Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2007 http://archive.org/details/americanarchives02forcuoft I u> V -» c American grdntoess: CONSISTING Or A COLLECTION OF AUTHENTICK RECORDS, STATE PAPERS, DEBATES, AND LETTERS AND OTHER NOTICES OF PUBLICK AFFAIRS, THE WHOLE FORMING A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES; OF THE CAUSES AND ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION; AND OF THE CONSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES, TO THE FINAL RATIFICATION THEREOF. IN 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 1688, to the Cession of Canada to Great Britain, by the Treaty at Paris, in 1763. THIRD SERIES. From the Cession of Canada, in 1763, to 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 States, proposed by the Convention, held at Philadelphia, in 1787. BY PETER FORCE. I'REPARED AND PUBLISHED UNDER AUTHORITY OF AN ACT OF CONGRESS. :9i AMERICAN ARCHIVES: JfourtJ) Series. CONTAINING A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH COLONIES IN NORTH AMERICA, FROM THE KING'S MESSAGE TO PARLIAMENT, OF MARCH 7, 1774, TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY THE UNITED STATES. BY PETER FORCE. VOLUME II. PUBLISHED BY M. ST. CLAIR CLARKE AND PETER FORCE, UNDER AUTHORITY OF AN ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED ON THE SECOND OF MARCH, 1833. ■i<»<e»«»" WASHINGTON, OCTOBER, 1839. 03 :n CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE FOURTH SERIES. 177 CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. March Letter from the General Committee of Charles- 1, town, S. C, to the New- York Committee, expressing their disapprobation of the course pursued by the Assembly of New- York, and their determination to adhere to the Resolutions of the Continental Congress at all hazards, - 1 Instructions from the Freeholders of Cumber- land County, Virginia, to John Mayo and Win. Fleming, their Delegates in the Assembly, - 3 1, Address of New- York Committee to the Free- holders and Freemen of the City and County of New- York, recommending the choice of Delegates to the Continental Congress, - 4 Address to the Soldiers ordered to embark from Ireland for America, 4 Address to the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, oa the policy of the Ministry in regard to America, advising the repeal of the Acts which have produced the present disturbances, ----- 5 1, Meeting of the Governour and Council of North- Carolina. The proposed meeting of a Provin- cial Congress at Newbern in April declared to be highly derogatory to the dignity of the Legislature appointed to meet at the same time, 7 1, Proclamation of Governour Martin. The pro- posed Provincial Congress is contrary to law, and a violation of the Constitution. All good subjects are exhorted to discourage such meet- ings, cabals, and illegal proceedings, - - 7 Feb. 22, Camillus to the Printers of the Pennsylvania Gazette, in reply to a Boston writer, who charges the Americans with having an entire independence on the Mother Country in view, 8 March Camillus to the Printers of the Pennsylvania Ga- 1, zette, in defence of the course pursued by the Americans in their opposition to the measures of the British Government, 10 1, Resolutions of the Committee of Inspection for Newport, Rhode-Island. A Free Press, while it supports truth, liberty and justice, to be supported — when it is prostituted to vile purposes is to be discountenanced and discouraged. All persons advised to discon- tinue Rivington's Gazetteer, 12 2, Letter from a Gentleman in London to his Friend in Boston. Lord North has no further conci- liatory measures to propose. When the Colo- nies come to an unconditional submission, the repeal of the Bills of last year will be consid- ered, 13 2, Committee of Essex County, Virginia, acquit Captain Joseph Richardson of an intentional violation of the Association. They offer a Premium to encourage Arts and Manufac- tures in the Colony, - - - - - 13 2, Remarks on the late manoeuvres in America, by a real Friend to his King and Country. Vir- ginia and Maryland condemned for joining with so much warmth the New-England Re- publicans, ------ 14 2, Address to the Inhabitants of New- York, on the application of publick moneys to secret service in America by the British Government, - 15 2, Tea burnt at Providence, Rhode-Island, - - 15 Fourth Series. — Vol. ii. March Letter from Samuel Adams to a Gentleman in 2, Virginia, acknowledging receipt of Donations for the Poor of Boston, - - - - 16 2, General Gage and the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts; collision probable. Withhold- ing Supplies from the Troops by the People justified, 16 2, Address to the Inhabitants of Massachusetts-Bay, No. 5, from the County of Hampshire. On the rights of the Colonies, .... 18 2, Letter from London to a Gentleman in New- York, Reports there, that New- York was disaffected to the common cause, discredited, - 24 2, Letter from London to a Gentleman in Philadel- phia. The Government will persist in their measures against the Colonies. New- York is to be a place of Arms, and Provisions are to be provided there for the support of the Army in New-England, .... 25 3, Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to the Gov- ernour of Georgia. Laments that the People of Georgia, hitherto so loyal, have manifested a disposition to join the other Colonies. The Lords of the Admiralty have before them a Bill for the Collection of His Majesty's Cuit- Rents, 26 3, Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to the Gov- ernours of the several Colonies. The great majorities in both Houses upon every question for maintaining the supremacy of Parliament in the Colonies, shows there will not be the least relaxation from those measures, - - 26 3, Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to Deputy- Goverriour Penn. Has received his Despatch of January 30, and laid it before the King, - 26 Feb. 22, Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to the Gov- ernours of the Colonies, enclosing the joint Address of both Houses of Parliament, of the 7th February, to the King, with his Answer. Also the Bill for restraining the Fisheries, and the Resolution offered in the House of Com- mons on the 20th of February, - - - 26 March Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to the Gov- 3, ernours of the Colonies. The King wishes to see a reconciliation of the differences with the Colonies, without prejudice to the just autho- rity of Parliament, which he will never suffer to be violated. The Colonies bound to con- tribute their just proportions of the publick burdens of the Nation in return for the pro- tection and support they have received. The King entirely approves of the Resolution of the House of Commons of 27th February, and expects a compliance therewith on the part of the Colonies. He will resist with firmness every attempt to violate rights of Parliament, 27 Copy of the Resolution adopted by the House of Commons, on the 27th of February, referred to in the foregoing Letter, 28 3, Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to the Gov- ernour of New-York. His separate Despatch of this date may be ostensibly of use, in case the Assembly should consider the Resolution of 27th February. It is not the King's inten- tion that it shall be officially communicated to the Assembly, but he depends upon the ability and address of Lieutenant-Governour Colden \l\ 177i. If 4. CONTENTS. 4, 6, 6. 6, 6, 0," 6, 0, to induce a compliance on the pan of the As- sembly. ------- Litter from the Kail of Dartmouth to Lieut, nant- I Men. His Despatch of the 1st of February has bun r.ceiv. d. The senti- ments of duty to the King and wishes of a reconciliation, so fully expressed in the Ad- dress/s of the Council and Assembly, have- been very graciously received by His Majesty, Letter from London to a Gentleman in New* York. The conduct of New- York has filled every heart with joy. The Resolution of Lord North, of February 27, which is found- ed on the truest principle of policy and be- nevolence, will be outrageously censured and tiadticed by the Opposition. By this measure Parliament gives a proof that while it sends forth the sword of justice to punish the factious, it extends also friendly proposals to invite the good citizens to peace and reconciliation, Meeting of the Committee of Chowan County, North-Carolina. Premiums offered for the encouragement of Manufactures, Letter from John Sullivan to Mr. Fowle, enclos- ing the Articles of Association of the Military Company of Durham, New-Hampshire, Remarks on Mr. Sullivan's Letter. The extra- ordinary spirit to acquire the use of Arms at this time of civil discords, marks strongly a disposition to employ our Arms against the Government, ------ Mr. Sullivan's Reply, Address of the Committee of Norfolk to the Free- men of Virginia, on the conduct of John Brown, in importing Slaves in violation of the Conti- nental Association, - Committee of Observation for Baltimore prohibit the landing of Salt imported in violation of the Continental Association, - - - - Committee of Cumberland County, New-Jer- sey, break off all dealings with Silas New- comb, a Member of the Committee, who has drank East-India Tea in his family ever since the 1st day of March, instant, in violation of the Continental Association, - Recantation of Silas Newcomb, which is accept- ed by the Committee, .... Committee of Observation and Inspection for Freehold, New-Jersey, declare James Riv- ington, of New- York, Printer, a malignant enemy to the liberties of this Country, for his attempts to disunite the Colonies, Letter from Major Benjamin Floyd, of Brook- haven, Suffolk County, New- York, to Mr. Rivington, in reply to some Resolutions adopt- ed by a Committee at Smithtown, on the 23d of February, ...... Meeting of the People of Danvers. Officers chosen for an Alarm List Company, Reflections on the present state of affairs in Ame- rica. The Americans will be compelled to follow the example of the United Provinces, and publish a Manifesto to the world, showing the necessity of dissolving their connection with Great Britain, .... Oration delivered at the request of the Inhabi- tants of Boston, to commemorate the bloody tragedy of the 5th of March, 1770, by Doctor Joseph Warren, ..... Address to the Inhabitants of New- York against the recommendation of the Committee to elect Delegates, A I Ires* to the Inhabitants of the City of New- York. The method proposed by the Commit- tee for the nomination of Delegates extremely exceptionable, --.... Address to the respectable Inhabitants of the City of New- York against the election of Dele- gates to the Continental Congress, The Pro- angsof the late ' were violent ami treasonable. One of their Men, hers (Sulli- van) guilty of open treason in the broad face of day. Deputies to a Provincial Congress ought not to be chosen. In the other Colonies Provincial Congr. sses are closing the Courts of Justice, wresting the Troops out of the King's hands, and enlisting Mmute-Mcu to annihilate his just and legal authority, 29 29 29 30 31 32 32 33 34 34 34 35 36 37 37 38 44 44 44 1775. M<i rck 7, 7, Address to the Publick, in answer to the fore- going, ..---- Affidavit of John Graham, Clerk to Robert and John Murray, owners of the Ship Beulah. The Ship left the watering place at Staten Island yesterday, and passed the Light-house at eight o'clock this morning. Does not be- lieve any boat was employed to land any Goods from the vessel, - - - 8, Account of the Meetings on the evenings of Thursday, Friday and Saturday last, and on Monday morning, the 6th instant, when it was determined, by large majorities, to send Depu- ties to a Provincial Congress authorized to choose Delegates to the next Continental Con- gress, ....... 8, Another account of the Proceedings and of the Meeting on Monday. The friends of consti- tutional liberty disapprove of the measures. They proposed, the postponement of all action until after the adjournment of the Assembly and the arrival of the Packet from England. The Committee, in recommending the choice of Delegates, exceeded their powers, and at the Meeting held on Monday, at their request, it was impossible to determine on which side the majority was, ..... 8, Meeting of the New- York Committee. Philip Livingston and John Jay appointed to inquire of Mr. Rivington on what authority he made a false and groundless statement in his Paper, Mr. Livingston and Mr. Jay, March 13, report to the Committee that Mr. Rivington says he made the statement on common rumour, but will be more careful for the future, Mr. Rivington's Explanation, March 16, (Note,) 7, Address to the People of England. A defence of the Americans against the charge of High Treason, 7, Meeting of the Constitutional Society in London. Contributions for the suffering Inhabitants of Boston, ------- 7, Extract of a Letter from London. The Crisis, No. 3, (a periodical Paper,) burnt by the common hangman yesterday at Westminster, and to-day at the Royal Exchange, by order of the House of Commons, . - - The Crisis, No. 1. To the People of England and America, ------ The Crisis, No. 2. To a Bloody Court, a Bloody Ministry, and a Bloody Parliament, The Crisis, No. 3. To the King, The Crisis, No. 4. To the Conspirators against the Liberties of Mankind at St. James's, in St. Ste- phen's Chapel, the House of Lords, or amongst the Bench of Bishops, and to the Officers, Sol- diers and Seamen, who may be employed to butcher their Relations, Friends and Fellow- Subjects in America, .... The Crisis, No. 5. To the People, The Crisis, No. 6. To the Right Honourable Lord North, First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Ranger of Bushy Park, &c, ..... The Crisis, No. 8. To the Lords Suffolk, Pom- fret, Radnor, Apsley and Sandwich, The Crisis, No. 9. to the King, - 7, Letter from Charlestown, S. C, to a Gentleman in London. This Province cannot long sub- sist without a Free Trade. Before the Non- Exportation Scheme took effect there was a lively Commerce here; now the temper of the People is soured, and their fortunes consuming fast, for want of Trade. It is the wish of the wise and the sober that a speedy reconciliation may be effected, - - . . . 7, Meeting of the Committee of Princess Anne County, Virginia. Examination of the charges of John Saunders, Benjamin Dingly Gray and Mitchell Phillips, for violations of the Provin- cial and Continental Associations. They are all declared to be inimical to the liberties of this Country, and that no person ought to have any commercial intercourse or dealing with them, ....... 7, Outrage committed by Captain Graves, of the King's armed Schooner Diana, upon George Taylor, in the Delaware, .... XX 16 43 48 49 50 50 50 51 54 55 56 59 62 63 66 69 71 73 76 76 78 XXI CONTENTS. XXII Marc 8 Contradiction of this statement by Lieutenant Dashwood Bacon, of the Diana, 78 Affidavits by Nathan Wood, William Carter, Mary Johnston and Daniel Nicholson, proving the outrage, ...... 78 h Letter to the Printers of the Pennsylvania Ga- zette, with an explanation of several expres- sions in the Testimony of the Quakers not pro- perly comprehended by persons unacquainted with Friends' writings, 80 Defence of the Colonies, by a Lover of English Liberty, 81 i Letter to the Author of a Pamphlet entitled ''A Candid Examination of the Mutual Claims of Great Britain and her Colonies, &c," - 85 Cumberland County, Massachusetts, Convention. Recommend strict obedience to the Resolu- tions of the Provincial Congress, - - 91 Condemn the conduct of Captain Coulson, for importing Sails, &c, for a new Ship, in viola- tion of the Continental Association, - - 92 The several Towns in the County required to provide themselves a Stock of Ammunition, 92 The Inhabitants are requested to adhere strictly to the Resolutions of the Continental and Pro- vincial Congresses, ----- 92 Letter from George Mason to George Wash- ington, -------92 Deposition of Thomas Ditson, Jun., of Billerica, who was tarred and feathered in Boston, by order of Col. Nesbit, of His Majesty's Forty- seventh Regiment, ----- 93 Address to the Inhabitants of the Massachusetts- Bay, No. 5, from the County of Hampshire, 94 Letter from " Phileirene," defending the British Government against the charges in the Peti- tion of the Continental Congress to the King, 100 Letter from "A Converted Whig," against Com- mittees and Congresses, - - - - 103 Letter from Boston to Mr. Rivington. Conduct of the British Officers in the Old South Meet- ing-House, on the 6th instant, - - - 106 CONNECTICUT ASSEMBLY. Mar.% Connecticut Assembly meets, - - - 107 Committee appointed to inquire into the charges of disaffection to the Colony, made against Captains Blackslee, Quintard and Dibble, - 107 Committee to inquire into the conduct of the Town of Ridgefield, charged with publishing Resolutions injurious to the Rights of the Colony, ------- 107 9, Resolution recommending the several Towns in the Colony to contribute liberally to the re- lief of Boston, 107 Vote of Thanks to the Assembly of Jamaica, for their seasonable Mediation in favour of the Colonies on the Continent, - - - - 108 Letter from the Speaker of the House of Assem- bly of Connecticut to the Speaker of the House of Assembly of Jamaica, enclosing the Vote of Thanks, 108 Letter from Governour Trumbull to the Earl of Dartmouth, laying before him the condition and suffering of the Colony, and of Massa- chusetts, and asking his serious attention to the distresses of the People in all the Colonies, 108 Letter from Connecticut to Mr. Rivington. Ac- count of the Proceedings of the Assembly. The Republicans urged the necessity of an Army to be immediately raised, but were over- ruled. A great majority passed a vote to peti- tion His Majesty for a redress of grievances, - 110 Letter from a Gentleman in Connecticut to Mr. Holt, in reply to the foregoing Letter to Mr. Rivington, - 111 14, 13, 29, CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. March Letter from London to a Gentleman in Virginia. 10, The measures of the Government are calcu- lated to render the Colonies independent. The London Merchants not zealous in the cause of America ; those of Glasgow sent up a spirited Petition, but at the same time let it be known that they did not mean any opposition by it, but only to get credit in America. Bribes, 1775. Pensions and Places are attempted to divide the Colonies; Lord Dunmore has written for five thousand Troops to be sent to Virginia, - 114 Remarks on this Letter by Mercator, (Note,) - 115 March Address of two hundred and twenty-seven In- habitants of Anson County, North-Carolina, to Governour Martin, - - - - 115 Address of one hundred and ninty-five Inhabi- tants of Rowan and Surry Counties, North- Carolina, to Governour Martin, - - - 116 Address of one hundred and sixteen Inhabitants of Guilford County, North -Carolina, to Gover- nour Martin, - - - . - - 117 10, Declaration of the Inhabitants of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New-York. They had been deceived by Major Benjamin Floyd, when they signed the Petition to the Assembly ; de- clare their disapprobation of the Petition, - 117 11, Letter from London to a Gentleman in Philadel- phia. The plan of the Ministry is to divide and govern, by the advantages now held out to New- York, North-Carolina and Georgia. The passage of the late Acts may be attributed to the defection of the New- York Assembly. Let the Americans be united, and they will succeed; if they divide, they will be irretriev- ably ruined, - - - - - -118 1 1, Letter from London, received in Philadelphia. The Colonies should give no credit to pacifick Proposals of the Ministry, unless accompanied by a total disavowal of all their unconstitu- tional claims. The late Resolves of New- York have been very grateful to the Ministry, and have afforded them great triumph and exultation. The cause of the Americans is not a favourite cause in England, the majority are against them ; there is a large minority in their favour. Publick subscriptions have been commenced for the Sufferers in Boston, and some handsome sums have been sub- scribed, - - - - - - -118 11, Orange County, Virginia, Committee, acquit Francis Moore, Jun., of an intentional viola- tion of the Continental Association, - - 120 12, Letter from Boston to a Gentleman in New- York. Disturbance occasioned by the British Officers on the delivery of Dr. Warren's Ora- tion. Ditson, by order of the British Officers, tarred and feathered, placed on a truck and exhibited through the City, and to add to the insult they played Yankee Doodle after him, 120 13, Letter from London to a Gentleman in Virginia. Lord Dunmore, in a Letter to the Earl of Dartmouth, has recommended that some Men- of- War should be stationed in the Chesapeake, to prevent Virginia from carrying on any Trade with England; and advises the adop- tion of measures to distress the People, as the most certain way to bring about submission, - 121 13, Letter from London to a Gentleman in Maryland. Lord North's motion was only calculated to divide the Colonies from each other — the Ministry are already pleased with their suc- cess in this way, by the Proceedings at New- York. It will now be tried what materials- the Americans are made of; if they have