samuel Johnston ordered to erect a Breastwork

in Edenton, for the defence of the Town, - 306 Friends to American freedom requested to pur- chase all the Powder, Sulphur, and Saltpetre, in their power, for the use of the publick, - 306

24, Governour Martin having distributed a great

number of Tory Pamphlets in the Western parts of the Province, where the People are not well informed, the Delegates in Congress are requested to procure the best Pamphlets that can be had for the true information of the

People, 306

No person entitled to relief against a Debtor, who shall not have subscribed the Continen- tal Association and the Test, ten days pre- vious to making application for such relief, - 308

CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC.

Dec.lS, Letter from the Provincial Congress to New- York Delegates in Continental Congress,

Letter from Colonel Hasbrouck to the New- York Congress, .....

Letter from Governour Tryon to the Mayor of New- York, warning the Inhabitants against continuing measures that will involve the country in misery, and bring destruction on their families and themselves, ...

Letter from Captain Parker to Governour Try- on : If any Troops are raised, or Military Works erected in New- York, otherwise than by order of his Majesty, it will be his duty to treat the Town as in open Rebellion against the King, ......

Letter from the Committee for Kinderhook Dis- trict to the Committee for Albany County, -

Letter from Samuel Stevens to John McKesson, recommending to the New-York Congress Field-Officers for the two Regiments in Cum- berland County, .....

Letter from General Montgomery to General Schuyler : He has been near afortnight be- fore Quebeck, with eight hundred men, and hopes the Troops will be sent down as soon as possible, ......

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Dec. 18,Letterfrom General Wooster to General Schuy- ler: He discharged no men between Albany and Ticonderoga, but gave the Connecticut Troops a furlough to pass to New-England, as they might be serviceable there, - - 310

18, Letter from Governour Cooke to the President

of Congress, - - - - - -310

18, Letter from General Washington to General Howe: Colonel Allen has been treated with- out regard to decency, humanity, or the rules of war : whatever fate he undergoes, shall be the fate of Brigadier Prescott, - - - - 310

18, Letter from General Washington to General Schuyler: Requests him to inquire into the manner of Colonel Allen's treatment, and the truth of the reports that Major Rogers had been acting under General Carleton, - - 311

18, Lstter from General Greene to Samuel Ward : This is no time for disgusting the Soldiery, when their aid is so essential to the preserva- tion of the rights of human nature, and the liberties of America : The People are brave and spirited, but exceedingly avaricious; they have extorted from the necessities of the Army enormous prices for Hay, Wood, and Teaming, 311

18, Certificate that Duncan Mc Arthur, of the Royal Regiment of Highland Emigrants, raised to suppress the unnatural Rebellion in America, will be entitled to two hundred acres of for- feited Land at the conclusion of the war, - 312

18, Letter from General Washington to the Presi- dent of Congress : Captain Manly has brought in another Prize, with Letters and Papers of the greatest importance, which are forwarded to Congress by a special Express, - - 314 Letter from James Lovell, in Provost Prison, Boston, November 19 : The Military Govern- ment in Boston have been wantonly and cru- elly exercised against him since the 29th of June, - - - - - - -315

Letter from James Lovell to General Washing- ton, Boston Prison, December 6: Heis charged with being a Spy, and giving intelligence to the Rebels, and has suffered the indignities of imprisonment since June last, without any sort of a trial: General Howe requires in exchange for him Governour Skene and his

Son, 3J5

Intercepted Letters transmitted to Congress by General Washington, with his Letter of De- cember 18, 316-352

Sep.oO, Letter from Governour Tonyn to General Gage : Has just received his Circumstantial Account of the unhappy affair that happened on the 19th of April, 316

Oct. 3, Letter from Governour Tonyn to Admiral

Graves, 316

Sep. 30, Letter from Colonel Stuart to General Gage: Has not yet received answers to his Letters and Messages to the Indian Nations : Colonel Kirkland, who has been obliged to fly, will state the situation of affairs in the back parts of the Southern Provinces, - - - 316

Oct. 3, Letter from Colonel Stuart to General Gage : Has received a Talk from the Cherokees; it shows their disposition, which he will culti- vate: It will no longer be good policy to fo- ment the differences between the Choctaws and Creeks, as it will prevent the Creeks from engaging in his Majesty's service, - 316

3, Letter from Colonel Stuart to General Gage : A great majority of the back Inhabitants of Carolina are attached to Government; and an indiscriminate attack by Indians might do much harm : He will induce them to act with their well-disposed neighbours, - - - 317 2, Letter from Colonel Stuart to Major Small, - 317

SepA8, Letter from Daniel Charnier, Jun., to Daniel

Chamier, ...... 319

Oct. 5, Letter from Major Furlong to General Gage:

But about forty men for duty at St. Augustine, 319

Sep.2l, Letter from Governour Tonyn to General Gage, 320 Returns of his Majesty's Forces in East Flori- da, in August, September, and October, - 321-326

Oct. 3, Letter from Lieutenant Graves to Admiral Graves, with a Report of the state of the Schooner St. Lawrence, - - - - 327

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1775.

Oct. 5, Letter from Alexander Skinner to General Grant: The St. Lawrence has arrived at St. Augustine; if she had been sooner on the sta- tion, one hundred barrels of the King's Pow- der, taken out of Lofthouse, by a Carolina Pi- rate, would have been saved, - 329

3, Letter from Captain Mulcaster to General

Grant, giving a general view of the state of

affairs at the South, - 329

2, Letter from C. Shirreff to General Robertson, - 334

2, Letter from Governour Tonyn to Major Don-

kin, 334

4, Letter from Spencer Man to General Grant:

The political body in Florida is much dis- eased; the Governour has neither ability to point out, nor interest to procure, any good for the People, - 3o5

4, Letter from Alexander Ross to Captain Stan- ton : Captain Fordyce, with his Company and a Detachment, is on board a Vessel, to sail with the first fair wind for Virginia, - - 335

4, Letter from John Moultrie to General Grant: St. Augustine is already too weak; no more Troops should be taken from it; it is now the best and only communication between Great Britain and our Red Brothers, -

3, Letter from Daniel Chamier, Jun., to Daniel

Chamier, ------

4, Letter from Colonel Stuart to Samuel Kemble, NovAS, Letter from Governour Chester to Governour

Tryon : Has received Instructions from the King to afford protection to such of his Loyal Subjects as are compelled to fly from the Co- lonies in Rebellion, and wish for an asylum in West-Florida, -

1 1, Proclamation by the Governour of West-Flori- da, offering Lands to such as seek a retreat in that Province, -

11, Letter from Allan Cameron to Duncan Came- ron : He has accepted a Commission under Lord Dunmore, and is to set out to-morrow morning for Detroit with Major Connolly, -

14, Letter from Captain Montagu to Admiral Graves, -------

14, Letter from W. Griffin to George Giffarina: Heis at Jamestown, surrounded by Rebels, and dare not move ; a thousand Rebels are on their way for Norfolk, to punish the People there for declaring for Government; two Regiments would restore peace and good order to the Province, ------

17, Letter from Neil Jamieson to Glassford, Gor- don & Co., ------

21, Letter from Walter Hatton to Nathaniel Coffin : Those in arms against the Government know that the halter is round their necks, and, if taken, they are liable to be trussed up without delay ; many have sworn allegiance to their lawful Sovereign in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Nansemond, &c. : they amount to upwards of three thousand, - 346

24, Letter from Lord Dunmore to Admiral Graves, 347

28, Letter from Neil Jamieson to James Anderson, 347

20, Letter from Neil Jamieson to Edward and Rene

Payne, 348

Dec. 1, Letter from Captain Leslie to General Gage, - 349 Return of a Detachment of his Majesty's Four- teenth Regimentat Norfolk, Virginia, in Oc- tober, November, and December, - - 349

1, Letter from Captain Fordyce to Captain Urqu-

hart: Two thousand Men would settle every- thing in Virginia in the course of the Winter; we have had a little brush with the Rebels, who behaved in a most dastardly manner; a Corps of about seven hundred of them has been sent to take Norfolk, but they will not find it quite so easy as they expect, - - 350

2, Letter from Captain Squire to Admiral Graves, 351

Dec. 19, Letter from Dr. Franklin to M. Dumas: We have hitherto applied to no Foreign Power, but we wish to know if any one of them is disposed to step in for the relief of an op- pressed People; or, if we break off all con- nection with Britain, and declare ourselves independent, is there any Power in Europe who will enter into an Alliance with us for the benefit of our commerce, -

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19,

Letter from William Livingston to Lord Stir- ling, - - - . - - - - 354

Letter from Lord Stirling to the President of Congress: The Order of Captain Parker, prohibiting Vessels from Foreign Countries entering New- York, in direct violation of the Act of Parliament, alarms the moderate, and vexes the Tories of New-York; if this cir- cumstance be well managed, it will turn out very fortunate, ------ 354

19, New- York Committee

Apply to the Provincial Congress for a Loan of one thousand Pounds, to defray necessary charges in defending our rights and privi- leges, ------- 355

Mr. Mercer ordered to produce a Certificate from the Congress of New-Jersey, authorizing him to export Provisions, - - - - 356

Mr. Totlen and others appointed a Committee to examine, and, if they see fit, to discharge, such persons as may be hereafter taken into cus- tody, -.-.... 356

Michael Albert, Edward White, and John Moore, charged with having inlisted Men for the Ministerial Army, examined and dis- charged, ------- 356

The case of John Bladder, who was several weeks on board the Asia, referred to the Pro- vincial Congress, ----- 356 19, Letter from Governour Cooke to General Wash- ington : Fears the Vessels sailed from Bos- ton may be destined for Rhode-Island ; asks a Detachment from the Continental Army for their defence, and that General Lee may be sent to take the command, - - - - 356 19, Letter from General Washington to the Presi- dent of Congress, ----- 357

19, Letter from General Howe to the Earl of Dart-

mouth: He has the authority of the Rebel Commander for believing Brigadier Prescott has fallen into their hands. Mr. Washing- ton, commanding the Rebel Army, presuming upon the number and rank of his Prisoners, has threatened retaliation in point of treat- ment to any Prisoners of theirs in our power, and proposes an exchange, - - - 357

20, Letter from a Clergyman in Maryland to the

Earl of Dartmouth, ----- 358 Letter from Cortlandt Skinner to Colonel Wil- liam Skinner : We have actually hegun a Revolution. The Congress are our King, Lords, and Commons. They have taken Canada; blocked up the Royal Army in Bos- ton; secured the Indians;' appointed an Ad- miral ; are fitting out a Fleet ; and are univer- sally obeyed. Is not this Independency? They say it is not, ----- 363 Proceedings of the Committee for Morris County, New-Jersey, on a complaint against Cortlandt Skinner, - - - - - 364

20, Letter from Provincial Congress to New- York

Delegates in Continental Congress, - - 429

20, Letter from Governour Trumbull to the Presi- dent of Congress, requesting sixty thousand Pounds from the Continental Treasury may be forwarded immediately, - - -. 365

20, Letter from Thomas Greenough to Committee of Congress, with a Statement of his losses in June last, by the burning of his Property on Noddle-Island by the Provincials, - - 365

20, Letter from General Washington to Governour Cooke: Cannot send him assistance, and does not believe the Troops from Boston were des- tined for Rhode-Island, - - - . 366

20, Letter from General Washington to Colonel Baldwin: Mr. Wiber stands in a suspicious and unfriendly light ; but, if the Committee consider him a friend, he may return, - - 366

20, Letter from William Bartlett to General Wash- ington, desiring his Instructions respecting the Prize Cargoes at Beverly, ... 367

20, Letter from General Greene to Jacob Greene : Is surprised that the Committee of Newport are desirous of nourishing such a serpent as Wallace in the bosom of the country. To grant him supplies for Indemnity to that Town only, is sacrificing the rest of the Pro- vince for the benefit of Newport, - - 367

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1775. Dec.2l

CONTENTS.

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21, 21, 21,

21,

21, 21,

21, 22,

22,

22,

22, 22,

22,

22,

, Extract of a Letter from London to a Gentleman in Virginia: Our connection with England ought to be dissolved. The Bill that has now passed Parliament, by treating the Colonies as enemies, settled the question. They can- not be enemies and Subjects at the same time. America has now nothing to do but to pro- vide for herself, -

Letter from Henry Wisner to B. Towne, with directions for making Gunpowder,

Letter from the Committee for Lancaster, Penn- sylvania, to the President of Congress,

Letter from Provincial Congress to New- York Delegates in Continental Congress,

Resolutions of the New- York Provincial Con- gress, respecting the disaffected Persons in Queen's County and Richmond County,

List of the disaffected Persons in Queen's Coun- ty, New- York, -

Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress: The Conferences with the Six- Nations have had a happy issue. They have given up the War-Belt which was deliver- ed to them, with much ceremony, by Colonel Johnson, at Montreal, -

Letter from General Washington to General Ward,

Letter from an Officer of the Army at Boston to a Friend in England : The Admiral, instead of sending his Squadron to protect the Store- Ships, has ordered the Ships-of-War in the Harbour to be secured with booms all round, to prevent their being boarded and taken by the Rebel Whale-Boats. The General acts differently. He seems to think it his duty to annoy the enemy, -

Letter from General Howe to General Wash- ington, -------

Proclamation by the King, appointing a distri- bution of the Prizes taken during the continu- ance of the Rebellion now subsisting in divers parts of the Continent of North-America,

Letter from the President of Congress to Gen- eral Washington: The Resolution authori- zing the attack on Boston passed, after a most serious debate in a Committee of the Whole House. He heartily wishes the attempt may be successful, though, individually, he may be the greatest sufferer, -

Letter from Captain Henry B. Livingston to the President of Congress, returning thanks for the honour conferred upon him by the Reso- lution of Congress of the 12th instant,

New-York Committee, - - - -

Letter from the Committee of Mamacoting Pre- cinct to New-York Congress, -

Letter to General Montgomery, from some friends in Montreal, - - - - -

Connecticut Committee of Safety direct the Company raised for the defence of New> Haven to be discharged,

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NEW-YORK PROVINCIAL CONGRESS.

Dec. 6, Congress met at the Exchange in New- York :

Members present, .... - 383

Nathaniel Woodhull elected President, - - 383 John McKesson and Robert Benson elected Sec- retaries, ------- 383

Credentials of the Members, - - - - 383

All Questions to be determined by a majority of the Counties then having Deputies in Con- gress, ------- 386

Rules adopted for the government of the House, 386

6, Commissions ordered for three Companies of

Minute-Men in Ulster County, - - - 387 Barracks for quartering one thousand Men to be

built at the Fortifications in the Highlands, - 387 Committee to repair to the Highlands, and en- deavour to accommodate the difference be- tween the Commissioners for erecting the For- tifications there and the Engineer, - - 388

7, Letter from Egbert Benson, dated November 28, 388 The Congress desiring to meet in the Assem- bly Chamber, the Speaker has ordered Mr. Bancker to take care of the Books and Papers

of the Assembly, 389

1775.

Application of Lieutenants Borough and Rich- ardson, for an extension of their parole, re- jected, 389

Jacobus Oostrum, Johannes Medlar, and Barnt Lewis, to be kept in close confinement in the Jail of Dutchess County, at their own ex- pense, ------- 390

Committee appointed to purchase pne hundred stand of Arms for the Jersey Forces, - - 390

Doorkeeper ordered to call upon the non-attend- ing Members chosen for the City of New- York, and require them to take their seats in Congress, or assign their reasons for their non- attendance, ------ 390

Dec. 8, Letter to the President of Congress : The ut- most despatch will be used to complete every thing respecting the Fortifications in Hudson River, 391

Letter to the Delegates of New-York in the Continental Congress, - 392

Captain John McNachten arrived last evening from London ; examined before the Con- gress, 392

Speight, a Druggist, arrested, having, in many instances, shown himself inimical to the inte- rest and liberties of the American Colonies, - 393

Petition of the General Committee of the City and County of New- York, complaining of the destruction of Rivington's Printing Office by a body of Troops from Connecticut, command- ed by Isaac Sears, ----- 393

An estimate of Instruments and Medicines ne- cessary for the Colony in its present alarm- ing state ordered, ----- 394

Resolutions on Governour Tryon's Letter of the 4th instant to the Inhabitants of New- York, reported, debated, and postponed till Monday

next, 394

9, Letter to General Schuyler, with an account of the Moneys advanced to the Troops raised in the Colony, - - - -" - - 396

Letter to the Delegates in Congress: Appre- hensive that the emission of Paper by the several Colonies will cause a depreciation, they recommend that all Paper Money, to be issued for the defence of America, be made a Continental Currency, .... 397

Letter to the Committee of Tryon Count}', ad- vising them not to molest Sir John Johnson while he continues inactive, - - - 397

Committee to plan a voyage to procure Ammu- nition, Arms, and other articles necessary for the general defence of the Colony, - - 398

1 1, The Congress prevented from proceeding to ma-

terial business by the absence of Members, - 399

12, Members for Orange County and Tryon Coun-

ty attend, 399

Their Credentials, 399

Letter to Governour Trumbull, on the destruc- tion of Rivington's Printing Office, and request he will order all the Types returned to the Chairman of the New- York Committee: They do not justify Rivington, but object to any restraint upon the liberty of the Press, - 401

Inhabitants of Connecticut thanked- for their aid in suppressing the Insurgents against the cause of liberty in Westchester County, - 402

County Committees authorized to apply for as- sistance to a neighbouring Colony, - - 402

Information from Major Brush, of Huntington, of the disaffection of sundry People in Queen's County, and that they are about inlisting Ne- groes, ------- 403

Letter from the Committee of Dutchess County, dated December 5: Their authority having been disputed, request the advice of Congress, 403

Persons refusing to give evidence before any Committee, to be imprisoned at their own pri- vate expense, ------ 403

13, Letter from Gilbert Potter, of Huntington, of

the 10th instant, calling the attention of Con- gress to the alarming state of affairs in the

County, - 404

Affidavit of Samuel Nostran : A large quantity of Powder, &c, is at Captain Hewlett's, at Rockaway, sent from the Asia Man-of-War, brought there by Hewlett and the Lieutenant of the Asia, ---.-. 404

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1775.

CONTENTS.

1775.

Committee of the Inhabitants of Queen's Coun- ty required to appear before Congress on the

19th instant,

Dec. 13, No person permitted to inoculate for the Small- Pox within the Colony, without the further order of the Congress, -

Consideration of the Resolutions on Governour Tryon's Letter of the 4th instant resumed, and, after long argument, amended, and fur- ther postponed, -

14, Letter from Colonel Mulford, of the 9th instant :

His Regiment will be marched to the place of rendezvous on an3' alarm, -

Consideration of Resolutions on Governour Try- on's Letter resumed, further amended, and adopted, -------

Letter from John Jay, dated November 26: Does not approve the destroying of Rivington's Printing Office : Some people prophesy that the Provincial Congress has too much Chris- tian meekness to take any notice of it,

Additional Resolutions on Governour Tryon's Letter adopted, and the whole ordered to be engrossed,

15, Resolutions on Governour Tryon's Letter of the

4th instant, ------

Memorial of John Norberg, -

Captain Norberg permitted to go to Great Bri- tain with all his effects, - Each of the Delegates from New- York in the Continental Congress allowed for his services, for each day he may be absent from his abode on the publick service, four Dollars, William Sutton, of Westchester, permitted to return, having agreed to surrender himself to the Committee for the County, - - - Contract with Cornelius Atherton, of Amenia Precinct, in Dutchess County, for making Muskets and Bayonets, approved by Congress, Members of the Committee of Safety appointed,

16, Powers of the Committee of Safety, as read,

amended, and adopted, -

Provisions for sinking one hundred and twelve thousand five hundred Dollars of Paper Cur- rency, issued by the late Congress,

18, Report of the Committee who were sent to the

Fortifications in the Highlands, -

Letter to the Delegates in Continental Congress,

informing them of the Proceedings respecting

the destruction of Rivington's Printing Office,

Committee to revise and amend the Militia Law,

19, Report of the Committee appointed to plan a

voyage, read, considered, and recommitted, - Five hundred copies of the Proceedings of the Continental Congress, in Low Dutch, and five hundred copies in German, ordered to be pur- chased for distribution gratis, - Committee of Safety authorized to cause a col- lection of the oppressive Acts of Parliament, with useful Remarks thereon, to be published and distributed gratis, ....

Report of the Committee appointed to employ two or more Vessels for a voyage to Europe,

read and adopted',

Further Report from the Committee on the For

tifications in the Highlands, ...

Two additional Redoubts ordered to be erected,

George Clinton appointed Brigadier-General of

the Militia of Ulster and Orange Counties, -

20, Dr. Paul Spooner, from Cumberland County,

appeared and took his seat, - - - -

Letter from the Committee for Cumberland County: Nominated Colonel James Rogers to be Brigadier for Cumberland, Gloucester, and Charlotte Brigade ; and Field and other Offi- cers for three Regiments made according to the directions of the Provincial Congress,

Letter from William Bedlow, at Fort Constitu- tion, December 14, requesting to know what compensation the Commissioners are to re- ceive, -------

Commissioners employed in erecting the Forti- fications in the Highlands to be allowed ten Shillings per day; and to prevent any expense that may be avoided, three Commissioners only are to be continued, - - - -

Committee of New-York apply for a Loan of one thousand Pounds ; five hundred granted, -

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Letter from tie Committee for Richmond Coun- ty, December 15: The Freeholders of the County have refused to send Deputies to the Provincial Congress, .... 428

Consideration of the state of affairs in Richmond County postponed until the state of Queen's County is considered, - - - - 429

Letter from Colonel James Rogers, of Cumber- land County: For political reasons he de- clines the office of Brigadier-General of the Militia, - 429

Letter to the Delegates of the Colony in Conti- nental Congress, laying before them the state of the Fortifications in the Highlands, - 429

Remonstrance of certain Inhabitants of Putney, in Cumberland County, against the appoint- ment of the persons named by the County Committee for Field-Officers, ... 429

Remonstrance of a number of the Inhabitants of Westminster, ------ 430

Remonstrance of the Inhabitants of Fulham, - 430

Dr. Paul Spooner added to the Committee of

Safety, 430

Dec.20, John Blackler ordered to be kept in close con- finement until the further order of Congress, 431

Committee to purchase a small Armed Vessel for the East River, to prevent Supplies being furnished to the Ministerial Army and Navy, 431'

Additional Rules and Orders for regulating the Militia of the Colony of New- York, - - 431

Letter from Colonel Levi Pawling: Has given the necessary orders to his Regiment to mus- ter in case of alarm, ----- 432

21, Rank of the Militia Officers of the several

Counties fixed and determined, ... 433

State of Queen's County and Richmond Coun- ty further considered, and the Delinquents in the two Counties put out of the protection of the Congress, - - - - - - 434

Letter to the Delegates in the Continental Con- gress, with the Proceedings respecting the Delinquents in Queen's and Richmond Coun- ties, and asking advice what further should be done, ------- 435

Rules and Orders for arranging the Rank of the Officers of the Militia of the Colony of New- York, - - - - - - - 436

Delegates of the Colony in Continental Con- gress requested to make an arrangement among themselves, that five of them only continue at Congress at the same time, - 436

Ulster County Jail to be taken as the Jail of the Congress for the confinement of Prisoners or- dered to be confined by the Congress or Com- mittee of Safety, ----- 437

22, Letter from General Washington to the Presi-

dent, informing him that some Troops had sailed from Boston, destination unknown, - 437

Inhabitants of the Colony requested to refrain from visiting the King's Ships-of-War, with- out leave of a Committee, ... 438

Persons coming from other Colonies required to furnish evidence that they are friendly to the liberties of America, * 438

Committee of Safety authorized to exercise the same powers, in appointing Officers and grant- ing and refusing Commissions, as the Pro- vincial Congress, - - . . . 438

Report of Committee appointed to plan a voyage to the Island of Martinico, Guadaloupe, or St. Eustatia, read and adopted, ... 438

Instructions to the Committee for Ulster County, for the nomination of Field-Officers, - - 440

Committee of Safety authorized to apply any sum, not exceeding fifty thousand Pounds, to be laid out in such manner as they shall think proper, for the defence and security of the Colony, 440

CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC.