not virtue to withstand the present policy of the Ministry they will become a laughing stock to the world. Their salvation depends upon their firmness and union, - - - - 121 13, Letter from London to a Gentleman in Philadel- phia. The City of London and the great trading and manufacturing Towns are averse to the present measures. The Ministry see the dangers of their undertaking, but are en- couraged to the attempt by a firm persuasion of success in corrupting New- York, and in- timidating New-England. Did they believe the Americans would be united and firm they would not venture upon coercive measures. By whatever means the Assembly of New- York can be kept from deserting, even by out- bidding the Ministry, it will be worth the pur- chase, 122 13, Meeting of the Committee of Observation for Baltimore, 123 Proceedings in relation to the Cargoes of several Vessels, 123 XXIII 1775. March 13, ( O.NTEINTS. XXIV Will strictly enforce the Continental Association, Earnestly recommend the People to discontinue il„ m India Teas, - - Approve the conduct of the Magistrates who bare been dismissed by the < tovarnmeat, Letter from a Gentfemai in Harford County. Maryland, to a friend in Philadelphia, A total revolution in the Magistracy of the Pratrinte expected. Nine of the oldest and beat Magis- trates bare beeo disaaiaaad, bjm) eleven athers appointed, some of whom are well known for thi ir opposition to 'very measure adopted for the preservation of American Freedom. No raaaon was alleged In this violent insult, which was brought about by a oonteroptible junto in Baltimore Town, who are inimical to the rights of America, - DELAWARE ASSEMBLY. Mar 13, Delaware Assembly meets, - - - - 14, Mr. McKean reported to the House the Pro- ceedings of the late Continental Congress, J 5 Conduct of the Delegates from Delaware ap- proved, and receive the thanks of the Assem- bly, Proceedings of the Continental Congress ap- proved, and their Journal ordered to be de- posited amongst the files of the House, - 16, Compensation to the Delegates to the Congress, Delegates are unanimously reappointed, - 17, Committee to prepare Instructions for the Dele- gates to the Continental Congress, 20, Letter from the Colony Agents in London, 21, Petitions from New-Castle County, and from Kent County, praying the House to pass a Bill for establishing the Militia, - 23, Message from Governour Penn to the Assembly, recommending the establishment of Boundary lines, ----- - - 24, Bill reported to prohibit the Importation of Slaves, read, amended, and ordered to be engrossed, - Instructions for the Delegates to the Congress reported, ------- 25, Engrossed Bill to prohibit Importation of Slaves, passed and sent to the Governour, 27 The Governour returned the Bill, " to which he cannot give his assent," - 29, Instructions for the Delegates to Congress agreed to, - - Assembly adjourned till the fifth day of June, next, 1-24 1-24 124 124 126 126 126 126 127 127 127 127 127 128 128 128 128 129 129 129 11 March 14, 131 CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. Mar. 13, Pennsylvania Council — The Governour submits a Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth, dated January 7, 1775, expressing his concern that the Non- Importation Resolu- tion of Congress had been so generally adopt- ed, and informing him that the King approved the Boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, " 129 The Council consider the latter part of the above Letter, and advise the Governour to issue a Proclamation, recalling his Proclamation of the 2d of November last, - - - - 1 30 16, Letter from Governour Penn to Governour Eden, informing him of his intention to recall his Proclamation of November 2, 1774, and to enforce that of the 15th of September, - 130 13, Town Meeting in Boston, direct the Committee of Correspondence to draw up a Statement of the conduct of the Troops under command of General Gage, and of the Navy under Admi- ral Graves, - - - " - - - 130 14, Meeting of the Inhabitants of Hackensack, in New-Jersey Resolve to continue loyal Sub- jects to King < leorge. To disavow all riotous mobs. That Petitions to the Throne are the proper means to remove present grievances. That they will not be concerned in any mi- constitutional measures; and that they will support His Majesty's Civil Officers, - - 131 14, Meeting of the Committee of ( iliservation for Freehold, Monmouth County, New-Jersey. The Inhabitants ot Bhrewabury having omit- ted to choose a Committee, this Committee will 131 15, 15. 15, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 10, 11, 13, 15. 15, 15, 137 II, hereafter treat them as enemies to their King and Country-, and deserters from the common Of freedom, - - " * Meeting of Freeholders and other Inhabitants of New-Windsor, in Ulster County, New- York. I toclace their attachment to the King, to whom they would be deficient in duty if they submit to the power assumed by the Parlia- ment. Approve and will abide by the Asso- ciation of the Continental Congress. Con- demn sundry Publications by James Riving* ton, a Ministerial hireling, and an enemy to his Country, - - - - - * Letters from Philadelphia to Mr. Rivington in New- York, condemning and ridiculing the Congress, Committees, and leaders among the Whigs, 133-134 Letter from Mr. Pownal, Secretary to the Board of Trade and Plantations, to Lieutenant Go- vernour Golden, enclosing extracts from the Minutes and Proceedings upon several Peti- tions and Memorials, relative to certain Lands in the Province of New- York, heretofore claimed by Mr. Van Rensselaer, - - 134-137 The Sub-Committees Report to the Committee for the City and County of New- York, the election this day of eleven Delegates to a Provincial Congress, to be held on the 20th day of April, - - - - Letter from General Committee of the City of New- York to all the Counties in the Colony, requesting them, without delay, to elect Depu- ties to a Provincial Congress, for the purpose of appointing Delegates to the Continental Congress to meet at Philadelphia, on the 10th of May next, ------ Account of the election in New- York yesterday, and of the efforts of the Ministerial Party to prevent it, ------ Remarks of "A Citizen" on the election. The People were deceived by a scheme intended to supplant some of the old Delegates, and get Mr. McDougall into the Congress, Company formed in Philadelphia for establishing an American Manufactory of Woollens, Lin- ens and Cottons, - - - - - Spefch delivered in Carpenter's Hall before the Subscribers to the Fund for establishing Ame- rican Manufactures in Philadelphia, Proceedings of the General Committee of the City of New- York in relation to the landing of Goods, by Messrs. Robert and John Mur- ray, from the Ship Beulah, - - 144-148 Letter from the Committee of Elizabethtown, New-Jersey, to the New- York Committee, informing them of their reasons for suspecting Goods had been landed from the Beulah, Another Letter from the Elizabethtown Commit- tee. They have continued their examination into the affair, but have not yet obtained full information. Samuel Lee, a Boatman, and Ichabod B. Barnet, (son-in-Jaw to Robt. Mur- ray,) appear to have been the persons con- cerned in the alliiir, ----- Letter from Robert and John Murray to the New- York Committee, acknowledging that they had landed Goods from the Beulah, in violation of the Continental Association. Con- demn the act as unjustifiable, and offer to re- ship all the Goods within seven clays, Inventory of Goods taken out of the Beulah at Sandy-Hook, ------ Deposition of John Murray to his statement of the taking the Goods from the Beulah, Affirmation of Robert Murray, ... Letter from Robert and John Murray to the New- York Committee. They have delivered the Goods taken from the Beulah to the Eliza- bethtown Committee. They are willing to reship the Goods, as required by the Associa- tion, and to make any other satisfaction the Committee may require. As a further ac- knowledgment of their errour, they offer the sum of two hundred Pounds towards rebuild- ing the Hospital, - Letter from the Elizabethtown Committee to the New- York Committee, enclosing the Affidavit of Samuel Lee, ----- 133 138 139 140 140 144 144 145 145 145 146 147 147 XXV IT?."). March 16, 16, CONTENTS. XXVI 16, 17, 17, 17, 18, 19, 20, 20, 20, Address to the Inhabitants of Now- York. Obe- dience and submission to Government urged and enforced on the authority of the Bible, - Reply to the foregoing. Absolute passive obe- dience and non-resistance is contrary to the Word of God, Declaration of the Grand Jury and Magistrates at a Court of Quarter Sessions, at Johnstown, Tryon County, New- York. Condemn the destruction of the Tea at Boston as an out- rageous and unlawful act. Renew their pro- fusions of attachment and pledges of true al- legiance to their lawful Sovereign, and will, in any extremity, exert themselves in support of Government, ------ Letter from the Rev. Dr. Wheelock to Govern- our Trumbull. Has sent Mr. James Dean among the Indian Tribes in Canada to pre- serve peace on the frontier Settlements. Mr. Dean has great influence with the Six Na- tions, and could, if authorized, get them to join the Colonies against any invasion that may be attempted, ------ Remonstrance presented by the Selectmen of Bil- lerica to General Gage, demanding satisfaction for the outrage committed on Thomas Ditson, by the authority of Colonel Nesbit. If the Inhabitants of the Country Towns are treat- ed with this brutish ferocity they will hereafter use a different style from that of petition and complaint, ------ Address to the Gentlemen of the Provincial Con- gress of Virginia, by Charles Lee. The Ad- dresses of the New- York Assembly are more alarming than the threats of the Minister. — Any defection amongst ourselves is a matter of the most serious concern. It behooves every Provincial Congress to consider of some effec- tual means to prevent the mischievous conse- quences intended by these abandoned men, '"Lucius" on the treatment the Colonies have received from Great Britain. Their patience and forbearance under all their wrongs. Their conduct defended and their resistance justified, Letter to Governour Wentworth. Formerly no man in his station could be more honouredand revered. By his late conduct in carrying out the plans of the Ministry he has lost the affec- tions of the People, and will never possess them in future, ...... Letter from Essex, New- Jersey, to D. C. Dan- ger to be apprehended to the Country from the influence of a party too near the Throne, Letter from Dr. Franklin to Arthur Lee, trans- ferring to him all the Papers of the Massa- chusetts Agency, - Proclamation of the States-General of the United Provinces, prohibiting the exportation of Am- munition or Arms, in vessels belonging to the Dominions of Great Britain, for six months, - Proceedings in Charlestown, South-Carolina, on the arrival of the Snow Proteus from London, with Merchandise, &c. The Committee au- thorize the landing of two Horses from the vessel. The People, dissatisfied with this de- cision, petition for a reconsideration of it in a full Committee. The permission to land the Horses reconsidered and rescinded by the Com- mittee, and a Resolution adopted, directing the Horses, Merchandise and Furniture to be re- turned to England, ----- A full account of these Proceedings, by Mr. Drayton, (Note,) Instructions drawn up for the Delegates to the Con- vention, from a certain County in Virginia, - 148 149 151 152 153 153 156 159 160 162 277 162 163 163 VIRGINIA CONVENTION. Mar.20, Virginia Convention meets at Richmond List of the Delegates, - - - - - Peyton Randolph elected President, and John Tazewell Clerk, - President laid before the Convention the Proceed- ings of the Continental Congress, and a Letter from Benjamin Franklin, William Bollan and Arthur Lee, ...... The Proa nlings of the Congress to be considered to-morrow, ...... 165-172 - 165 166 166 166 177o. March Letter from the Inhabitants of Augusta County, 21, west of the Alleghany Mountains, requesting John Nevill and John Harvie may be admitted as their Delegates, - - - - - 167 Mr. Nevill and Mr. Harvie admitted, - - 167 Proceedings of the Continental Congress consi- dered, ....... 107 22, Further considered, and after the matures! con- sideration cordially approved, ... 1G7 23, Petition and Memorial of the Assembly of Jamaica to the King, laid belbre the Convention, - 167 The President directed to transmit the thanks of the Convention to the Assembly of Jamaica, for their patriotick conduct, ... 1G7 Committee to prepare a plan for embodying, arm- ing and disciplining such number of men as may be necessary for the defence of the Colony, 168 24, Plan for embodying the Militia reported, - 168 The Committee of Correspondence directed to procure authentick information from the Com- mittee of New- York, whether their House of Representatives, by any vote, have deserted the union of the American Colonies, - - 168 Committees of the several Counties and Corpora- tions directed to exert themselves in procuring contributions for the suffering Inhabitants of Boston, ------- 168 25, On account of the unsettled state of the Country, Lawyers, Suiters and Witnesses are requested not to attend the next General Court, - - 168 Plan for embodying, arming and disciplining the Militia, adopted, 169 Vote of Thanks to Lord Dunmore for his noble, wise and spirited conduct on the late expedition against the Indians, ----- 170 Delegates to the Continental Congress elected bv ballot, - 170 Committee to prepare a plan for the encourage- ment of Manufactures in the Colony, - - 170 27, Plan for the encouragement of Arts and Manu- factures reported, and unanimously agreed to, 170 For the more effectually carrying this plan into execution, it is earnestly recommended to form Societies in different parts of the Colony, and to offer premiums, - - - - - 171 Committee to inquire whether the King may of right advance the terms of granting Lands in this Colony, - 172 Thomas Jefferson appointed a Deputy to the General Congress in the room of Peyton Ran- dolph, if Mr. Randolph cannot attend, - - 172 The People recommended to choose Delegates to represent them in Convention for one year, - 1 72 Convention dissolved, - - - - - 172 CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. March Field Officers chosen for New-Castle County, 20, Delaware, 172 20, Committee for Chester County, Pennsylvania, direct each Member to use diligence in collect- ing money for Boston, .... 172 20, Letter from Boston to Newport, R. I. The inso- lence of the British Soldiers at Boston, encou- raged and headed by their Officers, makes it un- safe for people to walk the streets at noon-day, 173 Letter from a Gentleman in the service of a Coun- sellor of State at Paris, to his friend in Rhode- Island, 173 21, Proclamation by Lord Dunmore, for the sale of the King's vacant Lands in Virginia, and pro- hibiting Richard Henderson from taking pos- session of any Lands under a pretended pur- chase from the Indians, ... 174 21, Address of the Committee of Norfolk, Virginia, to the Publick, declaring Captain Simpson a violator of the Association, and an enemy of American Liberty, - - - - - 174 21, Committee for Talbot County, Maryland, direct two bales of Goods imported in the Ship Balti- timore, in violation of the Continental Associa- tion to be sent back to Glasgow, - - 175 21, Albany, New- York, Committee appoint Deputies to the Provincial Congress, - - - 176 21, Liberty- Pole cut down at Poughkeepsie, in New- York, by the Sheriff of Dutchess County, at- tended by a Judge of the Inferlour Court, and two of His Maji sty's Justices of the Peace, - 17G WVII 177.-.. . Letter 81, coyrE.NTS. XXVI! I from Samui I to Richard Henry Virginia from the beginning of the conu st has distinguished herself in the cause of Ame- rican Liberty: the People of Massachusetts, with boom few exceptions, are linn ami united. The conduct of the British 8oldi< n and t uii- cers highly offensive t>> the citizens; the Offi- ce! ate a disturbance en th' 6th, when Dr. Warren delivered his Oration, 170 '21, Letter hum Colonel K. DoolitUe to John Han- 1., suggesting the establishing of a Civil Constitution for the Province, to remedy the evils every where lilt for want of a regular Government, - - - - - - 177 22, Letter from Arthur Lee, enclosing one received from the Lord Mayor of London, giving in- formation of attempts to procure counterfeits of the Bills of Credit of the Colonies, - - 178 22, Letter from Dr. Franklin to his son, giving a history of his private negotiations in London, for a settlement of the difficulties between the Colonies and Ureal Britain, - - 178-210 22, Letter from Dr. Wheelock to Governour Trum- bull. There are reports of an invasion from Canada, and the Indians, if not secured in our interests, will likely join on the other side. Se- veral of their children, from some of the most respectable tribes, are now at the Seminary, ( Dartmouth,) and may be considered hosta- ges; Mr.Dean, now among them, will proba- bly bring more; this connection is our surest bulwark against an invasion, ... Letter from Boston to a Gentleman in New- York. Outrages of the British Officers and Soldiers in Boston, ...... Letter from New- York to John Dickinson; re- viewing and condemning his political conduct, Letter to the Committee of Inspection for the City and County of New- York. Their censure of Mr. Rivington is arbitrary and tyrannical, and breathes a spirit of intimidation towards him, Account of the Riots in Cumberland County, New- York, Benjamin Hough to the Inhabitants of the City of New- York, Statement of Benjamin Hough, under oath, of the indignities and violence he received from the Rioters in Cumberland County, ... A relation of the proceedings of the People of the County of Cumberland, and Province of New- York, ....... Letter from Colonel Gilbert to Captain Wallace of His Majesty's Ship Rose. Many threats have been made against those who have taken Arms in the King's name, and there is fear the Rebels will attack them Guilford, Connecticut, Committee, acquit Cap- tain Griffin of an intentional violation of the Association in taking fourteen Sheep to Mar- tinico, - - - . . Address to the Inhabitants of Massachusetts Bav No 6, from the County of Hampshire. The question examined. Whether we are in truth a part of the British Empire, in such a seuse as to be subject to her supreme authority u, all cases whatsoever? ..... Committee of Nansemond County, Virginia, pub- lish the Rev. John Agnew, Rector of Suffolk Parish, for his opposition to the Association and the Provincial Congress, - . . Worcester (Massachusetts) Committee require punctual attendance of Members of the Com- mittee, -...., Letter from Colonel Thomas Wheeler to tl Printers of the Massachusetts Gazette, explain- ing the reasons for resigning his commission, acknowledging his former errours, and avowing his firm attachment to the cause of Liberty - Letter from a Freeholder of the County of \Vor- C?wrmTlw vi"h'nc,; imi1 mwepresentations of the- Tory writers cannot injure the cause of Liberty, ---... from Montreal The Canadians were highly offended by the Address of the Congress to the People of England, - - ;or" t0 l of England. Boston is become a « iarriaon. The inhabitants are ruined, but Hutchinson is pensioner]. . . 23., 22, 23, 23 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23. 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 23. 210 211 211 213 214 215 215 218 222 - 222 222 226 - 228 228 229 231 1775. M I Letter from Governour Eden to ( '.overnour Pmn, 25, refusing to join in issuing a Proclamation, re- i sailing that of November 2, 17 7-1, respecting the Boundary between Pennsylvania and Mary- land, 303 25, Letter from Essex, New-Jersey, to D. C. The late news from England has strengthen! d the union of the Colonies. Not more than three Towns in the four New-England Provinces opposed to the measures of the Congress; in New- Jersey and the Southern Provinces the opposition is as small. Some few places in New- York are delinquent, but they appear to be returning to their duty, ... 232 25, Confession of Thomas Lilly, of M arbkhead, that he has been guilty of purchasing Tea, - 234 Deposition of Simon Tufts, March 31st, that in purchasing Tea he had no intention of viola- ting the Association, .... 234 25, Orange County, Virginia, Committee, meet, and demand of the Rev. John Wingate the surren- der of a number of Pamphlets containing re- flections on the Continental Congress. The Committee obtain them after some difficulty and delay, and order them to be burnt, - 234 28, Proclamation by Lord Dunmore, requiring all Magistrates and Officers to use their endeavours to prevent the appointment o{ Deputies to the Continental Congress, and exhorting all persons within the Colony to desist from such an unjus- tifiable proceeding, ----- 236 Remarks on Lord Dartmouth's Circular to the Governours of the Colonies, requiring them to do their utmost to prevent the choice of Depu- ties to the Continental Congress, - - 236 Letter from an Englishman in New- York to the Committee of Correspondence for Philadel- phia. Charges them with falsehood, hypocrisy and rebellion; condemns their whole proceed- ings, and asserts that the number of loyal sub- jects is increasing with a rapid progress, - 238 Meeting of the Committee for Worcester, Massa- chusetts, ...... 