Dec. 23, Letter from Lord George Germaine to Gover- nour Eden: The King is determined, in con- currence with his Parliament, to pursue the most vigorous measures for reducing his re- bellious Subjects in North-America, - - 439

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CONTENTS.

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23,

Dec.23, Letter from Lord George Germaine to Gover- nour Eden : An armament of seven Regi- ments, with a Fleet, is ready to proceed to the Southern Colonies, in order to attempt the restoration of legal Government in that part

of America, 440

Recantation of Ezekiel Beach, of Mendham, in

Morris County, New- Jersey, - - - 441 Report of the Committee directed to repair to Ticonderoga, and confer with General Schuy- ler, to take survey of, and report the state of, the Fortifications, and to use their endeavours to procure an accession of the Canadians to an union with the Colonies, - 442

Letter from the Committee to General Mont- gomery, expressing the desire of Congress that he will induce the Canadians to meet in their Parishes, and choose a Provincial Con- vention, -.-.-.- 445

23, Report of the Committee of Congress appointed to inquire what articles are necessary for the Army, .....-- 446

23, Proclamation by Governour Tryon, proroguing the Assembly of New- York, from the first day of January to the first day of February next, 447

23, Letter from Governour Trumbull to the Presi- dent of Congress, ----- 447

23, Letter from General Washington to the Assem- bly of Massachusetts: The Soldiers are in great distress for Blankets; if any can be pro- cured from House-keepers it will be of infi- nite service to the Army, - - - - 448

23, Letter from William Watson to General Wash- ington, ------- 448

23, Letter from Colonel Hobart to the New-Hamp-

sbire Congress, - 449

24, Letter from General Washington to General

Schuyler: Conjures him and General Mont- gomery to lay aside all thoughts of quitting the Army, - - . - - - - 449

24, Letter from General Gates to General Sullivan: Requests his opinion on a projected enter- prise, ....... 450

24, Letter from General Sul li van to the New- Hamp- shire Committee of Safety, ... 450

24, Letter from Governour Callbeck to General

Washington, ...... 450

The case of Philip Callbeck, late Commander- in-Chief of the Island of St. John's, and Tho- mas Wright, one of the Council, and Survey- or-General of said Island, addressed to Gene- ral Washington, - - - - - 451

25, Letter from Colonel Howe to the Virginia Con-

vention: From motives of policy they have permitted some Supplies to be sent to Captain

Bellew, 452

25, Notice from the General Post-Office, New- York : Letters having been taken from his Ma- jesty's Mail at Baltimore, Philadelphia, and other places, the Deputy Postmaster-Gene- ral is obliged, for the present, to stop all the

Posts,

25, Letter from General Washington to the Presi- dent of Congress, - - . - .

Report of Peleg Wadsworth, of his examina- tion of Cape-Cod Harbour,

Letter from General Howe to General Wash- ington: Having received no accounts where- in the name of Allen is mentioned, he can give no information on the subject of his treat- ment,

Letter from Colonel Bayley to Colonel Little : The importance of a road to Canada for the transportation of Troops and Munitions of War, and for the Fur Trade,

General Orders, from December 14 to Decem- ber 25,

25, Letter from General Washington to Joseph Reed : Our want of Powder is inconceivable ; a daily waste and no supply presents a gloomy prospect. --.--..

Letter from Robert H. Harrison to General Ward,

Letter from Colonel Moylan to William Bartlett,

Instructions of the Town of Portsmouth to their Delegates in the Provincial Congress of New- Hampshire, ...... 459

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Memorial of the Inhabitants of Portsmouth to the Provincial Congress, -

Letter from James Lyon to General Washing- ton, proposing a plan for the reduction of No- va-Scotia, ......

Committee for Chester County, Pennsylvania, require Returns from the Militia and Associa- tors of the County, .....

Committee for Buck's County, Pennsylvania, order strict enforcement of the Ninth Article of the Continental Association, ...

Letter from Colonel Maxwell to Lord Stirling,

Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress: A reinforcement should be sent to Canada, and no time should be lost in pre- paring for it, -

Letter from General Montgomery to General Schuyler: Three Companies of Arnold's De- tachment are averse to a coup-de-main, and he will be obliged to change his plan of at- tack. It is of the utmost importance to reduce Ouebeck before succours can arrive; we are not to expect an union with Canada till we have a force in the country strong enough to defend it, ----- -

Letter from General Washington to Richard Henry Lee: If Lord Dunmore is not crushed before the Spring, he will be the most formi- dable enemy America has; forcing him on ship-board is not sufficient; nothing less than depriving him of life or liberty will secure peace to Virginia, .... - 465

Letter from Robert H. Harrison to General Thomas, ------- 466

Letter from General Howe to the Earl of Dart- mouth : The Rebels get supplies of Arms and Gunpowder from Cape Nicholas, in the Island of Hispaniola, - 466

Address of Sal us Populi to the People of North America, on the necessity of framing a gene- ral plan of connection between the Provinces, or what may be called the Constitution of the United English Colonies, ... - 467

Description of the device on the Drums belong- ing to the Marines now raising for the Fleet, 468

Letter from the Committee for Tryon County, New- York, to the Provincial Congress, - 469

Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in West- moreland to his Friend in Hartford, Connecti- cut, 470

Letter from Matthew Thornton to General Washington, ...... 470

Address of a British American to the Inhabi- tants of the United Colonies : Advises an im- mediate declaration of Independence, - - 470

Letter from Colonel Howe to the Virginia Con- vention : An exchange of Prisoners has not yet been effected, ..... 474

Letter from Lord Dunmore to Colonel Howe, proposing an exchange for Mr. Batut, - - 474

Letter from Colonel Howe to Lord Dunmore : Will consent to no exchange but such as equity shall warrant, ----- 474

Letter from Lord Dunmore to Colonel Howe : Does not understand the rule that is to govern them in exchange of Prisoners, - - - 474

Letter from Greenwich (Connecticut) Commit- tee to Governour Trumbull, ... 590

Letter from Colonel Howe to Lord Dunmore: Explains the intention of the Convention, the difference in the rank of Officers, and pro- poses an equitable exchange, - 474

Expedition of Colonel Martin in quest of To- ries in Sussex County, New- Jersey, - - 475

Extract of a Letter from North-Carolina to a Gentleman at Hull, in England : State of af- fairs in North and South-Carolina, - - 476

Letter from the Virginia Committee of Safety to Maryland Convention, .... 575

New- York Committee, .... 380

Letter from General Washington to the General Court of Massachusetts, .... 478

Letter from General Gates to General Sullivan, requesting him not to attempt to execute the project to-night, but to wait a more favourable opportunity, ---... 473

Letter from Winthrop Sargeant to General Washington, 478

XLIII

CONTENTS. XLIV

30,

30,

30, 31,

Dec.30, Letter from Captain Bellew to Colonel Howe : Threatens to fire upon the Town of Norfolk if the Sentinels there are seen,

Letter from Colonel Howe to Captain Bellew: He will consult his duty only, and requests the Inhabitants of the Town may have time to remove with their effects, -

Letter from Fredericktown (Maryland) Com- mittee to the President of Congress : Con- nolly, Cameron, and Smith, have been sent to Philadelphia, - - - - -

Letter from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, to Governour Penn, - - - - -

Letter from the South-Carolina Committee of Safety to George Clymer, requesting payment for Goods and Presents for the Indians who are to meet the Commissioners of Indian Af- fairs in the Southern Departmental Salisbury, on the 13th of next month, " - - 31, Letter from the Committee of Safety for South- Carolina to Massachusetts Council, - - 1307 31, Letter from General Schuyler to the President

of Congress,

31, Letter from Colonel Campbell to General Woos- ter, informing him of the failure of the at- tempt on Quebeck, and of the death of Gene- ral Montgomery, -

Letter from Colonel Arnold to General Woos- ter : Was wounded in the attack on Que- beck, and has given up the command to Colo- nel Campbell, ------

Letter from General Greene to Samuel Ward, in Congress, ------

Letter from General Washington to the Presi- dent of Congress, -

Report of Committee of Massachusetts Assem- bly, on their application to General Washing- ton respecting certain Companies now on duty,

Proclamation by General Carleton, requiring all persons in Gluebeck, who refuse to take up Arms, to quit the Town in four days, -

Oath of Fidelity required of the Inhabitants of Newport by General Lee, - - - -

General Orders, from December 26 to Decem- ber 31,

Returns of the Army at Cambridge, Decem- ber 30,

Inventory of Ordnance and Stores necessary for the Army, supposing it to consist of twenty thousand Men, ------ 493

31,

31,

31,

477

477

479

- 1473

479

480

480

482

485

486

487

488

489

491

PENNSYLVANIA COMMITTEE OF SAFETY.

Dec. 2, Officers not permitted to be absent from Liberty Island, without the express order of the Com- mittee, ....--- 493 5, Agreement with Wigfal & Blackwood for ma- king Gun-Locks, ----- 495

Sea-Coal thrown into the River by order of the Committee of Inspection, to be taken up for the Furnace to be built for casting Cannon, 495

Permission for a Vessel to proceed to Foreign parts to procure Powder and Arms for the use of the Province, ----- 495

Committee for procuring Sea-Coal, - - 495

•6, Agreement with Willis & Town for making

Fire-locks, ------ 496

Report of Committee on the Coal thrown into the River, - 496

Captain Proctor and Lieutenant Proctor dis- missed from the service, - - - - 496

Nathan Boyce appointed Captain of one of the

Armed Boats, 496

7, Committee to procure an account of all the Sea- Coal in possession of the Inhabitants of Phila- delphia, - - - . - - - - 496

9, Captain Biddle, of the Armed Boats, permitted to resign, that he may enter the Continental service, ------- 497

11, Willing, Morris & Co., authorized to send a Vessel to Foreign parts to procure Powder, Arms, &c, for the Province, ... 488

Captain Boyce ordered to the command of the Armed Boat Franklin, Captain Biddle being promoted in the Continental service, - - 498

Captain James Josiah permitted to resign, that he may enter the Contineutal Service, - - 498

1775

Dec A3

, Three of the Armed Boats to he constantly at Liberty Island, - - - - - 498

Captain Dougherty ordered up immediately from Liberty Island with his Boat, - - 498

14, David Owen, suspected of inlisting Negroes,

committed to the Work-house, - - - 499

15, Samuel Howell requested to send to the Island

of Jamaica for a load of Sea-Coal, on account of the Committee of Safety, - - - 499 Committee of Safety will pay half the sum ex- pended in searching for a Coal-Mine said to be in Buck's County, - - - . - 499