242 Letter from a Gentleman in London to his friend in North-Carolina, ..... 242 New- York Committee recommend to the Inhabi- tants to stop the exportation of Nails, and to withhold all Supplies, which are essential to hostilities, from the Troops at Boston, - 242 Letter from J. Brown to the Committee of Cor- respondence at Boston. The Canadians appear to be quite friendly towards the Colonies, but there is no prospect of Canada sending Dele- gates to the Continental Congress. The Fort at Ticonderoga must be seized should hostili- ties be committed by the King's Troops ; the People on the New-Hampshire Grants have engaged to do this business, and they are the most proper persons for the job, ... 243 Committee for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, approve the conduct of George Ross for oppos- ing, in the Assembly, the recommendation of the Governour to send a separate Petition to His Majesty, ---... 245 Chiefs of the Six Nations in consultation with Colonel Guy Johnson, .... 245 Letter to the Inhabitants of Massachusetts-Bay, No. 7, from the County of Hampshire, - 245 Freeholders of Jamaica, on Long- Island, refuse to send Deputies to the Provincial Congress, 251 Letter to the Subscribers to an Association agreed to in January last, in Portsmouth, New- Hamp- shire, 28, 28, 29, 29, 29, 30, 30, 30, 31, 31, April Letter from London to a Gentleman in Philadel- 1, phia. The behaviour of the New-Yorkers has raised the drooping spirits of the Ministry, who now declare their intention of starving the four New-England Colonies, - - - 1, Letter from New-Haven to Mr. Rivington. The Committee of Inspection have proceeded to very unwarrantable lengths, and threaten those who drink Tea If they carry matters to ex- tremity, now is the time to repel force by force 2, Council of North-Carolina advise the Governour to issue a Proclamation to forbid the holding a Provincial Congress, Z 3, Proclamation by Governour Martin, to forbid the sitting of the Provincial Congress, at New- 251 252 252 253 XXIX 17J5. CONTENTS. xxx April 3, 3, 3, bern this day, ami exhorting all His Majes- ty's subjects, on their allegiance, to withdraw themselves from the same, ... Meeting of the Committee for Gloucester Coun- ty, Virginia, ------ Committee for Philadelphia cautioning their Fel- low-Citizens of an attempt to be made to violate the Association, by importing: East- India goods through the Dutch Islands, Committee for Freehold, Monmouth County, New-Jersey, declare Thomas Leonard a foe to the rights of British America, for violations of the Continental Association. ... Lett* from New- York to a Gentleman in Bos- ton. It is suspected that the Troops really mean to take the field; some imagine they will march out five or ten mile s at a time, in order to compel the people of Massachusetts to begin hostilities first, ..... Letter from Dr. Joseph Warren to Arthur Lee. America must, and will be free. The contest may be severe. The end will be glorious. A detachment of the Army marched four mil. s out of Boston tlu.,. days ago; great numbers of the People, completely armed, collechd in the neighbouring Towns. The Congress imme- diately took prop..,- measures for" restraining any unnecessary effusion of tHooa,_^^ ■ 251 254 254 254 255 255 NORTH-CAROLINA ASSEMBLY. Apr. 4, North-Carolina Assembly meets, ... List of Members elected to the Assembly, List of Members attending, - John Harvey chosen Speaker, and approved by the Governour, ..... Speech of the Governour to the Council and House of Assembly, .... 5, The Governour's Speech to be considered to-mor- row, .... . 6, Governour's Speech considered in Committee of the Whole, Report of the Committee of the Whole House, 7, Answer to the Governour's Speech, Proceedings of Continental Congress approved, Delegates to the Congress chosen by the Conven- tion, approved by the Assembly, Thanks of the House to the Delegates to the late Continental Congress, .... 8, Assembly dissolved by the Governour, 7, Council of North-Carolina, on reading the vote of the House of Assembly, approving of the Proceedings of the Continental Congress, ad- vise the Governour to dissolve the Assembly, 8, Proclamation of Governour Martin, dissolving the Assembly, ...... 266 255 256 257 257 261 261 261 263 265 265 265 266 266 NORTH-CAROLINA PROVINCIAL CONVENTION. Apr. 3, Convention of North-Carolina meets, - - 266 List of the Delegates elected, .... 266 List of the Delegates present, ... 267 John Harvey chosen Moderator, • - - 267 4, Other Delegates attend, .... 267 5, Resolution approving of the Continental Associa- tion, and binding the Members of this Conven- tion to adhere to it, - - - - - 268 All the Members subscribe this Resolution, ex- cept Mr. Thomas Macknight, who refused, - 268 Thanks of the Convention to the Delegates to the late Continental Congress, ... 268 Answer of the Delegates to the Moderator, - 268 Thanks to the Delegates, by Colonel John Har- vey, in compliance with instructions from Per- quimans County, ..... 2G9 Answer of the Deb gates, .... 269 Delegates to the Congress to be held in May next, appointed, and invested with such powers as may make acts done by them obligatory in honour upon every inhabitant of the Province, 269 6, Thomas Macknight, a Delegate for Currituck County, called upon to sign the Continental Association, refuses, and withdraws from the Convention, ------ 269 Resolution declaring Mr. Macknight a proper object of contempt to the Continent, and recom- mend all persons to break off all intercourse and dealing with him, .... 270 1775. April The Moderator, or Mr. Johnston, empowered to 7, direct Delegates to be chosen to a Convention to meet in Hillsborough, .... 270 Proceedings of the late Continental Congress ap- proved of by the Convention, - - - 270 Arts, Manufactures, Agriculture, and every kind of economy, to be encouraged in the Colony, 270 The Governour's Proclamation to prohibit this meeting, and his Proclamation commanding this meeting to disperse, are illegal, and ought to be disregarded, ..... 270 Vindication of Thomas Macknight, by Samuel Jarvis and others, - - - - - 271 Council of North-Carolina, .... 273 Governour submits the proceedings of the Con- vention, signed by John Harvey, Moderator, containing Resolves derogatory to the honour and dignity of His Majesty's Government, - 273 Mr. Harvey's name struck out of His Majesty's Commission of the Peace for Perquimans County, 273 12, - 273 CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. April Town Meeting at Hempstead, Queen's County, 4, in New- York ; resolve to bear true allegiance to George the Third, and to adhere to the Bri- tish Constitution ; approve of the proceedings and addresses of the General Assembly, and refuse to choose Deputies to a Provincial Con- gress, _ _ Address to the puwui,. by a Freeholder of Hemp- stead. I he Resolution, of the meeting at Hempstead, on the 4th instant, do not truly represent u.» Town. M of (he * freeholders disapp^,- 7 ^ P* the Assembly, support the Conn...... , . ft . tion, and are in favour of a Provincial r, " gress, - - - - - - -<., . 4, Delegates appointed to the Provincial Congress, by a Town Meeting in Goshen, Orange Coun- ty, New- York, - - - - - 275 4, Delegates appointed to the Provincial Congress, by a Town Meeting in Cornwall Precinct, Orange County, New- York, ... 276 5, Baltimore Committee declare they will carry into execution the Association and measures of the Congress, but that they have not, and will not, use or authorize personal violence, • - 276 5, Letter from the Secretary of the Board of Trade to the Governours of the Colonies, enclosing the Act to restrain the Trade of the New- England Colonics, and prohibiting them from fishing on the Banks of Newfoundland, - 276 5, Letter from Mr. Pownall, enclosing a Proclama- tion of the States-General, .... 276 5, Order of the King in Council, prohibiting the exportation out of Great Britain, or carrying coastwise, any Arms or Ammunition, for six months after the H)th of April, without per- mission from the King or his Privy Council, 277 5, Letter from Thomas Life, Agent for Connecticut, in London, to Governour Trumbull, - - 278 5, Meeting of the Livery of London, at Guildhall. Address of the Mayor. Remonstrance and Petition to the Throne respecting the measures adopted with regard to America, proposed, de- bated, adopted, and ordered to be presented to the Throne, .--... 278 6, Letter from the Georgia Delegates to the Presi- dent of the Continental Congress, explaining the reasons why they think it inexpedient for them to attend, 279 6, Calvert County, Maryland, Committee, resolve that Alexander Ogg has violated the Associa- tion, and ought to be deemed an enemy to America, - - - - - --281 Mr. Ogg's publick acknowledgment of his of- fence, April 13, 281 6, Committee for Sussex County, Virginia, approve of the proceedings of the Convention at Rich- mond, and pledge themselves to adhere to their Resolutions, - - - - - 281 6, Inhabitants of the Borough of Westchester, in New- York, refuse to choose Deputies to a Provincial Congress, and disown all Con- gresses, Conventions, and Committees, - 282 6, General Meeting of the Inhabitants of West- CONTENTS. WX1I xx\t 1775. April 0, ill <"', % 6. 7, i r. called to determine whether they choce Deputies to the Provincial Conj or wh«h. r th. y will abide by the loyal mea jui. ■ aeral Assembly, - - ' ■v [nhabitanta of New-York; ad- amet exporting Nails, and supplying^ Troops al Boston, read and aporored. Williaraand Henry Uattck having purchased intrenching tools for the Army at ,„, are declared to lie mWtenrte ft i,,., dom, and the people are desired to break off all connection* and dealing with them for tin? future, - - - - . * Letter from Alexander Mc Donga 11 to Josiah duincy. Jun. The Statenient ol Gnei and not the Petition to the Eng.tha Memorial to the Lords, or the Remonstrance to the Coin- mons, contains the true opinions of the late House of Assembly of New- York. The only instance of a violation of the Association at New- York, is that of the goods taken from the Beulah, - - » # • * " L net from Boston, for Mr. Rivington s Gazet- teer, - - - - ","." Phileirene to the People of Massachusetts, de- fending the measures of the Parliament against the complaints of the Continental Congress, - Address to the Inhabitants of Massachusetts- Bay, No. 8, from the County of Hampshire. On the right of the Parliament to arr unlimited con- trol over the Colonies, - ",f„, Mnrth Letter from Alexander Elm* '-f • f f .nt f° n Sl „ Carolina, in London, to Samuel J°'»'st0»NfrX pressed the Petition to the King from North- Pf ,. , „ ■, ^nntaintxt ,*iunge maccu- Carohna, because it contain^ m - 282 1775. April 8, 283 racies, and rerV<-,:" on the Parliament and 305 - 283 284 286 289 30G 508 j , and was not respectful to the King : ,i was probably owing to this suppression that North-Carolina was excepted from the Re- straining Bill, 296 7, Chesterfield County, Virginia, Committee, will encourage the manufacture of Linen, Cotton and Woollen Cloth, and subscribe funds for the support of such manufactures; direct John Brown of Norfolk, and Captain Sampson of the Ship Elizabeth of Bristol, to be published as persons deserving the censure and contempt of the People of the Colony, - 298 7, Committee of Kingston, in Ulster County, New- York, convict Jacobus Louw, on his own ad- missions, of selling Tea; and publish him as an enemy to the rights and liberties of America, 298 7 Application of the Portsmouth, New-Hampshire Volunteers to Colonel Theodore Atkinson, for permission to beat a drum, ... - 299 8, Southampton, Virginia, Committee, direct sub- scriptions to aid Mr. Tail in making Salt, and make provision for supplying the Militia of the County with Ammunition, - 299 8, Address to the PeOplettf Virginia, on the " In- structions drawn up for the Delegates to the Convention at Richmond, from a certain Coun- ty in Virginia," 300 Address of the Freeholders of Fincastle County, Virginia, to Lord Dunmore, - - - 301 8, Proclamation of Governour Penn, by the advice of the Council of Pennsylvania, revoking his Proclamation of the 2d of November last, in relation to the Boundaries between Pennsylva- nia and Maryland, ----- 302 8, Letter from Gov. Penn to Gov. Eden. By ad- vice of Council, informing him of his determi- nation to issue a separate Proclamation, - 303 8, Letter from Dutchess County, New- York; the inhabitants of Charlotte Precinct have refused, by a large majority, to choose Deputies to the Provincial Congress, - 304 Protest of the Freeholders of seven Precincts in Dutchess County. New- York, against the ap- pointment of Robert K. Livingston, Egbert Benson, and Morris Graham, as Deputies to the Provincial Congress, a majority of the freeholders bein 1 to any such Con- gress. --- - - - 304 "A Freeholder of Dutchess County," denying the truth of tl ms in the foregoing Pro- test, which was never publickly read, or ap- proved of by one of the Precincts named in it, 304 309 309 Letter from the Committee of Montreal, m < Sana- da, to the < •ominiuee of Safety in Massachusetts. The People more divided by their interests than by their religion, language, and manners: the apprehensions of evil from the unlimited power of Government, strikes all opposition dead. The bulk ol the People, both English and Ca- nadians, wish well to the cause of the Colonies, but dare not stir a finger. They wish to know if English Delegates would be admitted to the Congress, without entering into the General Association, - - - *".*«" 10, Letter from London to a Gentleman in New- York. Great preparations making in England to reduce the Colonies to submission. The Colonies must get ready to light, for nothing can save them but their own strength; the cry of blood is gone out against them, - 10, Committee for Prince George's County, Mary- land, publish Thomas Bailey as an enemy to the Country for landing imported Salt, in vio- lation of the Continental Association ; and John Baynes, for killing a Lamb, contrary to a Re- solve of the Provincial ( Jonvi mion, 10, Committee for Anne Arundel County, Maryland, declare a Paper printed in the London I ub- lick Ledger of the 4th of January, entitled "Facts rei~,;'c t0 the Ei°t at Annapolis, in Maryland," a false, scandalous and malicious narrative ; and the Author of it an inveterate enemy to the liberties of the Province in par- ticular, and of British America in general, - "Facts relative to the Riot at Annapolis, in Ma- ryland," the Paper referred to by the Commit- tee for Anne Arundel County, - 10, Address of the Committee of Inspection for Fal- mouth, Massachusetts, to the Publick. A statement of the conduct of Captain "Thomas Coulson, with the reasons of the Committee for publishing him as a violator of the Conti- nental Association, - - - - 311 Committee of Inspection for Falmouth, appoint a Sub-Committee to prevent the landing of prohibited Merchandise belonging to Captain Thomas Coulson, March 2, - - - The Committee determine that using the Sails, Rigging and Stores, imported by Coulson, will be a violation of the Continental Association, and order them to be sent back to Bristol in the Ship that brought them here, March 3, - April Information received. in London of the sailing of 11. a Vessel from Stettin, loaded with Fire-Arms and Ammunition for the Americans, - - 313 1 1, Inhabitants of Richmond County, in New- York, refuse to send Deputies to the Provincial Con- gress, 314 1 0, Meeting of the Freeholders of Westchester Coun- ty, New- York. Deputies to the Provincial Congress appointed, and thanks voted to the minority in the late General Assembly for their firm attachment to the union of the Colonies and rights and liberties of America, 11, Meeting of the Committees appointed by the In- habitants on the east side of the range of Green Mountains. The inhabitants being in danger of having their property and their lives taken from them by the Government of New- York, wholly renounce, and will resist the authority of that Government, till they can be made secure in their lives and property, or till they can lay their grievances before the King in Council, with a Petition that they may be taken out of so oppressive a jurisdiction, or annexed to some other Government, 1 1, Speech of the Chief Sachem of the Stockbrido-e Indians, in answer to a Message sent them by the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, - 12, " Regulus" to the King, on his Answer to the Address of the City of London, - 12, Latter from General Gage to Governour Martin of North-Carolina. The leaders in Massa- chusetts, by their arts and artifices, still keep Up a seditions and licentious spirit. The new- fangled Legislature, termed a Provincial Con- gress, have taken the Government into their own hands, but they are much puzzled how to act. Fear in some, and a want of inclination in others, will be a great bar to their coming 312 3K 314 315 315 316 XXXIII 1775. CONTENTS. xxxiv to extremities, though their leaders use every exertion to bring them into the field, - - 317 April Letter from the Chairman of the Committee of 12, Falmouth, Massachusetts, to Samuel Freeman. Captain Mowat, in the Canso, sloop-of-war, in the harbour, to protect Coulson's Ship, and taking out the Goods which were prohibited to be landed by the Committee. The Commit- tee will do all they can to prevent any other person from breaking the Association, - - 318 12, Letter from a Gentleman in England to his Cor- respondent in Virginia. The sword is drawn here and the wabbaTd thrown away. The threats thrown out here against the Americans are only fit for Savages. The declaration of Colonel Grant, in the House of Commons, that he had always treated the Americans as beasts of burden, and that they deserved no better usage, was received with the greatest ap- probation. American fraud, American rapine, American cowardice, and American insolence, are the perpetual topicks of Ministerial decla- mation. Orders are sent to seize particular persons in the Colonies; and certain American advocates here will be seized when the tem- per of the times will make it safe to do so, - 318 13, Opinions in England on the Proceedings of the Continental Congress, - - - - 319 13, Letter from the Committee of Yorktown, Penn- sylvania, to John Hancock and Thomas Cush- ing, with Donations from York County for the suffering Poor of Boston, ... - 320 Amount of Donations from York County, (Note,) 320 13, Protest of the Inhabitants and Freeholders of Westchester County, New- York, against the Proceedings of the Meeting held at the White Plains, on the 1 1th instant, for the appointment of Deputies to the Provincial Congress, - 321 Subscribers to the Protest from Westchester County, 321 Answer of Lewis Morris to the Protest, with a list of one hundred and seventy of the Subscri- bers to it, who are not entitled to vote, besides a number of the Tenants of Colonel Philipse. Very few independent Freeholders objected to the appointment of Deputies, ... 323 13, Phileirene to the Printers of the Massachusetts Gazette. Objections to the claims and com- plaints of the Continental Congress, who, in most of their Proceedings, have exceeded the powers delegated to them, and in still more, have counteracted the design of their appoint- ment, 324 13, Letter to the Inhabitants of the Massachusetts- Bay, No. 9, from the County of Hampshire, 329 14, Candidus to the People of New-Hampshire, - 334 1 4, Recommendation of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts to the People, to assist the In- habitants in removing from Boston, - - 336 15, Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to General Gage. All Fortifications should be garrisoned by the King's Troops, or dismantled and de- stroyed. Arms and Military Stores of every kind should be seized, and persons that have committed acts of treason and rebellion should be arrested and imprisoned. A Proclamation may be issued, offering a reward for appre- hending the President, Secretary, or any Mem- ber of the Provincial Congress, who are most active in that seditious meeting, ... 336 15, Baltimore, Maryland, Committee, request all per- sons to abstain from attending the approaching Fair at Baltimore Town, .... 337 17, Letter from James Habersham to Clark and Mil- ligan, London. The fiery Patriots of Charles- town have stopped all dealings with Georgia. Some of the inflammatory Resolutions and Measures of the Northern Colonies portend an open rebellion against the Parent State, - 337 17, Meeting of the Committee for King George County, Virginia. Austin Brockenbrough summoned to appear before the Committee to answer charges against him of opposing the measures of the Continental Congress. — Refuses to attend, and is published as an enemy to American Liberty, .... 337 17, Committee of Philadelphia inform fne Publick that it is now under the consideration of the Fourth Series. — Vol. 11. 