18, Report of the number of Men, &c, on board the

Armed Boats, 500

19, Report of the quantity and sizes of the Shot now

in the Commissary's Store, ... 500

Persons who manufacture and deliver Saltpetre, to be paid one-fourth in Gunpowder and three-fourths in Money, ... - 501 No application from Congress, or any other body, for Men, Arms, or Ammunition, to be considered until a written notice, mentioning the application, is sent to every member of the Committee residing in the City, - 501

Committee to provide a quantity of Cannon Ball, 501 Committee to examine Fort Island, and report what further defences are required on that, or the Province Island, - - - - - 501

20, Application from Congress for Powder, Arms,

and Men, for the Armed Vessels, nearly ready for sailing, complied with, - ... 502 All the Armed Boats, except the three at Liberty Island, ordered up to the City, that the Officers and Men may go into Barracks, - - - 502 24, Commanders of the Continental Ships-of-War permitted to search outward bound Vessels for Seamen, ------- 503

27, Lieutenant Symmonds, with the Artillery Com-

pany, ordered to Liberty Island for the pro- tection of the Battery, Artillery, and Stores at that place, ------ 504

28, Captain Hazlewood appointed to the command

of ten Fire-rafts, ----- 504

A Floating Battery ordered to be built for the

fuither defence of the Province, - - - 504 Captain Proctor restored to his command, on giv- 1776. ing the satisfaction required by the Committee, 504 Jan. 1, Captain Moore permitted to resign his command

of the Armed Boat Effingham, - - - 506

2, Colonels for the four Battalions nominated, - 507

3, Committee for appointing proper persons to in-

struct the Inhabitants of the different Counties

in the Manufacture of Saltpetre, - - - 507 Lieutenant-Colonels for the four Battalions

nominated, ------ 508

John Connolly and Allan Cameron committed

to Prison, 508

4, Parole ofhonour of Lord Drummond and Andrew

Elliott taken, - - - - - 509

Majors for the four Battalions nominated, - - 509

5, Captains for the four Battalions chosen, - - 509

6, Lieutenants for the four Battalions chosen. - 510

8, Joshua Fisher & Sons refuse to furnish a List of

the Goods imported by them, and stored by order of the Committee of Inspection, - - 510

Powder in Westmoreland County to remain there, and not to be used but in defence of the County, 510

Second Lieutenants and Ensigns of the four Bat- talions chosen, - - - - - -511

List of the Officers of the four Battalions, - 511

Officers of the Fifth Battalion, - - - 512

9, Committee to examine all candidates who shall

offer as Surgeons to the several Battalions, - 513 Committee for Philadelphia County requested to meet on the 17th instant, and the Committee for Buck's County on the 22d instant, on busi- ness of the utmost importance, - - - 513

10, Committee to inquire for proper places to erect

Powder-Magazines in the Province, - - 513

11, Adjutants for the Second, Third, and Fourth

Battalions chosen, - - - - - 513 Articles to be furnished Colonel Bull's (the First) Battalion, by order of the Continental Congress, - - - - - - 514

12, Committee to procure copies of all Petitions to

the King, or Parliament, from this Colony, since 1762, - - - - - - 514

XLV

Jan.13

CONTENTS.

XLVI

15, 16,

17,

18, 19,

22, 23,

24,

25, 26,

27,

Christopher Carter discharged from Prison, and Leonard Snowden enlarged, on giving his parole that, in future, his conduct shall not be inimical to the American cause,

.Captain Cadwallader appointed Commander-in- Chief of all the Armed Vessels in the service of the Province, - -

Second Lieutenants for the First, or Colonel Bull's Battalion,

Chaplain for Colonel Bull's Battalion appointed,

Powder Committee empowered to continue their endeavours to import Powder, -

Brig Dolphin sent to procure Powder in For- eign Ports, ------

Publick Notice given that the Committee of Safety lend Money, and give other encourage- ments, to Persons willing to erect Powder- Mi Us,

Dr. John Smith, charged with practices inimi- cal to America, committed to Prison, -

Report of Committee appointed to procure copies of Petitions to the King and Parliament,

Petitions to the King: Of June 6, 1766; Septem- ber 22, 1768; and March 5, 1771,

Petition to the House of Lords, of September 22,

1768,

Petitions to the House of Commons, January 14, 1766, and September 22, 1768, -

Dr. Rittenhouse, Robert Smith, and John Mc- Neal, to repair to Liberty Island, and lay out Works sufficient to defend it,

Commodore Hazlewood directed to recruit four hundred Seamen and Landsmen for the Arm- ed Boats and other Naval Equipments,

David Rittenhouse, and others, appointed to carry into execution the Contract for casting Cannon, -------

Committee to survey the Jersey Shore, and de- termine what Posts it may be necessary to fortify, -------

Officers who have purchased Arms at their own expense, for the use of Associators unable to supply themselves, to be repaid, - - -

Parole of Captain Duncan Campbell,

Leonard Snowden discharged from his confine- ment, - - - - -

Committee to provide for the erection of Pow- der-Mills,

Robert Morris permitted to export Produce of the Colonies to the amount of a quantity of Powder imported by him, - - - -

Dr. Smith examined, and remanded to Jail,

515

- 515

516

516

517

517

2,

2,

517

518

518

519

2,

520

2,

520

2,

520

- 521

523

524

524 525

525 526

526

526

CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC.

Jan. 1, Johannes in Eremo to the Publick, on the ques- tions— In what sense it must be taken, that the King can do no wrong? What is Rebellion in a State? And whether, all things consider- ed, it is not the indispensable duty of the United Colonies of America immediately to form themselves into an Independent Constitu- tion, or a Republick State ? - 527

1, Letter from an English American to the Earl of

Dartmouth, ------ 530

1, Letter from Massachusetts Delegates in Con- gress to the Assembly, - - - - 1391

1, Letter from Robert Treat Paine to Massachu- setts Council, 1262

1, Petition of Dr. Church to the Congress, to be

released from Prison, - - - - - 531

1, Letter from Governour Trumbull to General

Schuyler, - - 532

1, Letter from Governour Trumbull to General

Washington, 532

Minutes of Ordnance taken from the Ministerial Troops at the several Northern Posts, from the 1st of May to the 13th of November, 1775, 534

1, Letter from Governour Cooke to General Wash- ington, - . - - - - - - 535

1, Letter from John Smith to General Washington, 536

1, Address of Dr. Morgan to the Publick : Thanks to the Towns of Concord, &c, for Supplies furnished the Hospital, .... 536

1, Instructions to Winthrop Sargent, Continental

Prize- Agent at Cape- Ann, ... - 537

1776, Jan. 1

, Letter from Colonels Howe and Woodford to the Virginia Convention: Norfolk set on fire by the British, 538

Letter from Colonel Howe to the Virginia Con- vention : Account of the burning of Norfolk, 538

An American ; on the advantages to the cause, from the burning of Norfolk by the enemy, - 539

Letter from a Midshipman on board his Majes- ty's Ship Otter : Operations of the British in Virginia, from the battle at Great Bridge to the burning of Norfolk, - - - 540

Account of the burning of Norfolk; from Lord Dunmore's Virginia Gazette, printed on the Ship Dunmore, lying off Norfolk, - - 540

Letter from President of Congress to Massachu- setts Assembly, ------ 1391

Letter from Samuel Adams to Elbridge Gerry : The Military power should always be under the direction and control of the Legislative. When riches shall be deemed a necessary qualification for publick office, ambition, as well as avarice, will prompt men most ar- dently to thirst for them, - - - - 541

Proclamation by Governour Tryon, dissolving the General Assembly, - - - - 542

Letter from Peter R. Livingston to the New- York Committee of Safety, ... 1054

Letter from Colonel Campbell to General Woos- ter, - 670

Letter from Colonel Arnold to General Woos- ter, 670

Writs issued by Governour Tryon for a new election of Representatives, ... 542

Letter from General Schuyler, to Colonel Wyn- koop, directing him to proceed with the Of- ficers made prisoners in Canada, to Trenton, in New-Jersey, ----- 542

Letter from General Washington to General Ward, 542

Proclamation by the King, for encouraging Sea- men to enter themselves on board his Majes- ty's Ships-of- War, 543

Extract of a Letter from Bristol, in England: A Rifleman, taken in crossing the St. Lawrence, and brought here a prisoner, is confined in Bridewell; he is a Virginian; has the heavy Provincial pronunciation, but otherwise speaks good English, ------ 543

Letter from Colonel Williams to the Proprie- tors of Transylvania : Has established a Land- Office, appointed the necessary Officers, adopt- ed regulations for entering Lands, and deter- mined to lay off a Town at the Falls of the Ohio the ensuing Spring, - ,558

Proceedings of the House of Delegates of the Colony of Transylvania, at Boonsborough, May 23, 1775, - - 546

Proceedings of the Proprietors of Transylva- nia, at a meeting held in Oxford, Granville County, North-Carolina, September 25, 1775, 553

Memorial of the Proprietors of Transylvania to the Continental Congress, - 554

Letter from James Hogg, the Delegate appoint- ed by the Proprietors of Transylvania, to re- present the Colony in the Continental Con- gress: Account of his mission to Philadel- phia ; his interviews with Members of the Congress, and their opinions on the settle- ment and Government of the Colony, - - 543

Letter from Silas Deane to James Hogg, giving his views on the Government proper to be adopted for Transylvania, - 556

Letter from the President of Congress to Lord Stirling, - 561

Letter from the Committee for Lancaster, Penn- sylvania, to the President of Congress, com- plaining of the disorderly conduct of the Pri- soners on parole in that Borough, - 561

Letter from Joseph Hallet to John McKesson, - 561

Letter from the New- York Committee of Safety to the President of Congress, requesting the determination of Congress on the plan for the Fortifications in the Highlands, - - 562

Letter from the New- York Committee of Safe- ty to Jonathan Hampton, - - - - 1018

Letter from Colonel Nicoll to John McKesson, 1023

Letter from Colonel Ritzema to Peter V. B. Livingston, - - - - - -1113

XLVII

1776.

Jan. 3, 3, 3,

CONTENTS. XLVIII

Petition of George Coffin, of Nantucket, to the New- York Congress, ... - 562

Letter from Joseph Trumbull to Govemour Trumbull, 563

Letter from General Washington to Jonathan Glover, directing him to libel the Prizes brought in by the Continental Armed Vessels, 563

Letter from John Glover to General Washing- ton: It is difficult to man the Armed Vessels; the men not having been paid for their past services, object to enter again, - 563

John Cowgill, who has refused to take Conti- nental Money, declared an enemy to his coun- try, by the Committee for Dover, in Dela- ware, ------- 564

New- York Committee, - 689

The Monitor, No. 9 : Showing it has been, and still is, the intention of the Ministry to reduce the Colonies to a state of absolute subjection to the authority of Parliament, - - - 564

Letter from the New- York Committee of Safety to the Continental Congress, ... 1021

Letter from the New- York Committee of Safety to the several Committees in the Colony, - 1020

Letter from Colonel Arnold to General Wooster, 854

Letter from General Washington to the Presi- dent of Congress, ----- 567

General Orders, from January 1 to January 4, - 568

Letter from General Washington to Joseph Reed, 570

Letter from General Greene to Samuel Ward : The King is determined, at all hazards, to carry his plan of despotism into execution ; in his late Speech to both Houses of Parlia- ment, he breathes revenge, and threatens us with destruction. We have consulted our wishes, rather than our reason, in indulging the idea of accommodation, - - - 571

Inlisting Orders from the New-Hampshire Con- gress to Captain Salter, - 573

Letter from Lord Germaine to General Howe, in reply to his suggestions for the means of augmenting his Army for the next Campaign, and explaining the arrangements making for that purpose, ------ 573

Letter from Matthew Tilghman to the President of Congress, requesting that the Hornet and Wasp may be ordered to convey Vessels through the Capes, 575

Letter from the Virginia Committee of Safety to the Maryland Convention : Operations of the British in Virginia, and the strength of Lord Dunmore, his present situation and circum- stances, ------- 576

List of the Naval Forces in the Harbour of Norfolk and in Hampton Roads, - - 577

Chesterfield County (Virginia) Committee ac- quit Richard Johnston of the charge against him, of being an enemy to his country, - 200

Letter from Samuel Purviance to the President of Congress, ---... 578

Orders and directions for the Commander-in- Chief of the Fleet of the United Colonies. - 578

Letter from New- York Delegates in Continen- tal Congress to Committee of Safety, - - 1033

Letter from New- York Committee of Safety to Lord Stirling, 914

Letter from New- York Committee of Safety to Suffolk County Committee, ... 1024

Letter from New- York Committee of Safety to Thomas Wilkes, 1025

Letter from Robert Yates to Jonathan Hampton, 579

Protest of the Committee for the District of Kin- derhook, delivered to the Committee for Al- bany County, ------ 579

Order by the Albany Committee for a new election of a Committee for the District of Kinderhook, ------ 58O

Letter from General Schuyler to General Washington, 580

Extract of a Letter from an Officer at Montreal, 582

Letter from James Price to General Schuyler, - 668

Letter from General Wooster to General Schuy- ler, - 668

Letter from Colonel Arnold to General Wooster, 854

Connecticut Council of Safety, - - - 611

Letter from Colonel Ritzema to Peter V. B. Livingston, - 1115

1776. Jan. 5,

Letter from General Lee to General Washing- ton: Shows the necessity for immediate ope- rations in New- York, to suppress the ban- ditti of Tories there, and requests he may be detached for that purpose, - - 582

5, Form of Government adopted by the Provincial

Congress for New-Hampshire, - - - 583

5, Protest of Members against the form of Govern-

ment adopted by New-Hampshire Congress, 998

6, Court-Martial on Captain Spencer, - - - 584 6, Letter from the President of Congress to Gen- eral Washington, ----- 585

6, Letter from John Jay to Robert R.- Livingston, - 585

6, Further Report of the Committee on the North- ern Army, ..---- 586

6, Letters from Lord Stirling to the President of Congress, with intercepted Letters addressed to the Earl of Dartmouth, - - - - 586

6, Extract of a Letter from New- York to a Gen- tleman in London : Military strength of the Colonies, ------- 587

6, Letter from General Schuyler to Govemour

Trumbull: Pay of the Troops, - - 588

6, Letter from General Wooster to Colonel War- ner, informing him of the defeat before Q,ue- beck, and urging him to come with a rein- forcement of his Green-Mountain Corps, - 588

6, Extract of a Letter from Colonel Arnold, - 589

6, Letter from Govemour Trumbull to the Presi- dent of Congress, directing his attention to the conduct of some of the Inhabitants of West- chester County, in New- York, - - - 590 Letter from the Committee of Inspection in the Town of Greenwich, to Govemour Trum- bull : There is a large quantity of Provisions in the bands of the Tories in Westchester County, New- York, and much has already been put on board the Asia Man-of-War : New- York is not warm in the cause, - - 590 Report of Joseph Hopkins on a Lead-Mine at New-Canaan, in New- York, - - 591

6, Letter from General Washington to Govemour Cooke : The Town of Newport should not be permitted to supply Captain Wallace's Ships with Provisions, ... - 591

6, Commission and Instructions to William Moro- ny, Provost Marshal of the Army of the United Colonies, ----- 593

6. Letter from Colonel Long to the New-Hamp-

shire Congress, ----- 593

7, Letter from General Schuyler to Colonel Wyn-

koop, giving instructions about Prisoners, - 594 7 Letter from James Gray to Sir John Johnson, - 594 7, Letter from General Washington to Govemour Trumbull : Having authentick information that a great part of the Inhabitants of Long- Island are inimical to the rights and liberties of America, he has ordered General Lee to New- York, - - - - - . - 595 7, Letter from General Washington to John Ad- ams, on the propriety of the proposed expedi- tion of General Lee to New- York, - - 695

7, Letter from General Washington to William

Watson, with directions to send out an Armed Vessel, if possible, ----- 596

8, Letter from Lord Stirling to the President of

Congress : The Jersey Battalions are very de- ficient in Arms, Blankets, and almost every necessary: Cortlandt Skinner went off to the Asia yesterday : Govemour Franklin has given his promise not to leave the Province, - - 596

8, New-York Committee, 689

8, Letter from the New- York Committee of Safety to the absent Members of the Provincial Con- gress, 1028

8, Letter from the Committee for Westchester County to the New-York Committee of Safe- ty: The friends of liberty in Westchester County offer their services to reduce the ene- mies to their country in Queen's County, - 596 8, Letter from M. Pelissier to the President of

Congress, on the state of affairs in Canada, - 596 8, Translation of M. Pelissier's Letter, - - 601

8, Letter from the Committee for Stonington to General Washington : They have carefully inquired into the characters of Denny and Buddington, and cannot find that either has pursued any measure inimical to America, - 603

XLIX

CONTENTS.

Jan. 8, Letter from John Adams to General Washing- ton, approving of General Lee's proceeding

to New- York, 604

8, General Washington's Instructions to General

Lee, 604

8, Letter from General Washington to the New-

York Committee of Safety, informing them that he has ordered General Lee to New- York, - - 605

9, Letter from R. Hooe to Daniel of St. Thomas

Jenifer, 606

9, Address of the New- York Committee of Safety

to the Inhabitants of the Colony, - - 606

9, Letter from the New- York Committee of Safe- ty to the Committee of Cumberland County, 1031 9, Connecticut Council of Safety, - - - 611

9, Extract of a Letter from Cambridge : Capture

of a Guard at Charlestown, ... 613

10, Address of the Noblemen, &c, of the County

of Aberdeen, to the King, - - - 613

10, Address of the Deacons of the Fourteen Incor- porated Trades of Glasgow, to the King, - 614 ,10, Address of the Justices of the Peace, &c, for

the County of Wigton, to the King, - - 614 10, Proclamation by Governour Martin, - - 980 10, Commission by Governour Martin to Allan

McDonald, and others, .... 981 10, Manifesto by General Donald McDonald, - 982 10, Letter from Captain Ewing to Colonel Small- wood, - - - - - - -615

10, Letter from the Fredericks wn Committee to

the President of Congress, with Dr. Smith, under guard, - - - - - -615

Letter from Dr. Smith, dated November 24/ - 615

Plan and objects of Connolly's Secret Expedi- tion, 616

Connolly's Commission from Lord Dunmore, - 617

Letter from Colonel Connolly to Alexander McKee, December 16, 617

Letter from Colonel Connolly to Captain Lord: He is a prisoner, and the w:hole scheme at an end; December 16,- - - - -617

Letter from Colonel Connolly to Captain Ler- noult, Commanding Officer at Detroit : Ad- vises him to evacuate the Garrison, and, \yith Captain Lord, move down the Mississippi, and join Lord Dunmore at Norfolk, - - - 618

Letter from Colonel Connolly to Captain Lord, or Officer commanding at Illinois: Orders him to remove down the Mississippi to New- Orleans, or wherever he can find a convey- ance to Virginia, - - - - - 618

Letter from John Connolly to Mrs. Connolly, at Pittsburgh, 618

10, Letter from the Lancaster (Pennsylvania) Com-.

mittee to the President of Congress, request- ing provision may be made for the Prisoners at that place, - - - - - -619

10. Letter from the President of Congress to Gene- ral Schuyler, 619

10, Letter from Christopher Gadsden to Admiral

Hopkins, 620

10, Letter from Lord Stirling to the President of Congress, enclosing Letters of Governour Franklin and Colonel Winds, - - - 621 8, Letter from Colonel Winds to Governour Frank- lin, requiring of him a pledge that he will not leave the Province, .... 621

8, Reply of Governour Franklin: He will not quit

the Province unless compelled by violence, - 621

9, Letter from Governour Franklin to Colonel

Winds, requiring him, as he will answer the contrary at his peril, to remove the Sentinels placed at his Gate, ----- 622

9, Reply of Colonel Winds : He has done nothing but what was his duty as a faithful Officer of the Congress, - ----- 622

10, Letter from the New- York Committee of Safe- ty to Lord Stirling, 1031

10, Letter from Isaac Rysdick to Robert Benson: He has translated the Address of the Conven- tion into Dutch, as directed, ... 622

10, Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress : Fears the next Letter from Ge- neral Montgomery will announce the disa- greeable account of his having raised the siege, - - - - - - - 622

10, Letter from William Sever to Hugh Orr, - 1258

Fourth Series. Vol, it.

1776.

Jan. 10, Letter from General Washington to Lord Stir- ling, informinghim that General Lee has been sent to protect New- York, and requesting his assistance, ...--- 623

10, Letter from General Washington to the Massa- chusetts Council of Safety : The Army can- not be raised to the new establishment by vo- luntary inlistments: This and the neighbor- ing Governments should, in time, adopt some other expedient for effecting it, - - - 624

10, Letter from General Washington to General

Sullivan, 625

10, Letter from Robert H. Harrison to William Bart-

lett, respecting the Armed Vessels, - - 625

10, Letter from Lieutenant Knight, a prisoner, taken at Machias, representing his case, and re- questing to be released, .... 626

10, Letter from Corfimittee of Safety to New-Hamp- shire Delegates. in Continental Congress, - 996

10, Letter from Joshua Wentworth to General

Washington, ..... 626

11, Southampton (Virginia) Committee acquit Wil-

liam Urquhart of the imputation of having act- ed contrary to the Association, - 627

11, Letter from Lord Stirling to the President of Congress: Has given orders to permit Go- vernour Franklin to remain at his house, un- less Congress order to the contrary, - - 627

11, Letter from New- York Delegates in Continen- tal Congress to Committee of Safety, - - 1045

11, Letter from New- York Committee of Safety to

General Schuyler, 1036

11, Letter from New- York Committee of Safety to

Robert R. Livingston, ... - 1037

11, Letter from New-York Committee of Safety to

Peter R. Livingston, ----- 1037

11, Letter from Committee of Safety to New- York

Delegates in Continental Congress, - - 1038

11, Letter from Tryon County (New- York) Com- mittee to General Schuyler, - - - - 667

11, Affidavit of Jonathan French, of Tryon County, 668

1 1, Letter from Colonel Arnold to the Congress, on

the state of affairs generally in Canada, - 627

11, Letter from Jedediah Foster to the Committee

for Northampton, .... - 1259

11, Letter from Jedediah Foster to t'he Committee

for Marshfield, 1259

11, Letter from Isaac Smith to John Adams, - - 1271

11, Letter from General Washington to President

of Congress, 629

General Orders, from January 5 to January 11, 630 General Return of the Army, - - - 631

Return of the Artillery Regiment, - - - 633 Return of the Militia who have consented to re- main in Camp till the end of January, - - 634 Commissioned Officers of twenty-seven Regi- ments in the service of the United Colonies, January, 1776, .... 633-64*

1 1, Address to the Soldiers of Massachusetts-Bay, who are now in Arms against the Laws of their Country: By continuing in Arms, they will trample upon the laws of the mildest Government upon earth, and throw off their allegiance to the most humane Sovereign that ever swayed a sceptre, and submit to a ty- ranny uncontrolled either by the laws of God or man, ...... 647

1 1, Letter to Meshech Weare, informing him of the

Proceedings of the Committee at Portsmouth, 653

1 1, Instructions to the Maryland Delegates in Con- gress : They are not, without the approba- tion of the Convention, to assent to a declara- tion of Independence, .... 653

12, Letter from the President of Congress to New- York Committee of Safety, - - - 1073

12, Letter from the President of Congress to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety: One of the Battalions for the defence of Canada is to be furnished by New-Hampshire, - - 654

12, Representation of the Field-Officers ofthe Penn- sylvania Battalions to the Congress, - - 655

12, Letter from Lord Stirling to Colonel Maxwell, 915

12, Letter from Lord Stirling to the New- York Committee of Safety: The enemies to Ame- rican liberty are very busy on Staten Island; he will disarm them, if requested, - - 655

12, Letter from Thomas Wickes to the New- York

Committee of Safety, 655

LI

1776.