1775. April 17, 17, 17, 17, 18, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 33S 338 339 339 340 340 Committee to suspend all trade and intercourse with such Colonies as have not acceded to the Association of the Continental Congress, Statement and Deposition of Isaac Sears and Paschal N. Smith, denying the charge against them of having furnished Supplies to the Ann y in Boston, ...... Letter from Arthur Lee to Jas. Kinsey, Speaker of the House of Assembly of New-Jersey. — The Earl of Dartmouth refused to receive the Petition of the Assembly of New- Jersey from Mr. Lee, because he was not the Agent of the Colony. The Petition will, therefore, remain to wait the further pleasure of the House. — The policy of the Ministry is to divide the Co- lonies, and draw them off from their great shield and defence, an union in General Con- gress, Letter from Govemour Trumbull to the Rev. Dr. Wheelock. The ability and influence of Mr. Dean to attach the Six Nations to the in- terest of the Colonies is considered an instance of Divine favour, ..... Parties of Minute-Men met at Freetown, on the 10th instant, to seize Colonel Gilbert, but he fled on board the Man-of-War at Newport. — A number of Tories, who had signed Enlist- ments to serve the King, were taken prisoners. They made acknowledgments of their past bad conduct, promised to behave better for the future, and were dismissed, ... Address to the Inhabitants of New-England. — The tune is come when we are called upon to consider whether we will defend our rights and properties, or surrender them to Lord North. Will it not be wise, as soon as the Sword of Great Britain is drawn against us, to sacrifice every New-England Tory; to in- vite the Biitish Troops to join us; to cut oft' all such as intend to act as our enemies, and to send Ambassadors to Europe with a decla- ration of our Ports being opened to them for a free Trade ? Brecknock to the People of England. The in- vasion of the rights of the Americans is an in- vasion of the rights of the People of Great Britain. The Inhabitants of both Countries have the same rights to their liberty and pro- perty. The tyranny that violates one will violate the other, - New- York Committee. Proceeds of sales of Merchandise made under their direction, agreeable to the Tenth Article of the Conti- nental Association, to be applied towards re- lieving the poor Inhabitants of Boston who are sufferers by the Port-Bill, Letters from New- York to a Gentleman in Phi- ladelphia. Information received from Eng- land that a Fleet, with a number of Transports with Troops, are preparing to be sent to Ame- rica to enforce the Acts of Parliament, Letter from the New- York Committee to the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, com- municating Letters and Intelligence, received this day from England, of the intentions of the Ministry, and of their preparations for subdu- ing and enslaving the Colonies, - - 344-347 Address to the respectable Publick of New- York. The Committee condemned for pub- lishing William and Henry Ustick as enemies to American Freedom ; and the charge against them, of having violated the Association, is pronounced false and malicious, - Letter to Mr. Rivington. Riots in New- York. Proceedings of the Committee of Inspection against the Usticks, Mr. Thurman, and Mr. Harding, charged with furnishing Supplies for the Troops in Boston. These Proceedings complained of a breach of the Law. Capt. Sears apprehended, and a Mittimus issued to send him to Jail. On his way there rescued and set at liberty. Further Riots, Letter from the Rev. Samuel Auchmuty to Capt. Montressor, at Boston. Information just re- ceived from England of an Armament speedily to embark for Boston, to convince the refrac- tory there that England will not be trifled with. At a rascally Whig mob in New- York, 341 - 342 344 347 348 XXXV 1775. CONTENTS. XXXVI Sears, the King, was arrested and ordered to prison; was rescued at the Jail door, - - 349 Apnl A notice of this Letter, and of Mr. Auchmuty, the- writer of it. (Note,) - 350 NEW-YORK PROVINCIAL CONVENTION. Apr 20, Provincial Convention of New- York, - 351— J List of Deputies, • Credentials of the Deputies for New- York, Al- bany and Ulster Count! - - - ( "r. d.Mtials of the Deputies for Orange County, < 'redentials of the Deputies lor Westchester County, ------- Credentials from Suffolk and King's Counties, - \il, Credentials from Queen's Gounty, - - - Poll Lists for Jamaica, in Queen's County, pre- d by Mr. Robinson, - Credentials from Dutchess County, - Delegates to the next Continental Congress ap- pointed, ------- 22, Instruction to the Delegates to the Continental Congress, ------ Convention dissolved, - - - * • 351 24, 351 353 20, 354 355 356 839 356 20 357 358 358 20, CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. April Letter from the Newburyport Committee to the 19, Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, Committee. Re- port of an action between the Troops at Bos- ton and the People. Men are setting off im- mediately for Boston, - - - - 359 19, Letter from Boston to a Gentleman in New- York. The Troops left Boston last night; at Lexington they fired on the People ; march- ed to Concord ; engagement there ; re-enforce- ments sent from Boston. The Troops re- treated from Concord to Charlestown, - - 359 20, Letter from Boston to a Gentleman near Phila- delphia. The Troops left Boston in the night of the 18th, and in boats were conveyed over to Phipps's farm. The men appointed to alarm the Country on such occasions, got over by stealth nearly as soon as the Troops. At Lexington the People fired upon, and five Men killed ; engagement at Concord ; the Troops retreat, and with re-enforcements sent out un- der Earl Percy, are driven by the Militia back to Boston, 360 20, Letter from Boston to a Gentleman in New- York. The British Officers returned from the attack on the People, say they never were in a hotter engagement. Our People came to no regular battle, but annoyed them the whole way back, ...... 360 20, Letter from Boston to a Merchant in New- York. It is surprising how soon the Country People mustered, and in vast numbers. The Troops were obliged to retreat near twelve miles, and all the way a constant firing was kept up on both sides. ...... 361 21, Letter from Newport, Rhode-Island, to the New- York Committee. Our brethren of Massachu- setts Bay are attacked by a body of the regu- lar Troops, and many friends slain, - - 361 23, Letter from Weathersfield, in Connecticut, to a Gentleman in New- York. We are all in motion here ; one hundred Men, with twenty days' provison and sixty-four rounds, left yes- terday; the neighbouring Towns all arming and moving; by night we shall have several thousands from this Colony on their march. The eyes of America arc on New- York ; the Ministry have been promised that your Pro- vince would desert us. You must now de- clare one way or the other, that we may know whether we are to go to Boston or to New- York ; if ymi desert, our M en will as cheer- fully attack New- York as Boston, • - 362 23, Express from T. Palmer, Wateriown, received in New- York, 363 24, Letter from New- York to a ( icntlemaii in Phila- delphia. Information received yesterday, (Sun- day,) of the attack of the King's Troops on the People of Massachusetts; sent immediately by express to Philadelphia. The People un- loaded two Vessels filled with Flour for the Troops at Boston, and seized the City Arms, 364 1775. April 21, 20, 20, 21, 21, 21, 21, 22, 22, 22, 23, 22, Letter from New- York to a Gentleman in Phila- delphia. A reconciliation between us and • Ireat Britain is now at a greater distance than we of late had rational grounds to hope. Yesterday, after the news from Boston was received, the Committee met, and will take measures to maintain the character of a sister Colony that feels for another in distress, Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Con- necticut, forwarded by express to Charlestown, in South-Carolina, - - - - - "Johannes in Eremo" to the People. Great Britain has drawn the Sword offensively, New- England defensively. Our blood has been shed by the Troops under General Gage, and the cry will soon reach Heaven against him. Great Britain will no longer be honoured as our Mother, ...... Letter from Richard Devens to the Members of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, re- questing them to assemble immediately at Concord, - - - - - . - Letter from the Committee of Safety of Massa- chusetts to the Governour of Connecticut. The British Troops fired on our Men at Lexington, without any provocation, and killed eight of them at the first onset. As the Troops have now commenced hostilities, we think it our duty to exert our utmost strength to save our Country from absolute slavery; and we pray you to afford us all the assistance in your power, ------- Letter from Dr. Warren to General Gage, re- questing arrangements may be made for re- moving the Tories into Boston, and the Whigs out of Boston, ------ Letter from Adam Babcock to Governour Trum- bull, requesting permission to ship twelve Oxen to the West-Indies, - - - - Gunpowder removed from the Magazine at Williamsburgh, by order of Lord Dunmore, - Address of the Corporation of Williamsburgh to Lord Dunmore, requesting him immediately to return the Powder, .... Answer of Lord Dunmore. He refuses to re- turn the Powder now, but pledges his honour, that in case of an insurrection, it shall be re- turned in half an hour, ... Cumberland County, Virginia, Committee, consi- der and approve the Proceedings of the late Convention at Richmond, - - - . Letter from the Connecticut Committee of Safety to John Hancock. Every preparation is mak- ing to support your Province. The ardour of our People is such that they cannot be kept back. Despatches should be immediately sent to England, with an accurate account of the late transactions, to forestall such exaggerated ac- counts as may go from the Army and Navy, - Letter from the Committee of Newburyport to the Committee of Safety, requesting to know if the Forces coming from New-Hampshire shall be sent on, ..... Letter from the Committee of Safety of Massa- chusetts to the Provincial Congress of New- Hampshire, ---... Letter from the Committee of Newburyport to the Committee of Hampton. Information has been received from the Committee of Safety at Cambridge, that a sufficient number of Men have arrived; they do not wish any more from the Northward for the present, and advise them to remain and guard the sea-coasts, Letter from the Committee of Safety to the In- habitants of Boston. An arrangement has been made with General Gage for the re- moval from Boston of the men, women and children, and their effects, - - . . I «tteT from a Committee of the Town of Boston to Dr. Joseph Warren, enclosing the Agree- ment between General Gage and the Town of Boston, ---.-.. Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabi- tants of the Town of Boston, called in conse- quence of an interview between General Gage and the Selectmen of the Town. Committee appointed to wait upon General Gage with propositions for the removal of the Inhabitants. 364 365 369 369 370 370 371 371 371 - 372 372 372 373 373 374 374 374 375 MARYLAND CONVENTION. Apr.24, Maryland Convention, - Matthew Tilghman in the Chair, and Gabriel Duvall appointed Clerk, .... George the Third is the rightful Sovereign of Great Britain and Dominions, and this Pro- vince will bear faith and true allegiance to him, Committee appointed to write to the Committee of Correspondence for Philadelphia, request- ing the fullest information in regard to the condition of New- York, - Letter to the Committee of Philadelphia, - Exportation from this Province to Quebeck, Nova-Scotia, Georgia and Newfoundland sus- pended, ------ Inhabitants of the Province earnestly requested to form and exercise the Militia throughout the Province, ------ Delegates to the Continental Congress appointed, Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer appoint- ed, -------- May 1, Letter from the Philadelphia Committee. Some of their Members have gone toNew- York to learn the situation of affairs there, and what the In- habitants expect from the Southern Colonies, April Letter from Newport to the Philadelphia Com- 25, mittee, ----... 379 379 - 380 380 380 381 381 382 CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. April Committee of Observation for Newark, New- Jersey. At this alarming crisis will risk their lives and fortunes in support of American Liberty ; and will give all the support in their power to the Province of Massachusetts- Bay. 24, 1775. April 24, XXXVII CONTENTS. 1775. April Committee report that General Gage agrees to 23, let the Inhabitants leave the Town with their effects, if they first lodge their Arms in Faneuil Hall, or some other convenient place, under the care of the Selectmen, ... - 375 The conditions are accepted, and the Committee are directed to request of General Gage that the Inhabitants may be removed by land or water, as may be most convenient, - - 376 General Gage agrees to the request of the Com- mittee, and promises to request the Admiral to lend his boats to facilitate the removal by water ; and desires a Letter may be written to Dr. Warren to get permission for such persons in the country as desire to come into Boston, to do so, 376 The agreement accepted by the Meeting, and the Committee desire the Inhabitants to deliver up their Arms, ------ 377 27, Further Report of the Committee to the Town Meeting of the final arrangements. The People have surrendered their Arms, and are to commence removing to-morrow morning, 377 The Meeting agrees to the arrangement; the Town relying on the honour and faith of General Gage that he will perform his part of the contract, as they have faithfully performed their part of it, - - - - - - 377 23, Letter from the Provincial Congress of Massa- chusetts to the Provincial Congress of New- Hampshire. The Provincial Congress having unanimously resolved that it is our duty im- mediately to establish an Army for the main- tenance of our Rights, and that thirty thou- sand Men should be raised in New-England, the concurrence of New-Hampshire is earn- estly requested, ----- 377 23, Letter from Jedediah Foster to the Massachusetts Congress. Has seen Governour Trumbull, who had previously received the tragical nar- rative from Colonel Palmer; he will convene the Assembly immediately, ... 378 23, Letter from Major McClary to the New-Hamp- shire Congress. Two thousand Men from New-Hampshire now at Cambridge, in great want of proper Regulations and Field-Officers. Five or six hundred Men inconsiderately marched home, upon the improper statements of one Captain Espy that they were not want- ed; this has caused much uneasiness among the remaining Troops, .... 373 )NVENTION. 379 379 379 XXXVIII 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, Captains of the Militia are requested to muster and exercise their men once every week, - 382 Letter from the Committee of New- York to Go- vernour Trumbull ; recommending to him to intercept the Despatches for General Gage, which arrived in the Packet this day. The melancholy accounts from Boston have united the Inhabitants of New- York, who have stop- ped all supplies from the Army, and seized the City Arms, 383 Agreement subscribed by Captain Arnold and his Company of fifty persons, when they set out from Connecticut, as volunteers to assist the Provincials at Cambridge, - - - - 383 Letter from General Ward to the Massachusetts Congress, requesting he may be furnished with Enlisting Orders immediately, - - - 384 Letter from John Hancock to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety. Requests to be furnished with particular information as to the Army and the Provincial Congress, ... - 384 Letter from Oliver Prescott to the Committee of Safety, suggesting the appointment of a Town Guard in every Town in the Province, - 385 Letter from the Massachusetts Committee of Safety to the New-Hampshire Congress. Or- ders have been given for enlisting such of the men from New-Hampshire as are at present in the service of the Colony, ... 385 Letter from H. Jackson to Col. Jeremiah Lee. Recommends the establishment of Partisan Corps; they performed better service in the late war than any other Troops, - - - 386 Letter from London to a Gentleman in Massa- chusetts, 386 Letter from London to a Gentleman of New- Jersey. Fears are entertained on account of Philadelphia and New- York. It is the union of America which gives it strength ; the de- fection of such important Provinces would give great encouragement to our adversaries, - 387 Letter from the Officers of the Independent Com- pany of Spottsylvania to Col. George Wash- ington, proposing, with his approbation, to unite with others, and march to Williamsburgh, for protection of the Colony Stores, part having been taken away by order of Lord Dunmore, 387 Letter from one of the Virginia Delegates, on his way to the Congress, to his friend in Williams- burgh. Intelligence has been received that New- York is to be fortified and garrisoned, to cut off the communication between the North- ern and the Southern Colonies, - - - 387 Gloucester, Virginia, Committee. Premiums offered for the manufacture of Gun-Powder, and Wool and Cotton Cards. Lord Dunmore, by the removal of the Powder from the Ma- gazine, and other acts, has forfeited all title to the confidence of the People of Virginia, - 388 Bedford County, Virginia, Committee, approve the Resolutions of the Convention at Rich- mond. Committee dissolved, and another elected, May 23, 388 Paper addressed to Mr. De Lancey and others, of New- York. The hostile preparations against the Colonies were occasioned by assurance from them of the defection and submission of New- York, 389 Letter from Metcalf Bowler to the Massachu- setts Congress. Encloses several Papers to show what the Assembly has done. Rhode- Island is firm and determined, - - - 389 Letter from Metcalf Bowler to the Speaker of the House of Commons of Connecticut. A Com- mittee has been appointed to consult with the Assembly of Connecticut, upon measures for the common defence of the four New-England Colonies. Rhode- Island has passed an Act for raising fifteen hundred Men for the general cause, - - 389 Act of Rhode- Island for raising an Army of Ob- servation, ------- 390 Resolution of Rhode- Island Assembly, authoriz- ing the enlistment of fifteen hundred Men, - 390 Protest of four Members of the Upper House of Assembly of Rhode-Island, against the pas- sage of the Act for raising fifteen hundred Men, 390 177.-.. I 25, CONTEXTS. i from John Hancock to thi Massachusetts Safety, ----- 390 i from the Committee of Boston to the Com- ly ; requesting Wagons may be furnished to remove die Inhabitants from Boston, and that those who wish to come into the Town may he permitted to do so without hinderance, - - - - - - 391 25, Account of the march of the British Troops. Their attack on and killing a number of the Inhabitants of Massachusetts: their taming and destroying of private property, and of their ii tv - <m, on the 19th of April, - 391 List of the Provincials who were Killed and Wniinded by the British Troops on the 19th of April, 392 25, Depositions taken by order of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, in proof of the at- tack of the Troops outlet General Gage, on the People of the Province, on the 19th instant, - 489 25, Letter from John Sullivan to the President of the Massachusetts Congress. There seems some opposition in the New-Hampshire Congress to the assistance Massachusetts has expected, - 393 25, Instructions of the Town of Williamstown, Mas- sachusetts, to their Delegates to the Provincial Congress. They are ready to assist with their lives and fortunes in the common cause of American Liberty, ----- 393 25, Letter from Colonel John Weritworth to the New- Harnpshire Congress, ... - 394 26, Letter from a Merchant in London to his friend in Virginia. Hopes the Non-Exportation Re- solutions will be expunged; if they are adhered to, Maryland and Virginia will lose the To- bacco trade, - - - - - -394 26, Letter from Captain Grayson to Colonel George Washington. His Company is ready to march for Williamsburgh ; they may be depended on for any service that respects the liberties of America, ------- 395 24, Letter from the Officers of the Independent Com- pany of Spottsylvania to Captain Grayson. The People have received no satisfaction for the Powder taken by Lord Dunmore ; a sub- mission to this outrage will subject Virginia to a suspicion of defection, .... 395 26, Henrico County, Virginia, Committee. The re- moval of the Powder by Lord Dunmore is an insult to every freeman; every endeavour will be used to procure an immediate restitution of it, 396 26, Address to the Publick, in defence of Mr. Gallo- way and the " Plan of Union between Great Britain and the Colonies," proposed by him in the late Continental Congress, ... 396 26, Association, for defending with Arms, their pro- perty, liberty, and lives, adopted at a meeting of near eight thousand of the Inhabitants of Philadelphia, ----.. 399 26, Letter from Reading, Pennsylvania. Two Com- pnies of Foot have been raised in the Town; in three weeks there will be one in every Town in the County, ready to assert, at the risk of their lives, the liberty of America, - - 400 26, Address of the New- York Committee, recom- mending that a new Committee be elected by the Freeholders and Freemen of the City and County ; and that Delegates to a Provincial Congress, to meet on the 22d of May next, be chosen, 400 26, Letter from the Committee of Inspection for New- port, Rhode-Island, to Genera Ward, - - 400 26, Letter from the Congress of New- Hampshire to the Congress of Massachusetts. It is not thought expedient now to establish an Army of r vat ion; a Provincial Congress will meet on the 17th of May next, who will no doubt co-operate with their brethren in New-Eng- land, 401 26, Letter from John Hancock to the Committee of Safety, recommending several persons for Offi- cers in the Army, 401 26, Letter from the Committ styof Massa- chusetts to the Assembly of Rhode- Islaad ; urging their immediate sestttai by forward- ing aa la lire a number of Troops as they can, well stocked with Provisions and Ammunition, 402 1775. April 20, 26, 26, 26, 26, XL 1775. Address of the Provincial Congress of Massa- chusetts to the Inhabitants of Great Britain, - 4^7 Letter from the Provincial Congress of Massa- chusetts to Dr. Franklin, in London, enclosing the Address to the Inhabitants of Great Bri- tain, and the Depositions taken on the 25th; requesting him to have them printed and cir- culated throughout England, ... 488 Letter from the Falmouth, Massachusetts, Com- mittee, to the Committee of Safety, asking their assistance in procuring Powder, - 402 Letter from Colonel John Fenton to the People of the County of Grafton, in New- Hampshire, 098 Intercepted Letter from Woodfield, in Canada, to Colonel Philip Skene. The sooner the laws are put in force against the Americans, the better; procrastination encourages the sedi- tious, and weakens Government. The Gov- ernour's new Commission has been received, 402 New Commission to the Governour of Q-uebeck, 403 CONNECTICUT ASSEMBLY. Apr.26,Assembly of Connecticut meets, Governour and Council, .... List of Representatives, - Embargo laid to prohibit the exportation of Pro visions by water, . - - - . Committee to confer with General Gage, - News Carriers to convey intelligence at the pub lick expense, authorized, Committee to procure Provisions for the Inhabi- tants of the Colony who have gone to the as- sistance of Massachusetts, - - - - Act for Assembling, Equipping, &c, a number of the Inhabitants of this Colony, for the spe- cial defence and safety thereof, - Forms of Commissions for the Officers of the Troops raised for the special defence and safety of the Colony, ------ Officers for the six Regiments raised for the de- fence and safety of the Colony, - - - Commissaries to supply Provisions for the Troops, Committee for settling and paying accounts of expenses incurred by raising Troops, - Bills of Credit for fifty thousand Pounds autho- rized, and a tax laid to sink the whole amount, Committees to provide and take charge of Pow- der and Military Stores for the use of the Co- lony, - - Committee to consider the best means of defend- ing the Sea-Coasts, - - - - - Committee to provide Carriages and other neces- sary apparatus for the Cannon at New- London, Enlistments for six Regiments under General Spencer, authorized, - - - - - Four Regiments to be got in readiness forthwith to march to Boston, ----- An Act to exempt, for a limited time, the persons of Debtors from being imprisoned for debt, - Committee to inquire how far the Officers of the Militia Company of Northbury, in the Town of Waterbury, are inimical to the American cause, ----._. Permission given to Joseph Monson, of New-Ha- ven, to transport twenty-six head of Cattle to the West- Indies, - Permission given to Joseph White, of Weathers- field, to ship twenty Cattle, Permission given to Hezekiah Smith fourteen Cattle, ... Assembly adjourned by Proclamation, without day, ....... 409 409 409 410 410 - 410 411 to ship 411 413 414 413 418 419 419 419 420 420 420 420 422 422 422 422 422 CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. April Philadelphia Committee stop all Exportation 27, from Philadelphia to Qucbeck, Nova-Scotia, Georgia, and Newfoundland, until the Con- tinental Congress shall give further orders therein, ....... 421 27, Letter from Stephen Hopkins to the President of the Massachusetts Congress, informing them of the seizure and detention of Mr. John Brown, of Providence, and requesting them to make the King's Officers answerable for the treatment of Mr. Brown. Reprisals recom- meuded by the Continental Congress, and 1775. April 27, CONTENTS. •27, 27, 27. 27, 27, 27, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, sanctioned by the Colonics, are highly neces- sary to be put in practice, .... Letter from Colonel Isaac Lee to Governour Trumbull. His Regiment is prepared with arms and ammunition, and ready to march at the shortest notice, .... Letter from Jedediah Huntington to Jonathan Trumbull, Jun. Great numbers of Troops, or rather armed men, are at Roxbury, in much confusion. It is expected that the Inhabitants of Boston will be permitted to come out this day, but many are suspicious that the General intends to deceive them, till he gets possession of their Arms, ------ Letter from the Massachusetts Committee of Safety to the Selectmen of Boston. As soon as it is known what time the Inhabitants are permitted to leave Boston, those who wish to take refuge there shall go in, Letter from the Committee of Safety to the Se- lectmen of Boston. It is reported that Gene- ral Gage says the Provincials fired first upon his detachment. This report creates the great- est astonishment, as there is the clearest evi- dence it is untrue, - Letter from the Boston Committee to the Com- mittee of Safety, enclosing the Agreement con- cluded this day between General Gage and the Committee, ...... Letter from Doctor Warren to Arthur Lee. The measures of the Administration have brought matters to a crisis. Lord Chatham and our friends must make up the breach immediately, or never. The next news from England must be conciliatory, or the connection between us ends, however fatal the consequences mav be, Letter from Q.uebeck. The Governour' s new Commission read there the 24th instant, People assembling at Fredericksburgh, Virginia, to march to Williamsburgh to demand a resti- tution of the Powder taken by Lord Dunmore, Proclamation by Governour Franklin, calling a meeting of the Assembly of New-Jersey, on the 15th of May next, .... Meeting of Inhabitants at Perth Amboy, in New- Jersey. Deputies to the Provincial Congress, to meet on the 5th of May, appointed, Address of the New-York Committee to the Freeholders and Freemen of the City and County of New- York, recommending the election of a new Committee, to consist of one hundred Members, on Monday next, the first of May, and at the same time to choose Dele- gates to a Provincial Congress, - - - Letter from the Committee of New- York to the Committees of the several Counties in the Co- lony, urging the immediate election of Depu- ties to a Provincial Congress, to meet on the 22d of May, " An American" to the Inhabitants of New- York. Outrages of the British Troops on the 19th of April. Both the King and Ministry are determined, at all hazards, to destroy Ame- rican liberty. There is nothing now left for us but to appeal to God, and use what strength we have in (It fence of our liberty, Letter from Thomas Brown to Colonel George Pitkin. General Gage has opened the gnti s, and given permission to the Inhabitants of Boston to leave the Town, ... Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to the Congress of New-Hampshire. A powerful army on our side must be raised at once. The other Colonies, as well as this, are fully con- vinced, that by immediate and vigorous exer- tions they may establish their liberty and save their Country, ...... Letter from Cambridge to a Gentleman in New- port, Rhode-Island. Our countrymen swarm to our defence from all quarters. We are busily organizing our Troops, and shall soon have an annv of thirty thousand in the field. We have some hopes the Inhabitants of Bos- ton will be permitted to leave the Town this day. They delivered up their Arms yester- day, Letter from Stephen Hopkins to the Massachu- setts Congress, ------ 421 423 423 424 424 424 425 425 426 426 426 427 428 428 429 429 430 430 XLll 1775. April Letter from James Angell to the Massachusetts 28, Congress. Will, on any alarm, furnish six hundred men from the three Battalions under his command in Providence, Rhode- Island, - 431 28, Letter from Providence, Rhode- Island, to the Massachusetts Congress. The Assembly pass- ed an act for raising Men, but as they omittc d to authorize enlistments, no Men can be raised under it, - - - - - - - 431 28, Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to Ste- phen Hopkins. Samuel Murray and two Of- ficers of General Gage's Army will be sent to Providence, to be made use of for obtaining the liberty of Mr. Brown, .... 432 29, Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to Ste- phen Hopkins, informing that the arrangement made with General Gage for the release of the Inhabitants of Boston prevents sending the hos- tages mentioned in their letter of yesterday, - 432 28, Letter from the Committee of Safety to the seve- ral Towns in Massachusetts, conjuring them by all that is sacred to give all assistance in forming the Army, ..... 433 28, Letter from the Newburyport Committee to the Committee of Safety, recommending Christian Febiger, a Dane, for an appointment in the Army, 433 28, Letter from the Selectmen of Sanbornton to the New-Hampshire Congress. They are with- out Ammunition, and cannot obtain any, - 433 28, Letter from Governour Trumbull to General Gage. The People of Connecticut dread nothing so much as a civil war, but will de- fend their rights to the last extremity, - - 433 29, Letter from General Gage to Governour Trum- bull, transmitting him a circumstantial account of the unhappy affair that happened on the 19th instant, 434 A circumstantial account of an Attack that hap- pened on the 19th of April, 1775, on His Ma- jesty's Troops, by a number of the People of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, trans- mitted by General Gage to Governour Trum- bull, 435 Account of an Attack upon a body of the King's Troops, by a number of People of the Pro- vince of Massachusetts-Bay, on the 19th of April, 1775, transmitted by General Gage to Lord Dunmore, ..... 436 Account of an Attack on the Inhabitants of Mas- sachusetts, by the British Troops, acting under the orders of General Gage, on the 19th of April, 1775, 437 Extracts from several intercepted Letters, written by Soldiers in the Army at Boston, of the En- gagement on the 19th of April, - - 439-441 29, A serious admonition to the Inhabitants of Wil- liamsburgh, Virginia, on the excitement caused by the removal of the Powder by Lord Dun- more. The Powder could only belong to the King, and none but him, or his representatives, could of right use it, - - - - - 441 29, Letter from the Officers of the Albemarle Volun- teers to Colonel George Washington. They are ready to march to Williamsburgh, and compel the immediate delivery of the Powder taken by Lord Dunmore, .... 442 29, Determination of a Council of one hundred and two Members, at Fredericksburgh, assembled in consequence of the seizure of the Powder at Williamsburgh by Lord Dunmore, - 443 29, Letter from John Dickinson to Arthur Lee. The impious war of tyranny against innocence has commenced in the neighbourhood of Boston. The Continent is preparing for a vigorous re- sistance. We are a united, a resolved People. Our Smiths and Povvder-Mills are at work night and day. Supplies are continually ar- riving, ....... 29, Association of the City and County of N. York, 29, Letter from Oliver De Lancey, denying the au- thenticity of a Publication in an English Paper over the initials of his name, ... 29, Recantation of Jonathan Fowler and George Cornwall, of Westchester, New- York, 29, Letter from the Boston Committee to the Provin- cial Congress, ------ 29, Letter from the Committee of Safety to the Com- 444 471 445 416 446 XLI1I it?;. April 29, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, May 1 mittees of the several Towns in Massachu- -. urging them to send forward Men lor the Army, .------ from Samuel Thompson to the Massachu- setts Committee of Safety. At the Eastward, all are for the Country but three; one of these has deseited, the other two are in irons, Recantation of Stephen Holland, of Londonderry, -I lampshire, - LetM from Alexander Spottswood to Colonel George Washington, - Address of Jaeobu Loaw to the Publick, contra- dicting the charge of the Ulster County Com- mittee, that he is unfriendly to Liberty, Letter from John Sullivan, at New- York, to the Committee of Correspondence for Portsmouth, New-Hampshire. New- York is nearly una- nimous; yesterday six or seven thousand de- clared /or Liberty at all hazards. They have stopped the Custom- House, and seized the City Arms. All denominations are under Arms, and in high spirits. Rivington has made a Recantation. Cooper has decamped. The People with difficulty were prevented from taking the lives of some of the Traitors, Letter from Theophilus Morgan to Governour Trumbull, requesting permission for his Ves sel to sail for the West- Indies, Letter from the Committee of Safety to the Bos- ton Committee, transmitting a Vote of the Pro- vincial Congress, - Letter from Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, to the Massachusetts Congress. The Messenger with the Despatches for Gen. Gage passed through Northampton yesterday, - Letter from Benedict Arnold to the Massachu- setts Committee of Safety, giving the number of Cannon, &c, at Ticonderoga, Letter from the Massachusetts Committee of Safe- ty to the New- York Committee, informing them that it has been proposed to take Ticon- deroga, but will not infringe on the rights of New- York, , Letter from the Norfolk, Virginia, Committee, to the Committee for Prince George's County, in- forming them of a violation of the Association by Captain Charles Alexander, - - - Meeting of the Freeholders of King William County, Virginia. Deputies to the Convention chosen. One hundred and seventy-five Pounds contributed for the relief of the sufferers in Mas- sachusetts, - CONTENTS. 1775. May I, XLIV 446 - 447 t - 447 447 448 448 - 449 449 450 450 450 327 - 450 PENNSYLVANIA ASSEMBLY. May 1, Pennsylvania Assembly, - - - 451-458 Letter from the Agents in England to Charles Thompson, laid before the House, Message from the Governour to the Assembly, - Letter from the Speaker of the Assembly of New- York, with sundi y Papers, ... Committee to prepare an Answer to the Govern- our's Message, ..... Answer of the House to the Governour's Mes- sage, Petition from a number of the Inhabitants of Philadelphia, praying the House to raise and apply fifty thousand Pounds towards putting the Province in a state of defence, Petition presented yesterday considered, - 6, Benjamin Franklin, who arrived yesterday from London, appointed one of the Delegates to the Continental Congress, .... Thomas Willing and James Wilson added to the Delegation, ----.. Petition from Philadelphia further considered, - Petition from the Committee of Philadelphia pre- sented, Instructions to the Delegates to the Continental Congress, ----.. Committee appointed, with authority to pay the engagements enteral into by the Philadelphia Committee for the publick security, Committee to provide such Stores as may be ne- cessary for the service of the Province, ph Galloway excused from serving as a Deputy to the Continental Congn - 457 13, Adjourned to Monday, J, ne 19th, - - - 458 2, 3, 4, 5, 9. 11, 12, 451 452 453 454 454 455 455 455 456 456 456 456 456 456 CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. Meeting of Freeholders and Inhabitants of Mor- ris County, New-Jersey. Delegates appointed to a County Congress, vested with the power of Legislation, and to raise Men, Money and Arms, for the common defence, - - - 457 1, Delegates to the County Congress meet. Wil- liam Winds chosen Chairman, and Archibald Dallas, Clerk, 457 Voted unanimously that Forces be raised, - 457 2, Five Companies of Volunteers, of sixty men each, to be raised in the County, - - 457 William Winds appointed Colonel, and William De Hart, Major, 458 In case of any invasion or alarm, in this or the neighbouring Provinces, the Regiment to be called into service, .... - 458 Powder and Lead ordered to be purchased, - 458 Inhabitants of the County advised to provide themselves with Arms and Ammunition for defence, in case of invasion, - _ - - 458 Resolves of this Congress to be subject to the control of the Provincial and Continental Con- gresses, ------- 458 Adjourned to meet on the ninth of this month, - 459 1, Letter from the Committee of Woodbridge, in New-Jersey, to the Committees in Massachu- setts. A Provincial Congress will soon meet, and in the mean time the People of New-Jer- sey are preparing for the contest, determined to stand or fall with the liberties of America, - 459 1, New General Committee for the City and County of New- York elected, .... 459 1, Deputies elected by the City of New- York to the Provincial Congress, .... 459 1, Meeting of the Lieutenant-Governour and Coun- cil of New- York. Reasons assigned by the Council for their advice to the Lieutenant-Go- vernour to prorogue the Assembly, - - 460 1, Proclamation by Lieutenant Governour Colden to prorogue the Assembly to the 7th of June next, 461 1, Meeting of Freeholders in Richmond County, New- York. Delegates to the Provincial Congress appointed, - - - - - 83 1 1, Letter from Timothy Pickering to the Massachu- setts Committee of Safety. A Regiment may • be enlisted in Salem, if Field-Officers are ap- pointed, - - 461 1, Letter from the Boston Committee to Dr. Warren, 461 1, Letter from Lemuel Williams to the Massachu- setts Congress, desiring to know if the Mer- chants of Dartmouth may send their Vessels with Provisions to sea, .... 462 1, Petition of Jonathan Brewer to Massachusetts Congress, for permission to raise five hundred Volunteers to march on Quebeck, by way of the Rivers Kennebeck and Chaudiere, - ' - 462 2, Letter from Holland to the Rev. William Gor- don. Efforts of the British Government in Holland and France to prevent supplies of Arms and Ammunition to the Americans, - 463 2, Letter from an American Gentleman in Paris to his friend in Philadelphia. The French arc strongly in favour of the Americans, - - 464 2, Gloucester County, Virginia, Committee, prohibit the Exportation of Tobacco to England, - 464 2, Meeting of the Governour and Council of Vir- ginia. Address of the Governour to the Coun- cil, justifying his seizure of the Powder, and asking their advice on the propriety of issuing a Proclamation calling on the People to show their allegiance to the King at this time, when schemes are meditated in the Colony for sub- verting the present, and erecting a new form of Government, - 4Q4 3, Proclamation by Lord Dunmore, by advice of the Council, requiring all Officers, civil and military, to suppress the spirit of Faction which prevails among the People, .... 455 2, Meeting of the Committee for Kent County, Delaware. Letter from Robert Holliday, ac- knowledging he wrote the Paper purporting to be an extract of a Letter from Kent County, voted not satisfactory, .... 455 Further concessions made by Robert Holliday May 9, voted satisfactory, .... 455 XLV 1775. May 2, Letter from Philadelphia to a Gentleman in Lon- don. Preparations in the Colonies for re- sistance, ------- 467 2, New-Jersey Committee of Correspondence, re- commend an immediate Meeting of the Pro- vincial Congress, ----- 467 2, Letter from the Committee of Richmond County to the Committee of New- York, informing them of their election, and of the adoption of the measures recommended by the New- York Committee, 831 1, Meeting of the New- York General Committee, 468 Address from Samuel Broome, on the part of one hundred citizens who formed themselves into a Military Association, offering their services in carrying into effect the General Association, - 468 Every person in the City and County required to sign the Association, except the Lieutenant- Governour, ------ 4G8 Rules for the government of the Committee, - 468 Committee to purchase Arms, Ammunition, and Provisions, ..---- 469 2, Every Inhabitant to perfect himself in Military Discipline, and provide Arms and Ammuni- tion, 470 Committee to remove all the Cannon from the Town that are private property, - 470 Committee to ascertain from the Inhabitants what Military Stores and Arms they have for their own use, and for sale, .... 