Jan.Yl

12, 12,

12,

13, 13, 13,

13,

13, 13,

13,

13,

13, 13,

14,

H,

14,

15,

656 931

656 657

658

658

659 659

666

667

, Letter from General Carleton to General Howe: Account of the attack on Quebeck,

Proclamation by Governour Trumbull, -

Account of the proceedings of the British in Rhode-Island,

Letter from General Washington to General Montgomery, ------

Common Sense, - - - - - - 1541

Letter from William Wall to Admiral Hopkins, 657

Letter from Josiah Bartlett to the New-Hamp- shire Committee of Safety, - - - -

Instructions to Captain Meston, of the Snow Dickenson,

Letter from Bayard & Co. to the French Mer- chants, respecting the purchase of Gunpowdei, &c, -------

Notices of the seizing of the Snow Dickenson by the Crew, *

Proceedings of the Committee of New-Jersey, 660-666

Letter from General Schuyler to General Wash- ington, 666

Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress: In the present critical state of affairs, nothing but the immediate march of a body of Troops into Canada can secure that Province, for the Canadians are not to be de- pended upon, ------

Letter from the Tryon County Committee to General Schuyler,asking his assistance; they are without Powder, and hostile preparations are on foot, in Johnstown, against the friends of American liberty, - - - - -

Plan of Sir John Johnson to cut off the Whigs in Tryon County, as given by Jonathan French, 668

Letter from James Price to General Schuyler : Fears the Army in Canada will be in great want of Cash ; his house has advanced them upwards of twenty thousand Pounds, and is nearly exhausted. -

Letter from General Wooster to General Schuy- ler, giving an account of the defeat at Quebeck,

Letter from Colonel Campbell to General Woos- ter: Has not yet received a return of killed and wounded, ------ 670

Letter from Colonel Arnold to General Woos- ter: Will endeavour to continue the blockade at Quebeck, 670

Letter from General Washington to Colonel McDougall, - - - - - - 671

Letter from General Washington to the Massa- chusetts Assembly, asking their assistance in procuring Arms for the Troops, - - -

Letter from General Washington to Matthew Thornton, ------

Letter from Benjamin Fessenden to James War- ren, enclosing the Proceedings of the Com- mittee for the Town of Sandwich, on the sail- ing of a Vessel from that place for the West- Indies, contrary to the recommendations of the Continental Congress, -

Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress : He has sent Colonel Warner to throw into Canada whatever numbers of Men he can procure upon the New-Hamp- shire Grants, - 671

Letter from General Wooster to General Schuy- ler, -------

Letter from Colonel Arnold to General Wash- ington, -------

List of the Killed, Wounded, and Prisoners, in the attack on Quebeck, December 31, 1775, 675

Letter from Colonel Huntington to Governour Trumbull,

Letter from General Washington to the Presi- dent of Congress: The deficiency in Arms is truly alarming; few men who have any will engage in the service ; and we must take men without, or get none, while we have to con- tend with a formidable Army, well provided in every respect, -----

Letter from General Washington to Joseph Reed 676

Letter from General Washington to Colonel Wentworth, - -

Rev. William Douglas, charged with speaking disrespectfully of the People of America, ac- quitted with honour by the Committee for Goochland County, Virginia, - - 679

CONTENTS. lii

1776.

Jan. 15, Samuel Burks, suspected of having acted as an enemy to America, declared innocent of the charge by the Committee for Prince Edward County, Virginia, ----- 679

15, Custis Kellum, tried and convicted by the Com- mittee for Accomack County, Virginia, for calling the Bostonians a pack of Rebels, asks forgiveness, and is pardoned, ... 679

15, Letter from Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer to Charles Carroll: Thinks the cloud, almost ready to burst upon us, may be dispersed, and a plan formed which may save millions of money and thousands of lives, ... 680

15, Letter from Charles Carroll to Mr. Jenifer : Is willing, with others, to lend his assistance to form a plan for the very good purposes he mentions, - - ----- - 680

15, Letter from Christopher Gadsden to Commo- dore Hopkins, - - *-■ ... 681

15, Letter from the New- York Delegates to the

President of Congress, - - - - 681

15, Letter from Colonel McDougall to Philip Li- vingston, with an account of all the Powder the Colony has possessed since the battle of Lexington, - - - - - -681

15, Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in Al- bany: An Express has just arrived, with the news that Sir John Johnson, with five hun- dred men and a few Indians, were assembling in a hostile manner, ----- 682

15, Message to the Mohawks, by Mr. Bleecker, In- dian Interpreter, ..... 682 Reply of the Mohawks, - - - - 683 Answer sent from the Squaws, ... 683

15, Letter from Governour Trumbull to General Washington : Will cheerfully co-operate in the measures for the security of New- York, and has appointed Field-Officers for two Re- giments of Volunteers, to be placed under the command of General Lee, - - - - 683

15, Letter from General Washington to James

Warren, ------- 684

15, Letter from William Watson to General Wash- ington, - - - - - - . 684

15, Letter from Meshech Weare to General Wash- ington : It is not possible to furnish any Arms from New-Hampshire, - - - - 685

15, Letter from Mark Hopkins to Colonel Barrett, 766

15, Letter from Thomas W. Waldron to the New- Hampshire Committee of Safety, - - - 685

16, Letter from Herbert Courtenay to Charles Car- roll, - - 686

16, Letter from the President of Congress to Ge- neral Washington, ----- 686

16, Letter from Thomas Lynch to General Wash- ington: Lord Drummond is at Philadelphia, with terms of reconciliation ; he will propose them to the consideration of Congress as soon as the most urgent affairs are over, - - 687 Proceedings of the New- York Committee, from the 4th to the 16th of January, - - - 689

16, Memorial of William Leary to the New- York

Committee of Safety, ... - 693

16, Letter from General Lee to General Washing- ton, 694

16, Report of Samuel Mott to Governour Trumbull, on the Works erected and proposed for the defence of New-London, Groton, and Sto- nington, ------- 695

16, Letter from General Washington to General

Schuyler, 696

16, Letter from General Washington to Governour

Trumbull, 697

16, Letter from General Washington to Governour

Cooke, 697

16, Letter from General Washington to the General

Court of Massachusetts, .... 698

16, Letter from General Washington to Matthew

Thornton, 699

16, Letter from Newburyport Committee to Massa- chusetts Council, ----- 792

16, Letter from General Howe to the Earl of Dart- mouth : His advice is to leave the Southern Provinces, in the fullest persuasion of their security, until the Rebels are defeated at New- York. The Southern Rebels would have been unable to defend themselves, had they not been roused by the conduct of their Go-

- 668

668

672

672

- 673

852

674

675

675

679

LIII

CONTENTS.

699

702

vernours. The ill consequences from another defensive campaign are not to be described. For an offensive campaign, a proper Army, of twenty thousand men, is necessary, Jan. 17, Letter from John Youste to the Maryland Coun- cil of Safety, ......

17, Extract of a Letter from New- York: General Lee is on his way there ; the Jersey Troops are crossing to Long-Island,

17, Letter from New- York Committee of Safety to General Schuyler, .....

17, Letter from New- York Committee of Safety to Lord Stirling,

17, Petition, Address, and Remonstrance, of the In- habitants of the New-Hampshire Grants to the Continental Congress,

17, Further accounts of the unsuccessful attack on

Quebeck, 705-709

17, Letter from Robert H. Harrison to William

Bartlett, 709

17, Letter from General Sullivan to General Gates, 709

17, Letter from General Sullivan to the General Court of New-Hampshire: A Court of In- quiry will be held to-morrow on Colonel Stark,

17, Letter from Meshech Weare to General Wash- ington, .......

17, Extract of a Letter from a Captain of an English

Transport at Boston to his Owners, - - 710

- 702

1053

1053

- 702

709

709

1775, Dec J

9, H,

12,

13,

H,

15,

MARYLAND CONVENTION.

, Convention met at Annapolis, ...

List of the Delegates, - - ...

Matthew Tilghinan chosen President, and Ga- briel Duvall Clerk, - -. -

Connolly, Smith, and Cameron, in custody by order of the Frederick County Committee, -

Robert Alexander and John Rogers chosen Delegates to the Continental Congress, in place of John Hall and Robert Goldsbprough,

Parliamentary Post not permitted to travel in, or pass through, the Province, ...

Every Member of the Convention required to keep all the Debates and Proceedings secret,

Francis Baker, of Talbot County, who had been guilty of a breach of the Continental Associa- tion, expelled the House, ....

Committee for Talbot County requested to send Isaac Atkinson, under a guard, to the Con- vention, --------

Committee for Kent County requested to send the Rev. John Patterson, under a guard, to the Convention, .....

No Boat, or other Vessel, belonging to the Pro- vince, permitted to go out of the Province without a license, in writing, from the Con- vention, or a Committee, ....

Members ordered not to leave the House with- out permission, ......

Committee on a Petition from the Frontier In- habitants of Frederick County, ...

Committee to devise the best ways and means to promote the manufacture of Saltpetre, -

Conduct of Committee for Somerset County, in raising a Company, approved, ...

Committee to report who have subscribed, or re- fused or neglected to subscribe, the Associa- tion directed by the last Convention, -

Committee to report who have not enrolled themselves either as Minute or Artillery-Men, or in the Militia, .....

Committee to examine and report the quantity and condition of the Arms and Ammunition of the Province, ... .

Cannon and Shot at Fort Cumberland, Old- town, and Fort Frederick, to be conveyed to Baltimore, ......

William Bartlett Townsend, of Worcester Coun- ty, has left the Province with inimical designs against the same, and has carried sundry In- habitants of the Province to join Lord Dun- more, .......

Robert Buchanan, a Member for Kent County, censured by the Convention, ...

Robert Davis reprimanded for resisting the Or- ders of the Committee for Anne Arundel County, -----..