470 Committees for carrying about the Association to obtain the signatures of the Inhabitants, - 470 Committee to prepare an Address to the Lieuten- ant-Go vernour, - - - - 471 Committee of Correspondence and Intelligence appointed, - - - - - -471 General Association signed by the Inhabitants of the City of New- York, and sent to all the Counties in the Province to be signed, - - 471 Letter from Governour Wanton to the General Assembly of Rhode-Island. Prevented by indisposition from attending the Assembly. Sends them the Letter from Lord Dartmouth, of March 3, with Lord North's Resolution, and recommends their compliance with the terms of it, - - - - - - 471 2, Letter from the Providence, Rhode-Island, Com- mittee to the Massachusetts Committee of Safe- ty. The Assembly will meet to-morrow, when the situation of Massachusetts, and of Ameri- ca in general, will be seriously attended to, - 472 2, Letter from a Gentleman in Connecticut to his friend in New- York. General Gage cannot penetrate into the Country thus far, with fifty thousand men. The Assembly have sent two Gentlemen to General Gage, to tell him if his hostile proceedings are continued the whole Country will be armed against him, - - 472 2, Letter from Nathaniel Freeman to Dr. Church. He is ready to execute any orders from the Committee of Safety, in the cause of God and his Country, ------ 473 2, Letter from General Thomas to the Massachu- setts Committee of Safety. Has taken posses- sion of a number of Papers of Governour Hutchinson, found at Milton. Many more are supposed to be there ; requests the directions of the Committee, 473 2, Letter from the Provincial Congress of Massa- chusetts to their Del' gates at Connecticut. The appointment of two Gentlemen by Connecticut, to treat with General Gage on the subject of American Grievances, and to propose a cessa- tion of hostilities, has caused great alarm. Any proposals made separately, by a single Colony, may produce most tremendous effects with regard to America, will weaken the union of the Colonies, and endanger the common cause. They are directed to lay this matter fully before the Assembly of Connecticut, - 780 2, Letter from the Committee of Safety of Massa- chusetts to the Governour of Connecticut. They object to the proposition made by the Assembly of Connecticut to General Gage, for a cessation of hostilities ; they can agree to no compact with General Gage, who has deceived them; lie, with his Troops, must be driven out of the Country, which, with the blessing of CONTENTS. XLVI 1775. God, they will accomplish, or perish in the attempt, 473 May 2, Letter from the Committee of Safety to Mr. Vose, at Milton, in relation to a paper maker, who is a prisoner, ---... 474 2, Letter from Richard Derby, Jun., to General Ward. Information received of a Fleet and Transports with Troops for Boston, - - 474 3, Letter from Richard Glover of London, to Mat- thew Tilghman of Maryland, vindicating Mr. Molleson, a merchant in London, from the charge of being unfriendly to the Colonies, - 474 3, Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to Governour Wright, of Georgia, approving his conduct in preventing the present disorders in America from spreading through the Province, - - 475 3, Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to the Gov- ernour of North-Carolina. Advises him to embody the men in Guilford, Dobbs, Rowan, and Surry Counties, in support of the Govern- ment. The loyalty these Counties have ex- pressed in their Addresses to the Governour has been most graciously received by His Majesty, who will not fail to afford them marks of his Royal favour, ----- 476 3, Committee of Amelia County, Virginia, direct the Militia of the County to be embodied, and make provision for procu ring Powder and Lead for their use, ----.. 476 3, Committee of New-Kent County, Virginia. — Condemn the conduct of Lord Dunmore, in seizing the Powder, and thank the Committee of Hanover for their attempt to recover it. — Company of Volunteers to be formed, and ready to act on any emergency, - - 477 3, Committee of Cumberland County, Virginia. — Thanks to Captain Scott and his Independent Company for their prompt offers of service to defend the Colony against wicked invaders, - 478 3, Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to the Gov- ernour of Pennsylvania. It gives His Ma- jesty great concern to find that there is no appearance of the People of Pennsylvania re- turning to a just sense of their duty, - - 478 3, Meeting of the Association in Philadelphia. The Provincial Arms and Powder are all secured. Three Magazines are forming, and in three weeks there will be four thousand men well equipped for the defence of Philadelphia, or for the assistance of their neighbours, - 478 3, Meeting of the Inhabitants of Aquackanonck, in New-Jersey. Association entered into and subscribed. General Committee chosen, and Delegates to the Provincial Convention ap- pointed, 478 3, Address of Isaac Wilkins, of Westchester, New- York, to his Countrymen, on leaving America, 479 3, Meeting of the Inhabitants of Orangetown, in New- York. Appoint Deputies to the Provin- cial Congress, - - - - - 831 3, Meeting of the New- York Committee, - - 479 Letter from John Cruger and Jacob Walton, as- signing their reasons for not signing the Asso- ciation, - - - - - - 479 Committee to ascertain the causes for the dis- charge of the Eastern Post-Rider, - - 480 Thanks to the Officers and Men of the Connec- ticut Troops who have marched to this City, for its defence, ------ 480 Committee appointed to confer with four Gentle- men from Philadelphia, - - - - 481 Letter received from the Inhabitants of Ulster County, requesting advice and aid in procur- ing Arms and Ammunition, ... 481 Committee report that Mr. Foxcroft, the Post- Master, informed them he had discharged the Post-Riders, because the four last Mails were stopped, broken open, and the Letters taken out and publickly read, - - - - 481 4, Committee appointed to examine the Ground at and near King's Bridge, to ascertain its fit- ness for Fortifications, - - - - 481 The discharged Post-Riders to be employed to depart on the usual days, and go the usual Stages. Mr. Ebenezer Hazard has under- taken to receive and forward the Letters, - 482 3, Letter from General Gage to Governour Trum- bull, in reply to his Letter of April 28 Justi- XI-VTI 177.-.. CONTENTS. xlviii May 3, 3, 3. 4. I. - 482 483 484 485 485 48G 501 502 his conduct, mid denies it is Ins intention e and desolate the Country charges of outrages against his Troops for r conduct on the l'.'th of April, are con- trary to their known humanity; they acted with great te othto theytrangaad the oM; !)■• has found no instance of their cruelty or barbarity, - i this Letter, addressed to the Printer of the Massachusetts Spy, . - - • Certificate in favour of Ebeuezer Branson, Jun., of Cambridge, ------ Orders of the Massachusetts Committee of Safe- ty to Benedict Arnold, comtnande* of a body of Troops on an Expedition to subdue and take possession of the Fort of Tieonderoga, - Petition of the Selectmen of Brainlroe, Wey- mouth, and Hingham, in Massachusetts, to the Committee of Safety, representing their de- fenceless condition, and asking for assistance, Petition of James Cargill, commander of the Li- berty-men in New-Castle, praying a supply of Ammunition from the Massachusetts Con- gress, ------- Letter from the Provincial Congress of Massa- chusetts to the honourable American Congress, to be convened at Philadelphia, on the tenth of May, instant, enclosing copies of Deposi- tions, an Address to the Inhabitants of Great Britain, and a Letter to Dr. Franklin, Colony Agent in London, ... - 486-501 Letter from Alexander Scammell to John Sulli- van, - - - - - - Letter from the Committee of Brunswick to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety. The Town, deficient in Arms and Ammunition, have sent to Salern, but cannot buy them; apply for assistance, - - - - - Committee for Norfolk County, Virginia, ap- prove the Proceedings of the Convention at Richmond. Lord Dunmore's Letter to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated December 24, 1774, grossly misrepresents the People of this Colo- ny, and especially the Magistrates. Strictures on the Letter, refuting its atrocious and defama- tory charges, ------ Letter from Captain Montague, of His Majesty's Ship Fowey, to Thomas Nelson, President of His Majesty's Council in Virginia, threaten- ing to fire upon the Town of York, if a de- tachment he had sent to protect Lord Dunmore at Williamsburgh should be fired upon, Proceedings of the Committee of York on this Letter, ------- Meeting of the Inhabitants of Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New-Jersey. Will risk every consequence rather than submit to the claims set up by the British Parliament. Four Companies formed for the common defence, and Money subscribed to procure Powder, - Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Newark, in New-Jersey. Association agreed to. Deputies to the Provincial Congress ap- pointed. Powers of the General Committee continued. Committee of Correspondence ap- pointed, -----.. Letter from a Gentleman in New- York to his Correspondent in London. All the Provinces refuse submission to the late Acts of Parlia- ment, and will oppose at the risk of their lives and fortunes all who come to enforce them, - Mr. Goddard on a journey to the Eastward, to put the Posts on a proper footing, to be laid before Congress, ... Letter from Governour Trumbull to Doctor War- ren. The Assembly will pursue with firm- ness, deliberation and unanimity, the measures which appear best for our common defence and safety. It is hoped no ill consequences will attend tin ir Embassy to General Gage, Letter from the Commie of Massa chusetts to ( lovernour Trumbull, requesting he will immediately send three or four thousand Men, to enable them to secure a pass of the greatest importance to the common interest, which General Gage will possess himself of i' -enforcement i arrive, if not prevented now, ..... ^qq 1775. May 4, 4, 502 504 504 504 505 506 - 506 - 506 4, 4, o. o, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, •r>, B| Letter from the Committee of Safety of Y chusetts to the New- York Committee, Letter from a ( Sentleman at Pittsfield to an Offi- cer at Cambridge. Colonel Baston left here on the 2d instant, on an expedition against Ti- eonderoga and Crown Point, expecting to be re-enforced by Colonel Ethan Allen, with his Green Mountain Boys. The' plan was con- d on the 28th of April, at Hartford, by the < iovernour and Council, John Hancock and Samuel Adams being present. The Tories have been very troublesome at Pittsfield; some have been arrested and sent to Northampton Jail, Application of the Selectmen of Topsham to the Massachusetts Congress, for Powder, - Letter from Colonel Thomas Gilbert to his sons. Arrived safe in Boston, where he expects to stay till the Rebels are subdued; urges them not to join those wicked sinners, the Rebels, but to die by the sword rather than be hanged as Rebels, - - - - " Letter from London to a Gentlemen in New- York. Major Skene has told the Ministry that he can bribe all the Members of the Con- tinental Congress, and has been sent to Phila- delphia for that purpose, - - - New-York Committee. Letter to the several Colonies adopted and forwarded. Letter re- ceived from Richmond County, where they have chosen Members to the Provincial Con- gress. Answer to the Address of Captain Broome. Letter received from Annapolis, dated May 1. Letter to the Lord Mayor of London approved of. Letter from Albany, dated May 3, received: Committee directed to confer with Messrs. Hancock and Adams, on the subject of this Letter, - - - - Letter from the New-York Committee to the several Colonies, - Letter from the New- York Committee to the Mayor and Corporation of London, Letter from the Members of the New- York As- sembly to General Gage, urging him imme- diately to cease further hostilities, until His Majesty can be apprised of the situation of the American Colonies, .... Meeting of the Committees of Suffolk County, New- York. Deputies for the County to the Provincial Congress appointed, ... Letter from the Committees of Suffolk County to the Committee for Brookhaven, informing them of their appointment of Deputies, and requesting their concurrence, ... Letter from the Selectmen of Worcester to the Massachusetts Congress, - - - - Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to the Assembly of Connecticut. The absurdity of the assertion of General Gage, that the People of Massachusetts first commenced hostilities, will appear when the great inequality of the Lexington Company and Detachment of Re- gular Troops which attacked them, is consi- dered. No dependance can be placed in the assertions or professions of General Gage ; he has been preparing for war, while he was amusing us with pretensions of kindness and benevolence. It is the opinion of the Congress that a powerful Army is the best and only measure left to bring the present disputes to a happy issue, Letter from the Provincial Congress of Massa chusetts to General Ward. The liberation of the Inhabitants of Boston being obstructed, he is requested strictly to execute the orders of the Congress respecting Permits into the country, ...... Petition from the Settlements on the Sheepscot River and Deer's River (without the limits of any Town) to the Massachusetts Congress, for a supply of Powder and Ball, to enable them to assist in vindicating American Liberty, Letter from Enoch Freeman to the Massachu- setts Congress. The Penobscot Indians being exasperateil with Capt Goldthwaite, it would be prudent for the Congress to send down there and secure the Indi ins in our interest. The Selectmen of Falmouth have sent persons to 507 507 508 508 - 503 509 510 510 513 831 832 513 - 786 787 514 XLIX 1775. May 5, CONTENTS. go over to Gluebeck to see if the Canadians are in motion to come on our back settlements, 514 Petition of Timothy Langdon to the Massachu- setts Congress, complaining of Colonel Thomp- son, of Brunswick, who has seized Edward Parry, for having prepared Masts for the King; the matter having been previously examined and disposed of by the Committees of Lincoln, 515 5, Letter from James Gowen, of Kittery, to Gene- ral Ward, asking permission for Johnson Moul- ton to raise a Regiment, - - - - 515 5, Letter from General Thomas to the Massachu- setts Committee, requesting them to send per- sons to examine the Trunks of Governour Hutchinson, - - - - - -515 6, Letter from the Committee of Safety to General Thomas. The effects of all persons are to go into Boston without search or detention; there- fore the Trunks of Governour Hutchinson are not to be detained or injured, - - - 515 6, Proclamation by Lord Dunmore, charging all per- sons, on their allegiance, not to aid, abet, or give countenance to a certain Patrick Henry, of Hanover County, or any of his deluded fol- lowers, - - - - - - -516 6, Letter from Carlisle, in Pennsylvania, to a Gen- tleman in Philadelphia. About three thousand men have associated, and about fifteen hundred are prepared. The Committee have directed that five hundred men be taken into pay imme- diately, - - - - - - - 516 6, Printed Letter to the Regular Soldiers of Great Britain, distributed among the Soldiers in the Barracks in New- York, - - - - 516 6, Delegates from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress received in New- York on the 8th: ' with the Delegates from New- York, received in New-Jersey, - - - - - 517 6, Letter from the Rev. William Gordon, with a copy of a Paper found among those of the late Josiah duincy, - - - - -518 6, Letter from Montreal. Occurrences there on the 1st of May, when the new Ouebeck Act took effect in Canada, - - - - -518 6, Letter from William Whipple to the Massachu- setts Congress, on the arrest of Mr. Parry by Colonel Thompson, ----- 520 6, Letter from Metcalf Bowler to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety. The Assembly of Rhode- Island are using every method in their power to have their men in readiness to take the field as early as possible, ..... 520 NEW-HAMPSHIRE ASSEMBLY. May 4, New-Hampshire Assembly, - 519 List of the Members, - - - - - 519 5, Directed to choose a Speaker, ... 520 John Wentworth chosen Speaker, ... 520 6, Letter from the Speaker of the House of Repre- sentatives of New- York laid before the House, 521 Speech of Governour Wentworth to both Houses, 522 Assembly adjourned to the 12th of June next, - 524 CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. May 7, Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Dr. William Small, 7, Letter from the Massachusetts Committee of Safe- ty to the Committee of Albany, New- York, - 7, Letter from the Massachusetts Committee of Safe- ty to Col. James Scammons. It is understood that it would be agreeable to the people of York that Johnson Moulton should have the command of the Regiment to be raised there, and therefore request Colonel Scammons to give way for him, .... 7, Order of Admiral Graves to Lieutenant Graves, to seize a Vessel at Marblehead, and bring her into Boston, - 8, Resolution of the Common Council of Williams- burgh, Virginia, on the breaking into the Ma- gazine and taking thence the Fire-Arms, 8, Meeting of the Sussex County, Virginia, Com- mittee. Declare the Letter of Lord Dunmore to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated December 24, 1774, to be fraught with calumny, falsehoods and illiberal reflections against the People of Fourth Series. — Vol. if. 523 523 - 524 525 525 1775. May 8. 8, % 10, 11, 12, 14, 8, 8, 8, Virginia. Direct Troops to be raised, Offi- cers appointed, and Ammunition furnished. — Committee of Intelligence and Correspondence appointed, ...... Meeting of the Freeholders of Mecklenburgh County, Virginia. Appoint a Committee to secure a due observance of the Continental As- sociation, and every member of the Committee required to exert his endeavours to enlist Vo- lunteers, as required by the late Provincial Convention, ...... Meeting of Prince George, Virginia, Commit- tee. Every person importing any Goods into this County must, before they are landed, pro- duce a Certificate from the Committee whence they were reshipped, that they were imported into this Colony before the 1st day of Febru- ary last. Committee of Intelligence appointed, Proceedings in relation to Capt. Charles Alexan- der, ....... Louisa County, Virginia, Committee. Thanks to Captain Patrick Henry and the Hanover Volunteers, for procuring satisfaction for the Gunpowder taken by Lord Dunmore, - Meeting of the Freeholders of Westchester Coun- ty, New- York. Deputies to the Provincial Congress appointed. The Committee then signed the Association, and appointed Sub- Committees to superintend the signing of it throughout the County, - New-York Committee. Members present, All persons importing Arms or Ammunition required to deliver them to the Committee in ten days, and all persons prohibited from dis- posing of any in any other manner, Committee directed to report a Resolution for the regulation of such vessels as shall depart with Provisions, ...... Committee appointed to have the Muskets fitted with steel Rammers, ... Thanks to Mr. Sharpe for delivering a number of Arms gratis, .... Committee to prepare a Letter to the Delegates in Congress, requesting the advice of the Con- tinental Congress with respect to the conduct to be observed towards any Troops that may arrive here, - Address to the Lieutenant-Governour read and approved of, ----- - Committee appointed to convey the earliest intel- ligence to the Counties in this Province, Physicians requested to abstain from inoculating for the Small-Pox, .... Committee appointed to present the Address of the Committee to the Lieutenant-Governour. No Inhabitant to be treated as an enemy to the Country but by order of the Continental or Provincial Congress, or this Committee, Committee of Correspondence directed to write to the neighbouring Committees to prevent the Man-of-War in the Harbour from being sup- plied with Provisions for the Troops at Bos- ton, from New-Jersey or Staten-Island, Address of the Committee to Lieutenant-Govern- our Colden, ...... His Honour's Answer, - - - - - Petition from the Inhabitants of Ridgebury, in the Township of Ridgefield, to Gov. Trumbull, Committee of Maiden and Chelsea order their suspicions, of Doctor Samuel Danforth's at- tachment to the Country, to be communicated to General Ward, .... A Constitutional Post-Office is now rising on the ruins of the Parliamentary one, List of the Post-Offices established, ... Mr. Holt's Post-Office in New- York, (Note,) - Letter from the Provincial Congress of Massa- chusetts to the Selectmen of the Town of Hopkinton. A violation of the natural right of an individual to remove his person and effects wherever he pleases, would ill become those who are contending for the inalienable right of every man to his own property, and to dispose of it as he pleases. It is hoped that Mr. Barret's example will not become infectious, - Letter from the Provincial Congress of Massa- chusetts to the Committee from Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, - . . . . 526 526 527 527 - 529 529 529 530 530 - 531 r - 531 - 531 531 - 532 - 532 532 - 533 533 534 536 - 536 536 537 538 791 79i LI 1775. May 8, a. CONTENTS. 1775. LU 9, 9, 9. 9, 9, 4. t, 9, 9, 9. 