711 711

711

711

712 713 713

713

714

714

715 715 715 715 715

716

716

716

716

717 717

718

LIV

1775. Dec. 1 6, Isaac Atkinson brought before the Convention, reprimanded, and required to give a bond of one thousand Pounds for his future good be- haviour, - - - - . - -719 Thanks of the Convention to the Committee of Somerset County, for arresting and securing Atkinson, ...... 719

18, Rev. Mr. Patterson brought before the Conven-

tion in custody of a Guard ; heard in his de- fence, and acknowledged the impropriety of his conduct, in speaking disrespectfully of the Proceedings of the Conventions of the Pro- vince, ....... 720

19, Committee of Worcester County directed to or-

der Benjamin Shockley before them, and repri- mand him, ...... 721

21, Edward Davis, on suspicion of attempting to

convey intelligence to Lord Dunmore, brought before the Convention, examined, and ordered to be confined, ---.-. 721

22, Committee to consider and report the most ef-

fectual method of establishing a Gun-Lock Manufactory, ...... 722

23, Committee to receive and report on all Propo-

sals relating to the establishment of Manufac- tories of any kind within the Province, - 722

Instructions to the Delegates in Congress re- specting the sale of India Teas, - - . 723

Committee to consider what alterations and amendments are necessary in the Regulations of the Militia, 723

27, Resolutions for the encouragement of the manu-

facture ofSaltpetre, ..... 723 Form of a Commission for the Officers of the

Militia of the Province, .... 725 Commissioners for the establishment of a Gun- Lock Manufactory in Fredericktown, - - 726

28, Council of Safety authorized to lend Money,

without interest, to encourage the erection of a Powder-Mill within fourteen miles of Bal- timore, ----... 726

29, Committee to prepare a draught of Instructions

for the Deputies representing this Province in

1776. Congress, 727

Jan. 1, Report of the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Province, to put the Province im- mediately in a state of defence, and raise a sufficient Armed Force for its protection, read and adopted, ...... 728

Committee to report Resolutions for raising and supporting the Forces to be raised, - - 728

Committee to report Rules and Regulations for the government of the Forces, ... 728

2, Persons commissioned in the Regular Forces

cannot serve in the Convention, or hold any civil office, ...... 728

Field-Officers for the Battalion (Light-Infantry) chosen, ----... 728

Captains of the seven Independent Companies, - 728 Captains of the Light- Infantry, ... 729 Vessel from Lincoln County, Massachusetts, permitted to take a quantity of Grain from Somerset County, ..... 729

Lieutenants for the Independent Companies and Light-Infantry, - ... . . . 729

3, Petition of Fielder Gaunt, for assistance in work-

ing a Lead-Mine in Frederick County, granted, 730 Petition of Alexander McFadon, for assistance in establishing a Linen, Woollen, and Cotton Manufactory, in Frederick County, rejected, 730 Petition of Edward Parker granted, - - 731

Report of Committee for establishing Linen and Woollen Manufactories throughout the Pro- vince, rejected, - - - - . -731

4, Rule for making out Commissions for Officers of

the Independent Companies, ... 732 Amendments to the Regulations of the Militia of the Province, ..... 733

5, Committees of Observation required to pur-

chase the whole of the Sulphur in their re- spective Counties, ..... 735

The several Counties in the Province divided into Districts, or Brigades, - 735

A Brigadier-General, a Quartermaster, and an Adjutant, allowed to each District, - - 735

6, Field-Officers of the Militia in the several Dis-

tricts appointed, - 735

8, Further appointments in the Militia, - - 737

LV

1776. Jan. 9,

10, 11.

12,

13,

H,

15,

16,

17,

18,

Committee to prepare and report a scheme for the emission of Bills of Credit, to defray the ex- penses of defending the Province, - - 738

Instructions for the Deputies representing the Province in Congress, considered, - - 738

Instructions for the Deputies further considered, and adopted, - - ' - - - 738

Money advanced to William Whetcroft, of An- napolis, to assist him in erecting a Rolling, Sheeting, and Slitting Mill, within twenty miles of Baltimore, ----- 740

Rank of Counties and Colonels established, - 740

Bills- of Credit, to the amount of five hundred and thirty-five thousand one hundred and eleven Dollars and one-ninth part of a Dollar, to be emitted, - - - - " ~ J.

Provision for redeeming the Bills of Credit, - 743

Regulations adopted for Raising, Clothing, and Victualling the Forces to be raised in the Pro-

- 744

vince, - - - - i

Officers of the Forces to be raised, - - - 745

Instructions for inlisting Men in the service of Maryland, 746

Rules for regulating and governing the Forces to be raised and employed in the service of the Province of Maryland, ... - 748

Minute-Companies in Dorchester, Queen Anne, and Kent, ordered to march immediately to Accomack and Northampton Counties, in Vir- ginia, to the assistance of the Inhabitants there, 753

Powers and authorities of the Deputies of the Province, in Congress, continued to the end of the next session of the Convention, - - 754

Rank of the Militia Officers established, - _ - 754

Regulations for filling vacancies in Committees ofObservation, ------ 755

All persons who neglect or refuse to sign the Association before the eleventh day of April next, required to deliver up their Arms, - 756

Report on the Memorial from the Justices of Baltimore County Court, - - - - 756

Conduct of many persons in neglecting to pay their Levies, highly disapproved by the Con- vention, - ..---- 758

Encouragement to John Archer and James Har- ris to undertake a Flax or Hemp Manufactory, 759

Manner of collecting Debts prescribed, - - 759

Council of Safety. Their powers and duties, - 759

Records to be removed from Annapolis to some place of greater security, - - - - 761

Declaration of the Convention on the King's Speech to Parliament on the 27th of October last, _',."- - 762

Adjourned to second Tuesday in April, but may be convened sooner by Council of Safety, - 762

Jan. 1 i 18,

IS,

CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC.

, Letter from Bayard, Jackson & Co., to Mon- tandouin & Frere, - - - - -

Letter from the President of Congress to the Committee for Lancaster, in Pennsylvania : The conduct of the Committee respecting the Prisoners is approved by Congress,

Letter from the President of Congress to Gene- ral Washington, -

Letter from Committee of Congress to Com- modore Hopkins, giving him information and instructions, ------

Letter from Lord Stirling to Colonel Maxwell,

Letter from Lord Stirling to the President of Congress : Preparations for Colonel Heard's expedition to Queen's County, New- York, -

Return of Field and Staff Officers of the First New-Jersey Regiment, - - -

Letter from New- York Committee of Safety to James Livingston, - - - - . -

Proclamation by Governour Trumbull, -

Resolutions of County Convention at Fairfield, Connecticut, ------

Letter from Governour Trumbull to General Washington : Has given orders to raise a Re- giment for Canada, -

Letter from General Wooster to Colonel War- ner, urging him to collect as many Men as possible immediately, and send them to Ca- nada, -----._

CONTENTS. LVI

1776.

Letter from Mark Hopkins to Colonel Barrett, urging him to forward on Recruits, to be sent

to Montreal, 766

Jan.18, Letter from General Washington to General Schuyler: A Council of General Officers has determined that Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New-Hampshire, should each immediate- ly raise a Regiment for Canada, - - - 766

18, Letter from Colonel Enos to General Washing- ton, requesting permission to resign, - - 768

1 8, Letter from General Sullivan to the New-Hamp- shire Assembly, ----- 768

18, Letter from Joseph Mayhew to the Massachu- * setts Council, informing them of the state of civil affairs in Dukes County, - 769

18, Letter from Hugh Orr to Moses Gill, - -1285

18, Return of the number of Inhabitants on the Isle of Shoals, 770

19, Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to Richard Harrison, - - - - - 771

19, Instructions of the Maryland Council of Safety to Captain Forsythe, to dispose of his cargo at Martinico, and, with the proceeds, to purchase Arms and Ammunition for the Province,- 771

19, Letter from Lord Stirling to the President of Congress: The party destined for Queen's County are chiefly on Long-Island, - - 772

19, Letter from Samuel Tucker to the President of Congress: The British Officers, prisoners, have made choice of Bordentown for their place of residence, and request the Band of Musick and their Servants may go with them, 772

19, Letter from New- York Committee of Safety to

Captain Samuel Raymond, - - - 1056

19, Letter from New-York Committee of Safety to

Commissioners for Fortifications, - - 1057

19, Letter from New- York Committee of Safety to

Albany County Committee, - 1057

19, Letter from Richmond County Committee to

New- York Committee of Safety, - - 1069

19, Declaration by the Inhabitants of Queen's Coun- ty, New-York, - - * - - 858

19, Oath subscribed by sundry Inhabitants of

Queen's County, New- York, - - - 860

19, Letter from Thomas Grenell to New- York Com- mittee of Safety, - . - - - - 1064

19, Letter from General Wooster to Gen. Schuyler, 1004

19, Letter from Perez Morton to Massachusetts De- legates in Congress, ----- 1266

19, Letter from General Washington to the Presi- dent of Congress, ----- 772* Minutes of a Council of War at Head -Quarters,

Cambridge, held January 16, 1776, - - 774 Minutes of another Council of War held on the

16th of January, 774

19, Letter from General Washington to the General Court of Massachusetts, requesting them to raise a Regiment to reinforce the Army in

Canada, - - 775

General Orders, from January 12 to January 19, 776

19, Orders by General Sullivan to Colonel Wal- dron, to raise a Regiment for Canada, - - 778

20, Address of an American, recommending the opening the Ports of the Colonies to all Na- tions except the British, - 779

20, Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to the Deputies of Maryland in Congress, re- questing them to procure Cannon for the For- tifications at Annapolis and Baltimore, - - 780

20, Letter from Stephen Steward to Charles Wal- lace, with a plan for the defence of Annapolis, 780

20, Letter from James Murray to the Maryland

Council of Safety, 780

20, Letter from the President of Congress to Gene- ral Washington : The Congress are anxious to repair our losses in Canada, and to gain possession of Quebeck before the enemy can be reinforced in the Spring, - - - 781

20, Letter from the President of Congress to Govern- our Trumbull, - - - ... 782

20, Letter from the President of Congress to the

Convention of New-Hampshire, - 782

20, Letter from the President of Congress to the

New- York Committee of Safety, - - 783

20, Letter from the President of Congress to Gene- ral Schuyler, 783

20, Letter from the President of Congifess to the

New-Jersey Committee of Safety, - . 783

659

761 763

763 916

764 765

1055 931

765

765

766

LV1I

1776.

Jan.20, Letter from Josiah Bartlett to the New-Hamp- shire Committee of Safety : Every exertion will be made by the Congress to repair the loss sustained at Quebeck. No cost or pains will be spared to secure the important Province of Canada, 784

20, Application of Colonel Bull to the Congress,

for permission to resign, .... 785

20, Ancient Testimony and Principles of the People called Quakers renewed, with respect to the King and Government, and touching the com- motions now prevailing in New-Jersey and Pennsylvania, and other parts of America; addressed to the People in general, - - 785

20, Letter from Lord Stirling to New- York Com- mittee of Safety, 1065

20, Letter from New- York Committee of Safety to

the Delegates in Congress, - - - - 787

20, Letter from John Brickell to the New- York

Congress, - - - - - - 788

20, Letter from Colonel McDougall to General Washington: It is impossible to send him Powder from New- York. Until recently, their entire stock was less than three hundred pounds; and now many of the Counties have none, 789

20, Letter from Governour Trumbull to the Presi- dent of Congress: Orders have been given for raising the Regiments called for; but there is great distress for want of Arms, - 789

20, Letter from Governour Trumbull to General

Schuyler, 790

20, Proclamation by Governour Trumbull, . - - 932

20, Letter from General Washington to Governour

Trumbull, 790

20, Instructions to Captain Charles Dyar, of the

Schooner Harrison, - - - - - 791

16, Letter from the Newburyport Committee to the Massachusetts Council, informing of the cap- ture of two Vessels, and sending Prisoners, - 792

20, Letter from W. Sever to General Washington, placing at his disposal Lieutenant Hill, taken in one of the Prizes, .... 792

20, Letter from W. Sever to the Newburyport Com- mittee, 793

20; Letter from General Washington to the New- buryport Committee, - 793

20, Letter from General Washington to the Com- mittee of Stonington, - 793

20, Letter from Robert H. Harrison to William

Watson, to send Captain Dyar on a cruise, - 793

20, Letter from Robert H. Harrison to Stephen Moylan: The present situation of affairs will not justify the attempt on the Fowey, - - 793

20, Letter from General Sullivan to the New-Hamp-

shire Assembly, .... - 794

21, Letter from Colonel Woodford to the Virginia

Convention, -..--- 794

21, Letter from Captain Strieker to Maryland Coun- cil of Safety, 794

21, Berk's County (Pennsylvania) Committee re- commend a Provincial Convention, and ap- point Delegates to attend in behalf of the County, 795

21, Buck's County Committee appoint persons to acquire a competent knowledge of making Saltpetre, 795

21, Letter from the New- York Committee of Safe- ty to Lord Stirling, informing him that a Vessel is off the Hook, deeply laden with Stores for the Army at Boston, - - - 795

21, Letter from New- York Committee of Safety

to Joseph Hallet, 796

21, Letter from New- York Committee of Safety to

General Lee, 1062

21, Speech from General Schuyler to the Six Na- tions, sent by Mr. Deane, - 855

21, Letter from Colonel Bayley to General Wooster, 1500

21, Letter from General Wooster to General Wash- ington : The Clergy are exciting the Cana- dians against us; Quebeck will be defended to the last extremity ; to do any thing effectual we must have Men, and Powder, and heavy Cannon, by the middle of March, - - 796

21, Letter from Governour Cooke to General Wash- ington : Encloses the Vote of the Town of Newport authorizing the supply of Provi- sions to Captain Wallace, ... 797

CONTENTS.

1776 Jan.2

22,

22,

22,

22,

21,

22, 22,

22,

22,

22,

22,

22,

21,

21,

21,

22,

23.

23,

23,

LVIII

1, Letter from General Washington to Governour Trumbull: Encouragements proposed for the Officers and Soldiers of the Regiment des- tined for Canada, ----- 798

Information communicated by Governour Wright to Dr. Jones and Joseph Clay, - 799

Letter from Lord Dunmore to Colonel Corbin, 1208

Letter from Thomas Johnson, Jun., to Mary- land Council of Safety, - - - - 800

Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Stephen Steward : The Council desire to con- sult with him on the means of defending An- napolis, 800

Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to the Mayor of Annapolis, - 800

Letter from Lancaster Committee to the Presi- dent of Congress, - - - - - 801

Complaints and demands of the British Officers, prisoners at Lancaster, - - - - 801

Letter from Captain Williams to the President of Congress, - - - - - - 802

Letter from New-York Committee of Safety to Lord Stirling, 1065

Letter from Committee of Safety to New-York Delegates in Congress, ... - 1066

Letter from New- York Committee of Safety to Colonel Graham, 1067

Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress, 802

Letter from General Schuyler to General Wash- ington: Has just returned from a visit to Tryon County to disarm the Malignants there, which has been effected, - - - 805

Letter from General Lee to the President of Congress: Has collected about twelve hun- dred Men in Connecticut, and is marching di- rectly to New- York ; advises strong mea- sures with the Tories, and by all means to secure New-York, ----- 805

Letter from the New- York Committee of Safety to General Lee : Requests him not to march to New- York with Connecticut Troops be- fore he makes such explanations to them on this important subject as his duty may permit him to make, ------ 807

Letter from Colonel Maxwell to Lord Stirling, 916

Letter from Colonel Warner to General Schuy- ler, 852

Letter from Governour Trumbull to General Washington, 808

Letter from James Wilkinson to General Sulli- van, < 809

Letter from Colonel Huntington to Governour Trumbull, 809

Letter from William Sever to Newburyport Committee, ------ 1275

Letter from Meshech Weare to General Wash- ington, 809

Letter from the New-Hampshire Council of Safety to General Washington : Directions were promptly given to raise the Regiment for Canada, under the command of Colonel Timothy Bedel, 810

Instructions to the Committee of the New- Hampshire Assembly appointed to wait on General Washington, - - - - 810

Orders to Colonels Morey and Bellows, to pro- cure, immediately, Supplies for Colonel Bedel's Regiment, - - - - - -811

Orders to Lieutenant-Colonel Waite, to raise men immediately for Colonel Bedel's Compa- ny of Rangers, - - - - - 811 Letter from General Howe to the Earl of Dart- mouth : General Clinton sailed on the 20th; he has blank Commissions, to be used if he embodies any Provincials; Commissions are sent to three gentlemen, who have been long in North-Carolina, to secure the attachment of the Highlanders settled in that Colony, - 812

Letter from Addison Murdock to Maryland Council of Safety, 812

Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Prince George's County Committee, to pro- vide a safe place in Upper Marlborough for the Publick Records, - - - - 813

Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to their Delegates in Congress, respecting Let- ters from Governour Eden, - - - 813

LIX

CONTENTS.

- 813

814

814

S15

815

1G

817

817

- 817

- 1070

1071

1091

Jan.23, Letter from Colonel Maxwell to President of Congress: His Regiment ordered to Canada immediately; is in want of a great part of every thing but men, -

23, Letter from New-Jersey Committee of Safety to the President of Congress: General Pres- cott will be sent forward to-morrow morning, under a guard, -

23, Letter from Dr. Huddleston to the President of Congress, asking permission to return to Que- beck, -

23, Letter from New-Jersey Committee of Safety

to the President of Congress, respecting the Prisoners in Trenton, - - - -

24, Letter from Samuel Tucker to the President of

Congress, ._.--- General Schuyler's Orders to Captain Hurlbert, in charge of the Prisoners, Ticonderoga, No- vember 1, 1775,

•Return of Clothing, &c, that was lost, belonging to his Majesty's Seventh Regiment of Royal Fusileers at Trenton, -

23, Letter from Robert Ogden to New- York Com- mittee of Safety: Lord Stirling has gone to take the Vessel, -

23, Letter from John Imlay to New- York Com mittee of Safety, - - -

23, Letter from New- York Committee of Safety to Committee of Kingston, Ulster County

23, Letter from New- York Committee of Safety to Thomas Grenell, .....

23, Letter from James McClaughry to New- York Committee of Safety, ....

23, Letter from John Graham to Colonel McDou- gall: Was only a passenger on board the vessel wrecked on Squam Beach, which was laden by Governour Tryon with presents for Gene- ral Howe, ......

23, Letter from John Blackler to New- York Com- mittee of Safety, requesting to be released from Prison, ......

23, Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress: Narrative of his excursion to Tryon County, .....

23, Letter from General Schuyler to Governour Trumbull,

23, Letter from General Lee to New-York Com- mittee of Safety : It is not his intention to commence active hostilities against the Men- of-War in the Harbour; but if they make a pretext of his presence to fire on the Town, the first house they set in flames shall be the funeral pile of some of their best friends,

23, Letter from Samuel Dexter to Perez Morton, -

23, Letter from General Washington to General Lee: Regrets that Congress countermanded the embarkation of the two Regiments against the Tories on Long-Island ; the period is ar- rived when the most decisive and vigorous measures should be pursued, ...

23, Letter from General Washington to Joseph Reed, urging his return to Head-Quarters, -

23, Letter from Colonel Harrison to General Sulli- van, - - - - ...

23, Proclamation by the General Court of Massa- chusetts, -------

23, Letter from General Howe to the Earl of Dart-

mouth, 835

24, Extract of a Letter from Ireland : Treatment of

Colonel Ethan Allen; supplies presented to him by some Gentlemen of Cork ; his Letter of Thanks,

24, Officers of two Companies of Regulars chosen by the Committee of Spottsylvania County, Virginia, ---...

24, Letter from Josiah Bartlett to the New-Hamp- shire Committee of Safety, ... Letter from Richard Swoope to the Pennsylva^ nia Committee of Safety, - - . . Letter from Lord Stirling to the President of Congress: Has captured the Ship off the Hook; she proves to be the Blue-Mountain- Valley, laden with Coal, &c,

24, Letter from New-York Committee of Safety to Committees and Militia Officers of the Co- lony, - - . .

24, Letter from New- York Committee of Safety to

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Letter from Colonel Arnold to the Continental Congress, ......

Letter from General Lee to General Washing- ton: Ten thousand Volunteers could have been raised in Connecticut, but he takes only four Companies with him : the stout Whigs of New-York desire a body of Troops stationed in that City; the timid ones are averse, from the spirit of procrastination ; the Provincial Congress, in their letter, breathes the very essence of this spirit: it is wofully hysterical.

Letter from Governour Trumbull to General Washington : The Regiment for Canada, and the three Regiments for the Camp, will be forwarded without delay, - - - -

Letter from General Washington to the Presi- dent of Congress, -

General Orders, from January 20 to January 25,

23, Memorial of Joseph Trumbull, Commissary-Ge-

neral, to the Congress, -

Report of Charles Miller to the Commissary- General, - - - -

List of Persons employed in the Commissary- General's Department, -

List of Clerks and Assistants in the Department of the Quartermaster-General, - - -

An account of the Barracks occupied by the Continental Troops near Boston,

24, Letter from Stephen Moylan to Major Hawley,

24, Appointment of Robert Bricket to muster the

Regiment raising in Hampshire and Berk- shire, for the Continental service,

Letter from General Washington to the North- ampton (Massachusetts) Committee,

Letter from General Gates to Captain Stanhope: The General cannot, at present, comply with his request to be permitted to go to Boston, the Admiral having declined every negotia- tion for exchange of Prisoners, -

Letter from General Gates to Lieutenant Knight: The gentlemen on parole at Northampton and Hadley must keep themselves within the legal limits of the Town they live in, -

Bennet White convicted of violating the Asso- ciation by the Hanover County (Virginia) Committee, - - -

Prince Edward County Committee receive the concession of John Hamblin, and recommend him to the Publick, for their forgiveness,

Philadelphia Committee recommend the election of a new Committee on the 16th of February next, .......

Letter from the President of Congress to the New-Jersey Committee of Safety,

Letter from the President of Congress to Colonel Maxwell, directing him to send his Compa- nies to Canada, one at a time, as fast as they can be provided, without waiting till the whole are equipped, ------

Letter from the President of Congress to Thomas Lowrey, -------

Letter from Colonel Roberdeau to the President of Congress : Has placed a guard over Ge- nera I Prescott and Captain Chace,

Letter from Thomas Lowrey to the President of Congress: The Transport Ship Blue-Moun- tain-Valley is at Elizabethtown Point,

Letter from Major De Hart to Samuel Tucker: He has returned from Long- Island, and left Colonel Heard at Hempstead ; many Tories were coming in daily, with their Arms,

25, Letter from New- York Committee of Safety to Lord Stirling,

Letter from New- York Committee of Safety to Robert Livingston, .....

Letter from Thomas Palmer to New- York Com- mittee of Safety, -

Letter from the Committee of White Plains to New-York Committee of Safety, 25, Letter from General Schuyler to New- York

Committee of Safety, -

25, Letter from General Schuyler to the President of Congress, ......

Letter from Seth Warner to General Schuyler: His prospect in raising men is very encoura- ging. "

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Jan.25, Letter from General Schuyler to Seth Warner, 852 Letter from General Wooster to Gen. Schuyler, 852 Letter from Colonel Arnold to General Woos- ter: Too much lenity has been shewn the Prisoners, ------

Letter from Colonel Arnold to General Woos- ter: An agent sent out by Carleton, to raise the country against us, has been taken, Speech to the Six Nations, sent by Mr. Deane, 25, Letter from Governour Cooke to General Wash- ington: The Colony is so destitute of Arms, that none can be furnished for the Camp, 25, Letter from General Washington to Governour Trumbull,

25, Letter from Robert H. Harrison to William Wat-

son, - -

26, Letter from Joseph Robson to the Maryland

Council of Safety, - - - - -

26, Letter from the President of Congress to Ge- neral Lee: A Committee of three Members has been appointed to repair immediately to New-York, to confer with him and the Com- mittee of Safety, -

26, Letter from Lord Stirling to New- York Com- mittee of Safety, -

26, Letter from New- York Committee of Safety to Committee of each County,

26, Letter from Colonel Drake to the New- York Committee of Safety, -

26, Letter from Westchester County Committee to New- York Committee of Safety,

26, Letter from John Graham to New- York Com- mittee of Safety, ...

26, Extract of a Letter from an