9, 10, Letter from the Provincial Congress of M • us to General Ward, directing him to apprehend certain named eenooa, aad bring them before the Committee of Safety for examination, ------ Liter from Samuel Mather to the Massachusetts Oeacreaa; onrilnaina General Gage's areum- slanlial aceomit of lie- engagement on the 19th of April, Letter from the Selectmen of Worcester to the Massachusetts Congress. Samuel Paine and William Campbell sent to Watertown, as per- sons disaffected to the Country, - - - Imposition of Gardner Chandler, - Spottsylvania County, Virginia, Committee, ap- prove of the Proceedings of Captain Patrick I It nry, concerning the Powder taken from the Magazine by Lord Dunmore, - Orange County, Virginia, Committee, declare the removal of the Powder by Lord Dunmore was fraudulent ; that the reprisal made by the Hanover Volunteers merits the approbation of the public k : and present an Address of thanks to Captain Patrick Henry, - - - - Meeting of the Hanover County, Virginia, Com- mittee. Report of the Proceedings of the Hanover Volunteers in making reprisals for the Powder seized by Lord Dunmore, - Patrick Henry's receipt for three hundred and thirty Pounds, as a compensation for the Pow- der taken from the Magazine in Williams- burgh, by order of Lord Dunmore, Letter from Patrick Henry to Robert Carter Nicholas, informing him that the aftair of the Powder is settled, and offering a guard for the Treasury, ...... Letter from a Gentleman in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to his friend in Philadelphia. Several Towns of the County have begun to form Military Associations, ... Meeting of the Committee for Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Proceedings of the Conven- tion in January, approved. Inhabitants of the Towns in the County recommended to asso- ciate to improve in the Military Art. Dele- gates to a Provincial Convention appointed, - Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Committee. Mili- tary Associations to be formed throughout the County immediately; Powder and Lead to be furnished. If any person shall refuse to enrol himself in some Company, he shall not be permitted to have any dealing, by buying or selling, or borrowing or lending, with any In- habitant of the County, - - . ' Letter from Ulster County, New- York, to a Gentleman in the City of New- York. A great revolution has taken place in this Coun- ty. At a meeting yesterday those who have hitherto opposed the Committees agreed to unite in support of their measures, ... Letter from Joel Clark to Governour Trumbull. Recapitulates his former services, and now makes a tender of them, .... Letter from Thomas Howell to Governour Trumbull. Thanks him for the appointment he has received, but believing it will conduce to the peace of the Town, (New- Haven,) re- __ signs, and recommends Jonathan Fitch, - Sheffield, Massachusetts, Committee, on 'an in- vestigation of the charges against Job West- over, resolve that he is an enemy of American Liberty, and that it is the duty of all friends of freedom to break off all dealings with him - Letter from a Gentleman in Pittsfield, Massa- chusetts, to an Officer of the Connecticut Forces, at Cambridge. The Stockbridge In- dians are willing to join the Colonies, and will be of (Treat service if Gage marches out of Boston. There are but twelve Soldiers at Crown Point, and about two hundred at Ticon- deroga; they are much alarmed with oar ex- pedition, --.... Petition from Cohasset to the Committee of Safe! ty, praying permission to raise a Company for their defence, - . . . , Letter (ran the Committee of Lvnn to the Com- mittee oi Safety, wnh Jonah Mania, char—d with having acted as an enemy to the Province, 794 538 538 539 539 539 540 540 541 541 542 543 543 544 544 545 546 547 546 - 54? ■A7 10, 10, 347 832 548 - 556 549 798 549 V 10,Lettcrfrom London to a Gentleman in Philadel- phia. It is believed here that notwithstanding your seeming firmness and hostile prepara- tion, you will submit to anything rather than contend with us, - - - - - 10, Thanks of the Williamsburgh, Virginia, Volun- teers to the Volunteers who offered their as- sistance on the late alarm, - - - - 10, Letter from New- York to a Gentleman in Phila- delphia, ------- 10, Meeting of the Freeholders of Goshen Precinct, in Orange County, New- York, appoint Dele- gates to the Provincial Congress, 10, Address to the Publick, by the Ulster County, New- York, Committee, correcting the mis- representations of Mr. Jacobus Louw, - 10, Letter from the Committee of War for the expe- dition against Ticonderoga and Crown Point, to the Massachusetts Congress. Ticonderoga was taken this morning, and the Committee have given the command to Colonel Ethan Allen. Arnold claims the command, but did not enlist a man for the expedition, Town Meeting at Providence, Rhode-Island. Committee to examine into the state of the Arms of the Town, - - - - - Letter from the Provincial Congress of Massa- chusetts to General Gage, remonstrating against his violation of the Agreement with the Selectmen of Boston. The People have com- plied with it, and surrendered their Arms; and though a number of days have elapsed, very few have been permitted to leave the Town, - 10, Letter from General Thomas to the Committee of Safety, --.... 10, Letter from the Committee and Selectmen of Bristol to the Massachusetts Congress. The Town of Bristol has three Companies, of sixty Men each, most of whom have Guns, but they are out of Ammunition, and cannot pro- cure a supply, ------ 549 10, Letter from Timothy Pickering, Jun., to the Committee of Safety, ----- 550 10, Letter from Enoch Freeman to Samuel Freeman. The threats of Colonel Thompson to take the Canceaux, in the Harbour of Falmouth, has thrown the Town in confusion; they can make no defence against a Man-of-War, - - 550 1 1 , New- Kent County, Virginia, Committee, declare the charges against the Inhabitants of Virginia, in Lord Dunmore's Proclamation of the 3d instant, is an unjust reflection upon them, and has no foundation in truth, - - - - 551 1 1, Somerset County, New-Jersey, Committee, choose Delegates to the Provincial Congress, and in- struct them to agree in arming and supporting the Militia, 551 1 1, Meeting of Committees of the several Towns and Precincts in Ulster County, New- York. Names of the Committees of the several Towns. Deputies to the Provincial Congress chosen, ------- 533 1 1, Letter from Ethan Allen to the Albany Commit- tee, informing them that he has taken the Fortress of Ticonderoga; and apprehensive that Governour Carleton will make an effort to retake it, asks for re-enforcements, - - G06 1 1, Recantation of P. Bailey, James McMaster and Thomas Achincloss, of Portsmouth, in New- Hampshire, ------ 552 1 1 , Letter from the Massachusetts Committee of Safe- ty to General Thomas, - 552 11, Letter from Falmouth, Massachusetts, to a Gen- tleman at Watertown. Account of the Pro- ceedings at Falmouth, in consequence of the capture of Captain Mowatt, of the Canceaux, by Colonel Thompson, ... - 552 1 1, Letter from the Committee of Deer- Island to the Massachusetts Congress. The Inhabitants are out of Powder, Ball and Provisions, and re- quest assistance, ..... 555 1 1, Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to the New- York Committee. Two Men-of-War, with Troops on board, sailed yesterday for New- York ; it is supposed they have orders to seize the Ammunition and Military Stores in the Fort there. - 555 11, Letter from Ethan Allen to the Massachusetis LIU 1775. CONTENTS. LIV Congress. Ticonderoga taken yesterday morn- ing by one hundred Green Mountain Boys, and fifty Soldiers from Massachusetts; the lat- ter were under the command of Col. Easton, - May\ 1, Letter from Benedict Arnold to the Massachu- setts Committee of Safety. Account of the capture of Ticonderoga, and the state of affairs there. Allen, who has assumed the command, is a proper man to head his own wild People, but entirely unacquainted with military ser- vice ; and every thing is in confusion, - Letter from Edward Mott, Chairman of the Committee of War, to the Massachusetts Con- gress. Account of planning the Expedition against Ticonderoga, and of the capture of that Fortress. The Committee have given the command to Colonel Allen, to the exclusion of Arnold, who claimed it after the surrender of the Fort, ------ 11, CONNECTICUT ASSEMBLY. 556 - 557 - 557 MayW, Connecticut Assembly meets, ... 559 Members of the Council, ... - 559 Members of the House of Representatives, - 559 Acts extending the Boundaries of the Town of Westmoreland, and making it one Regiment,- 56 1 Bills of Credit for fifty thousand Pounds au- thorized, r - - - - - -561 Embargo laid in April continued to the first of August, ------- 562 Quartermaster's and other Stores ordered for the Troops, - - - - - - - 562 Act for encouraging the manufacturing of Fire- Arms and Military Stores within the Colony, for the safety and defence thereof, - - 563 Act for regulating and ordering the Troops that are or may be raised for the defence of this Colony, ------- 564 Articles, Rules and Regulations for the govern- ment of the Troops in the service of the Colony, ------- 565 Payment authorized for the Ammunition fur- nished the Inhabitants of the Colony, who marched either Eastward or Westward in the late alarm, ------ 570 Committee to take care of, and provide for the Officers and Soldiers taken prisoners at Crown Point, - - - - - - - 570 Forms of Commissions for Field and Staff-Offi- cers adopted, - - - - - -571 Committee to provide such store of Lead as may be necessary for the use of the Colony, - 573 Committee to employ News Carriers at the pub- lick expense, ' - - - - - - 573 Committee of War appointed, ... 373 Five hundred pounds of Powder to be sent to Crown Point and Ticonderoga, to Colonel Easton, ------- 574 Officers appointed, ----- 574 Officers of the Company of Northbury, in Wa- terbury, cashiered, for being totally disaffected to the general cause of American Liberty, - 575 Committee on a Petition from New-London, recommending the encouragement of certain Manufactures, ------ 575 Report of Committee on what Intelligence, Pa- pers and Documents are necessary to be com- municated to the Continental Congress, - - 576 CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. Ma# 12, Letter from London to a Gentleman in Philadel- phia. Mr. Burke is to present the Remon- strance of the New- York Assembly on Mon- day next; the Ministry are determined it shall not be received, ----- 577 12, Richmond County, Virginia, Committee. Re- solutions of the Committee, vindicating their Constituents from the atrocious aspersions in Lord Dunmore's Proclamation of the third instant, ----... 578 12, Proclamation by Lord Dunmore, appointing the first Thursday in next month for the meeting of the General Assembly, - - - . 578 12, Joseph Galloway's Address to the Publick. De- nying the charge that he had wrote Letters to the Ministry inimical to America, - - 579 1775. ilfayl2,Committee of Correspondence for Bergen Coun- ty, in New-Jersey, appointed, ... 579 12, Delegates to the Provincial Congress of New- York chosen by the Committees in Charlotte County, 833 12, Freeholders and Inhabitants of Ha verstraw Pre- cinct, in Orange County, New- York, choose Delegates to the Provincial Congress, - - 834 12, Letter from the Albany Committee to the New- York Committee, enclosing a copy of a Let- ter from Ethan Allen, dated Ticonderoga, May 1 1, giving an account of the capture of that Fortress, ------- 605 12, Letter from S. Osgood to the Massachusetts Com- mittee of Safety. Notwithstanding the agree- ment with General Gage, the People of Bos- ton, though they complied with it on their part, are not permitted to leave Boston, - - 579 12, Petition from the Inhabitants of the Eastern parts of Massachusetts to the Provincial Congress, praying for assistance in Powder, Balls and Flints, that they may have wherewithal to defend themselves, ----- 580 12, Letter from the Selectmen of Amesbury to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety, - - 580 12, Letter from the Committee of Supplies to the Massachusetts Congress, - - - - 581 12, Letter from General Thomas to the Committee of Safety, 581 13, Letter from James Cavet to Arthur St. Clair. The situation of the well-affected Inhabitants of Pittsburgh is almost intolerable ; if not as- sisted they will be ruined, --- - 581 13, Letter from the Committee for Mamicoting to the New- York Congress. The Inhabitants have all signed the Association, and are determined to stand by it ; they have chosen Militia Offi- cers, and request the appointments may be confirmed by the Congress, ... 834 13, Letter from Dr. Wheelock to Govemour Trum- bull, ... --- 582 1 3, Letter from Thomas Fraser, in London, to George Erving, of Boston, ----- 583 13, Letter from Timothy Ladd to the New- Hamp- shire Congress, offering his services for the defence of the liberties of America, - - 584 14, Letter from Benedict Arnold to the Massachusetts • CommitteeofSafety. Crown Point, with eleven Prisoners, and a number of Cannon, taken. Major Skene made prisoner. Mr. Allen's party is decreasing, and the dispute subsiding, 584 14, Letter from Jedediah Preble to the Massachusetts Congress. Proceedings of Colonel Thomp- son, at Falmouth ; his capture and detention of Captain Mowatt, who is released on his promise to return on shore the next morning : he does not return, and his securities are arrested, - 585 15, Letter from the Committee of Correspondence for Falmouth, in Massachusetts, to the Com- mittee of Safety. Dangerous consequences anticipated from the conduct of Col. Thomp- son, ------- 586 Resolution of the Provincial Congress disap- proving of the conduct of Col. Thompson, - 587 15, Address of the Council to the People of Virgi- nia. A redress of Grievances is more likely to be obtained by gentle methods than by in- temperate behaviour. An Assembly will soon meet, when the People may represent their Grievances in the manner prescribed by the Constitution, - 587 15, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Committee. The British Parliament having in an Address to His Majesty declared the People of Massa- chusetts-Bay to be in a state of open Rebellion, encouraged by several other Colonies, it is the duty of the Freemen of this County to asso- ciate and provide themselves with Arms and Ammunition, to defend their lives and liber- ties, 588 NEW-JERSEY ASSEMBLY. May\ 5, Assembly of New-Jersey meets, - - - 589 List of Representatives, - 589 Letters from the Agents in England, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of New- York, laid before the House, - - 589 LV 1TT5 J»fayi6,Govcniour's Speech to ihe Council and House of Assembly, - - - - ,"—" Address to the King from the Lords and Com- mons of Great Britain, of the 7th of Febru- ary, 1775, and a copy of Lord North's Reso- lution laid before the House, - Letter from Governour Franklin to the Earl of 1 hirtmouth, dated February 1, 1775, laid before the House, - Governour's Speech and Papers referred to a Committee of the Whole House, and consi- dered, - - - - - " Address to the Governour in answer to his Speech ordered, and Committee appointed to prepare it, . . - - - - - - Message to the Governour, requesting him to in- form the House, whether the Letter to the Earl of Dartmouth, presented to the House on the 16th, is authentick or not, - Address in answer to the Governour's Speech, considered in Committee of the Whole, re- ported, amended, and agreed to, - The Speaker with the House wait upon the Governour in the Council Chamber with the Address, ------- The Speaker declares his dissent to the Address, Address of the House to the Governour, - Governour's Answer, - The House cannot comply with and adopt the Resolution of the House of Commons of Feb- ruary 27th, but recommend to their Delegates to lay it before the Continental Congress, Message from the Governour to the Assembly in reply to their Address on the subject of his Letter to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated Febru- ary 1, 1775, Committee appointed to consider the Message, and make report to the next sitting of the Assembly, Assembly prorogued to the 20th of June next, - CONTENTS. LVI 17, 18, 19, 20. 590 595 - 595 596 596 597 598 599 599 599 601 602 602 604 604 CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. 3fay 15,New- York Committee, .... 603 Address from the Captains of six Companies, of- fering their services to co-operate in carrying into effect the Continental Association, - - 604 Copies of the General Association of New- York, left in the several Wards of the City for signa- ture; all persons recommended to sign it as speedily as possible, ... 605 15, Letter from New- York Committee to the Conti- nental Congress, enclosing copies of Letters, with authentick intelligence of the capture of Ticonderoga, ...... 605 15, Newburgh, New- York, Committee. A num- ber of persons having neglected or refused to sign the Association, they are requested to do so ; such as do not sign it on or before the 29th instant, to be considered enemies to the Coun- try, and no person shall have any dealings with them, 606 15, Inhabitants of Cornwall Precinct, in Orange County, New- York, choose Deputies to the Provincial Congress, ..... 834 15, Providence, Rhode-Island, Town Meeting. Com- mittees authorized to purchase Arms for all able-bodied Men not able to purchase them- selves ; and the Town stock of Powder and Lead to be made up into Cartridges, - - 607 10, Letter from Newport, Rhode-Island. Two Sloops at Bedford taken by Capt. Lindsay, of the Falcon, sloop-of-war, retaken by the Peo- ple of Bedford ; one of the enemy was killed, two were wounded, and thirteen made prisoners, 608 1 5, Sloop at Dartmouth seized by Captain Linsday, of the Falcon, retaken with the prize crew, - 608 15, Recantation of the Rev. Samuel Dana, of Gro- ton, Massachusetts, ..... 608 15, Letter from General Gage to the Earl of Dart- mouth, ---.... 609 15, Petition from several Towns in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, to the Committee of Safety, re- questing the appointment of Colonel Lemuel Robinson, of Dorchester, .... 609 1 5, Petition of John Boice and Hugh McLean to the Manaehui I questing thai certain enlisted Soldiers, who are Paper .Makers, may be discharged, ...... 609 15, 15, 15. 15, 15, 16, 610 - 610 . 610 611 16. 16, 16, 1775. ,V(///15,Letter from a Committee at Berwick, to the Com- mittee of Safety, objecting to the appointment of one Alexander Scammell, who lives in New- Hampshire, Letter from Jedediah Preble to the Committee of Safety, objecting to the raising of two Regi- ments in the County of Cumberland, - Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to the Eastern Indians, - - - " Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, Town Meeting. The Committee of the Town empowered to inquire touching any obnoxious persons who may flee to this Town, and none but the Com- mittee shall have any concern with such Re- fugees, ------ Letter from the Committee and Selectmen of Marlow, New-Hampshire, to the Provincial Committee. They are not able to support a Delegate to the Provincial Congress, but with their lives and interests will assist in defence of the Colonies, 612 Letter from the Town of Alstcad, in New-Hamp- shire, to the Delegates of the Province, now sitting at Exeter. Cannot support a Delegate to the Congress, but will abide by all its deci- sions, - - - - - - -612 Meeting of the Inhabitants of Augusta County, Virginia, on the West side of Laurel Hill, at Pittsburgh ; appoint a Committee for the Dis- trict. The Committee resolve to support all the American measures ; make provision for embodying the Militia, procuring Arms and Ammunition, and for cultivating a friendship with the Indians, - - - - - 613 Instructions to John Harvie and George Roote, Delegates from the People West of Laurel Hill, to the Virginia Convention, - - 614 Letter from Dr. Franklin to Dr. Priestley, - 615 Meeting of the Inhabitants of the County of Westmoreland, in Pennsylvania. It is the in- dispensable duty of every American, by every means which God has put in his power, to resist and oppose the system of tyranny and oppres- sion attempted to be exercised by the Parlia- ment and Ministry of Great Britain, - - 615 Association of the Inhabitants of Westmoreland County, in Pennsylvania, - - - - 615 Meeting of the Council of Pennsylvania. Eight Indians, who arrived in Philadelphia on the 14th, brought before the Council, - - 616 Speech of one of the Indians to the Governour, 616 The Indians sent for, and the Governour began delivering a Speech in reply to them, but having a bad translator, it was postponed to the 20th instant, 617 Speech of the Governour in reply to that of the Indians, .-.-.-- 617 The Indians receive three hundred Dollars, and signed a receipt for it on the back of the Deed executed at Fort Stan wix, in 1768, - - 617 New- York Committee. The Ward Companies of Militia recommended to enrol their Men in the different Beats, to be in readiness to take their tour of duty as a Military Night Watch, 618 Letter from the Delegates from New- York in the Continental Congress, to the New- York Committee, enclosing a Resolution of the Con- gress of the 15th, recommending to the Inha- bitants, in the event of the arrival of any Troops, to act on the defensive, so long as may be consistent with their safety and security, - 618 16, Dutchess County, New- York, Committee, cer- tify the election of Deputies to the Provincial Congress, .--... 834 16, Letter from the Committee of Correspondence for Connecticut to the Massachusetts Congress. The expedition against Ticonderoga was set on foot by some private persons in Connecticut, and carried into effect without the aid of those afterwards sent from Massachusetts; but as it was done for the common cause, they will not contend for the precedency, - - -618 16, Letter from Joseph Warren to Arthur Lee, . 619 16, Letter from the Provincial Congress of Massa- chusetts to the Continental Congress, repre- senting the dangerous situation of affairs there without a regular Government, and asking their advice about taking up uud exercising 16, 16, 18, 20, 16, 16, LVI1 1775. CONTENTS. LVIII 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17. 17. 17, 18, 18, 18, 622 668 the powers of Government : they also request the Congress to take the general direction of the Army, 620 May 16, Letter from Henry Young Brown to the Massa- chusetts Congress. Communicates his suspi- cions that the Indians are about to take sides with Canada. There are but ten Guns, twenty pounds of Powder, and half a hundred of Lead, in the Town of Brownfield. Applies to the Congress for assistance, ... Middlesex County, Virginia, Committee. Tho- mas Haddin, having reviled the Continental Association, and refused to sign it, is held forth to the publick as an enemy to American Li- berty, ....... Cumberland County, Virginia, Committee, ap- prove of the Resolution of Maryland to stop Exportations to Quebeck, &c, and in conse- quence of the alarming situation of American affairs, especially in the Province of New- York, recommend a Colony Convention be immediately called, 622 Address of Cumberland County to the Inhabi- tants of the lower parts of Virginia, offering protection and support to their Wives and Children, in case of an invasion of the Colo- ny by sea, 622 Cecil County, Maryland, Committee. Charles Gordon having maliciously aspersed the Con- tinental Congress and the Provincial Conven- tion, is declared an enemy to the Country, and as such none are to have dealings or commu- nications with him, ..... 622 John Brown arrived at Philadelphia from Ticon- deroga, an Express to the General Congress, with an account of the capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, and of an attempt made by the British to find a passage for an Army from Canada to Boston, 623 Colonel Easton at the Provincial Congress in Watertown, with an account of the Capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, - - - 624 Philadelphia Committee direct the republication of the Resolve prohibiting the killing of any Sheep under four years old, ... 625 Votes in First, Second, Third, and Fourth Com- panies of Brookhaven, with the Poll Lists, for the choice of a Deputy to the Provincial Con- gress of New-York, 835 Account of the commencement of Hostilities be- tween Great Britain and America, in the Pro- vince of Massachusetts- Bay, by the Reverend Mr. William Gordon, of Roxbury, in a Letter to a Gentleman in England, ... 625 Letter from the Congress of Massachusetts to the Assembly of Connecticut, suggesting the pro- priety of having the Cannon at Ticonderoga and Crown Point removed immediately to the Camp at Cambridge, and the appointing of Colonel Arnold to take charge of them down, with all possible haste, to prevent disputes be- tween him and other officers, ... g08 Committees of Correspondence for the several Towns and Districts of Worcester County, in Massachusetts, requested to meet at the Court- House on Wednesday next, May 24th, - - 700 Letters of Governour Hutchinson, lately disco- vered, show what a slave he has been to the Ministry. Copy of one from him to General Gage, enclosing one from Bernard, in 1771, - 632 Letter from the Committee of Northborough to General Ward, charging Ebenezer Cutler, late of Groton, as an enemy to his country, - - 632 Letter from the Portsmouth, New- Hampshire, Committee, to the Provincial Congress. Re- quest to know if a Vessel may load with Masts, 632 Declaration by the Grand Jury of Newcastle, Delaware, ...... 633 Letter from Arthur St. Clair to Joseph Shippen, Jun., enclosing Letter of James Cavet, dated May 18th. Yesterday a County Meeting, in Westmoreland, passed Resolutions to arm and discipline the Militia, and formed an Associa- tion, 633 General Committee of Association for Newark, in New-Jersey, stop all Exportations to Glue- beck, Nova-Scotia, Georgia, and Newfound- land, 634 18, It 18, U 18, U It 18. 18, 1775. May 18, Instructions to the Deputies elected to represent the Town of Newark, in Essex County, in the Provincial Congress of New-Jersey, - - 634 New- York Committee. Committee appointed to institute a Military Night Watch, - - 636 Letter from the New- York Committee to the Governour of Connecticut; thank him for the kindness of Connecticut in sending Troops to their assistance, but request he may direct their encampment on the Western frontiers of Con- necticut, -..-... 636 Directions for a Military Night Watch in the City of New- York, 636 Letter from the Committee of Palatine District, Tryon County, New- York, to the Albany Committee, ...... 637 Letter from Colonel Guy Johnson to the Com- mittee of Schenectady, New- York, - - 638 Authentick Account of the taking of the Fortres- ses at Ticonderoga and Crown Point, by a par- * ty of Connecticut Forces, .... 638 Letter from Ethan Allen to James Morrison and the Merchants that are friendly to the cause of Liberty in Montreal, soliciting their immediate assistance, in Provisions, Ammunition, and Spirituous Liquors, not as a donation, for he is ready to pay for them, .... 639 Letter from the Camp at Cambridge. Informa- tion from Halifax, that the People destroyed a quantity of Hay, purchased and ready to be shipped for the Dragoons at Boston, - - 639 Letter from Colonel John Stark to the Provincial Congress of New-Hampshire, - - - 639 Address of the New-Hampshire Congress to Governour Wentworth. The British Troops being sent to America to enforce Acts of Par- liament by fire, sword, and famine, request to know from him the truth of a statement that he has made application for two Regiments, to be stationed at Portsmouth, ... 640 Caroline County, Virginia, Committee. Reso- lutions on Lord Dunmore's Letter to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated December 24, 1 774 ; his Proclamation of the 3d of May last ; and on Captain Montague's Letter to Thomas Nelson, threatening to burn the Town of York, - 640 Address to the Inhabitants of Virginia, on the conduct of Lord Dunmore, and in defence of Patrick Henry, - - . . - 641 Address to the Inhabitants of the Manor of Cort- landt, in New- York, on the efforts of the To- ries to obtain the ascendancy in the Manor, and their attempt to commit the People to '' The Loyalist's Test" last winter, ... 644 Letter from the Massachusetts Committee of Safe- ty to the Committee of Supplies, - . 645 Letter from Benedict Arnold to the Massachu- setts Committee of Safety. Surprised and took St. John's, with the King's Sloop of seventy tons, on the 18th instant. Allen is about to keep possession of St. John's, with eighty or a hundred men; this is a wild, impracticable scheme, if it could be carried into execution. A thousand or fifteen hundred men will be neces- sary to repair and keep Ticonderoga this sum- mer, 645 List of Cannon taken at Crown Point, - - 646 List of Cannon taken at Ticonderoga, - - 646 Rtturn of Ordnance Stores found at Ticonderoga, 646 Letter from General Ward to the Massachusetts Congress, urging the immediate settlement of the Regiments, " if we would save our Coun- try," ' 647 Letter from James Russell to Joseph Warren, President of the Provincial Congress, - . 647 Letter from Abijah Brown to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety. He has removed the Cannon from Waltham to Watertown, and is ready to march to Cambridge, ... 647 Petition of Benjamin Thompson, of Concord, in New-Hampshire, to the Commi tee of Safety. Requests a thorough examination into the charges against him, of being inimical to the liberties of this Country, .... 647 New-Hampshire Committee of Safety. Orders to Winborn Adams, and nine others, each to enlist one Company of sixty-two able-bodied Men: form of enlistment, .... 64g 19, 19, 19. 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 647 G49 G50 G50 650 650 651 - 651 651 651 - 651 L1X 17".'>. NEW-HAJIPSHIRE PROVIM 1AL CONVENTION. jtfaylT.PTOWDeid Convention o! New-Hampshire, ii oi Members, bew Thornton chosen President, and Ebene /rr Thompson Secretory, - - - Committee to draw up Rules to be observed in the Convention, ------ Committee to report on establishing a Post-Office, 18 Rules for tie- government of the Convention, Pogt-OnV<- at Portsmouth established. Colonel John Hale authorized to proceed to Al- bany, or any other place he thinks proper, to procure Fire-Arms awl Guupaffdai for the use of the Province, -".■"" Committee to prepare nnd bring in a plan of ways and means for furnishing Troops, Committee to prepare an Address to be sent to the ral Towns in the Province, respecting disputes about Tories, - - - - 19, Petition from Major Andrew McClary, praying redress of sundry grievances, read, Letter from Colonel John Stark, requesting a supply of Fire- Arms, read, ... 651 Recommendations to the Inhabitants to support good and wholesome Laws ; to encourage all Religious worship ; to encourage the Woollen and Linen Manufactory, and the making of Saltpetre, - -651 Committees of the several Towns requested to have a watchful eye over all persons who have used opprobrious expressions respecting the several Congresses, - - - - 652 Committee from the Massachusetts Congress, in- troduced into the Convention, ... 652 Selectmen of several Towns requested to furnish the Arms wanted by Colonel Stark, - - 652 20, Resolutions authorizing the raising and equip- ment of two thousand Men to serve until the last day of December, unless the Committee of Safety may judge it necessary to discharge them sooner, ------ 652 Thanks to the persons who took a quantity of Gunpowder from the Castle called William and Mary, in this Province, ... 653 Committee of Safety appointed, ... 653 Committee of Supplies appointed, - - - 653 Committee to sell Gunpowder to the frontier Towns, ------- 653 22, Muster-Masters appointed, ... - 653 Colonel Fenton required to appear before the Convention, concerning his Letter to the People of the County of Grafton, - 654 23, Colonel Nathaniel Folsom appointed to take the general command of the Troops raised, or to be raised, in this Government, - 654 Post-Office established at Exeter, ... 654 Nicholas Oilman appointed Treasurer and Re- ceiver-General of the Colony, ... 654 All Officers and Soldiers in the service to be taxed as other persons are, - 654 24, The several Towns are recommended to encour- age Manufactures in general, and that of Fire- Arms in particular, ----- 654 26, Instructions to the Committee of Safety, - - 655 A Company of not exceeding sixty Men, to be enlisted in the Northwesterly parts of the Colony, to act as occasion may require, - 655 Powers conferred on the Committee of Supplies, 655 31, Thanks to the persons who removed sundry Cannon from the sea-coast to Portsmouth, and to Doctor Hall Jackson for assisting in the matter, and bringing the intelligence, - - 656 June 1, Committee of Supplies authorized to import Military Stores from any place whatever, - 656 Committee of Portsmouth requested to take mea- sures to prevent the passage of the British Ships-of-War up to the Town, ... 656 2, An Address to the Inhabitants of the Colony, agreed to, - - - - "- 657 3, Addresses to the Congress of New- York to the Congress of Massachusetts, to the Colony of Connecticut, to the Continmtal Congress, and to John Sullivan and John Langdon, Dele- gates, adopted by the Convention, - - 657 5, Oath to be taken by all the ( fficen and Soldiers of the New-Hampshire Army, now raising for the defence and security of the Rights and Labertiss of the American Colonies, - - 60S CONTENTS. 1775. Ju.ncT, Obligation of secrecy as to the Proceedings of the Convention, - - - - - - Col. Hale retained without Powder or Small- Arms, but gives great encouragement they can soon be had from the Southern Colonies, - Receiver-General authorized to give his notes of hand for ten thousand and fifty Pounds, - Bills of Credit of Massachusetts, to have a free currency in New-Hampshire, - - - Lenity and forbearance in Creditors towards Debtors recommended, - - Convention adjourned to the 27th instant, - B. 9, 10, I>X 653 65S 659 660 660 660 659 660 661 836 837 CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. itf<zy20,Committee of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The application of Mr. Weems, for permission to purchase an Anchor and Cable of Captain Carcaud, of the Ship Industry, rejected. No person can purchase or receive them cpnsis- tent with the Continental Association, - 20, Field-Officers chosen for Newcastle County, Delaware, ------ 20, Letter from the New- Jersey Assembly to their Delegates in the Continental Congress, - 20, Petition of James Rivington to the Continental Congress, ------- 20, Town Meeting in Brooklyn, King's County, New- York. Their reasons for uniting with the other Counties of the Colony in support of their rights ; choose Deputies to the Provin- cial Congress, and pledge themselves to abide by the directions of the Congress, 20, Letter from Col. Guy Johnson to the Magistrates and others of Palatine, Canajoharie, and the upper Districts in Tryon County, New- York; has had repeated accounts that a body of New- Englanders were to come to seize him. If the Indians find their Superintendent disturbed they will take dreadful revenge, - - - Letter from Colonel Guy Johnson to the Magis- trates and Committee of Schenectady, and Mayor of Albany, - - - - - 20, Act of the Rhode- Island Assembly, prohibiting the Oath of Office being administered to Go- vernour Wanton, . - - - - 20, Letter from the Committee of Safety of Massa- chusetts to General Preble, at Falmouth, 20, Letter to the Massachusetts Congress, from the Committee appointed to confer with the Con- gress of New-Hampshire, - - - - 20, Resolutions of the New-Hampshire Congress for raising and equipping two thousand Men, 20, Letter from the Rev. William Gordon to Joseph Warren. If the Committee will send him Hutchinson's loose Letters, he will examine them, and mark whatever appears to be im- portant to the Publick, - - - - Letter to the Oneidas from the Mohawks; writ- ten at Guy Johnson's, - - - - 21, Resolutions of the Committee of Tryon Coun- ty, New- York, on the Letter of Colonel Guy Johnson, of May 20, and on the Letter from the Mohawks to the Oneidas, ... 21, Letter from the Committee of Palatine District, Tryon County, to the Albany Committee. — The communication with Albany is entirely stopped by Colonel Johnson, who has five hun- dred men to guard his house, which he has fortified. There is not fifty pounds of Pow- der in the District ; they have an open enemy before them, and treacherous friends at their backs, ------- 21, Letter from Boston to a Gentleman in Philadel- phia. General Gage has broken his engage- ment with the People of Boston, after they had delivered up their Arms, - - - - 21, Letter from General Ward to the Massachusetts Congress, - - " - 21, Letter from James Sullivan to the Massachusetts Congress, ------ 21, Letter from the Committee of Safety to the Pro- vincial Congress of Massachusetts, 22, Letter from the Norfolk, Virginia, Committee, to the Committee for Prince George County, with an examination of Captain Charles Alexander, ------ 503 22, Prince William County, Virginia, Committee. 661 661 662 663 664 664 664 664 665 665 666 666 667 667 LXt 1775. CONTENTS. LXII 22, 22, 22 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 23, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, Condemn the conduct of Lord Dunmore in regard to the Powder. Justify Patrick Henry in demanding satisfaction for it; as, in their opinion, the violent proceedings of the Troops in Massachusetts would have justified reprisals of a much greater magnitude, - , Buckingham County, Virginia, Committee. Offer to receive the AVives, Children and Slaves of such of the Inhabitants of the lower Counties as may be driven from their habitations ; and will give them Lands to cultivate, and let their Cattle feed with their own, ... Meeting of Inhabitants of Charles County, in Maryland. Appoint Deputies to the General Convention of the Province, - Letter from a Gentleman in Philadelphia to his Friend in Williamsburgh, Virginia. There has been a complete revolution in New-York. The Province is arming; the Governour dare not call his Assembly to receive Lord North's Plan ; the Tory leaders have been obliged to fly, - - - - - Letter to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety, from their Delegates in the Continen- tal Congress. The Congress have ordered the Forts of Ticonderoga and Crown Point to be demolished, and the warlike Stores to be removed to the south end of Lake George. — All the Colonies in Congress are firmly united, and preparing for the worst, ... New- York Committee. Motion by Mr. Mc- Dougall for a Committee to confer with the Deputies of the County of Albany, now in New- York, whether Albany can furnish Men to garrison Ticonderoga ; rejected on motion of Mr. De Lancey, ----- Letter from the New- York Committee to Gov- ernour Trumbull, enclosing a copy of the Re- solution of Congress for removing the Military Stores from Ticonderoga and Crown Point to the south end of Lake George, - - - Deputies for Queen's County to the New- York Provincial Congress chosen by the Freeholders, Delegates to the Provincial Congress chosen in King's County, New- York, - . - Letter from the Corporation of Albany to Colonel Guy Johnson. If he studies the welfare of his Country he need not be apprehensive of any injury to his person or property. There has been no intention of taking him captive, or offering him any indignity; these reports are only propagated to rouse the Indians to take up arms against the Americans, Letter from the Albany Committee to Colonel Guy Johnson, ------ Letter from Benedict Arnold, Commander at Ti- conderoga, to the Albany Committee. On the 13th captured the Garrison at St. John's, and took a King's Sloop of seventy tons; on his return he met one Colonel Allen, with a party for St. John's, who were attacked and defeated by the Regulars. Requests Seamen and Powder may be sent him, - - - Narrative of the Excursions and Ravages of the King's Troops, under the command of Gen- eral Gage, on the 19th of April, 1775, together with the Depositions taken by order of Con- gress to support the truth of it, - Ravages of the King's Troops, - - . Damages sustained in Lexington, - . - Damages sustained in Concord, - Letter from Samuel Bullard to the Massachusetts Congress, ..... Letter from the Committee of Supplies to the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, com- plaining of ungenerous treatment from Gen. Ward, ------- Letter from the Massachusetts Committee of Safe- ty to the Provincial Congress, with the Letter from Captain Benedict Arnold, of May 11, requesting the Congress to take such mea- sures as they deem necessary, - Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to Bene- dict Arnold. As the affairs of the Expedition began in Connecticut, that Colony has been written to, to take the whole under their direc- tion until the advice of the Continental Con- gress can be had, - 667 667 668 668 670 671 671 838 838 671 672 839 673 675 675 675 - 675 676 - 676 676 C77 677 1775. M«y23, Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to Govern- our Tryon. The King received the Petition of the New- York Assembly with the most gracious expressions of regard. The Memo- rial to the Lords, and Representation to the Commons contained claims which made it im- possible for Parliament, consistent with its dig- nity, to receive them, - The Crisis, No. 8. On American affairs. 23, Letter from William Hooper, at Philadelphia, to Samuel Johnston, in North-Carolina. The strict secrecy which Congress enjoins upon its Members prevents his communicating any in- formation of their Proceedings. The most per- fect harmony subsists among its Members. — The character of New- York is no longer sus- picious; they take an active share in the oppo- sition. Government has sent them the Asia, Man-of-War, to give spirit to the Tories. — North-Carolina will probably be called on for Money, and a Provincial Convention should be immediately called, .... 680 23, Address of Williamsburgh Volunteers to Peyton Randolph, 680 Mr. Randolph's Answer, - - - 680 23, Westmoreland County, Virginia, Committee. — Resolutions on Lord Dunmore's Speech in Council, on the 2d of May, and his Proclama- tion of the 3d of May, - - - - 681 - 23, Talbot County, Maryland, Committee of Obser- vation. Proceedings in relation to the Ship Johnston, belonging to Mr. Gildart, of Liver- pool, loaded with Salt and Dry Goods, and bound to the Chesapeake Bay, - - - 682 23, Letter from Robert Hanna, James Cavet and Thomas Scott, at Pittsburgh, to Governour Penn, complaining of their treatment from the authorities of Virginia, .... 683 23, Letter from /Eneas Mackay and others, at Pitts- burgh, to Governour Penn. They are treated by the Officers under Virginia like degraded beings, not entitled to the common rights of mankind ; the very name of a Pennsylvanian is sufficient to render a man odious there, - 684 23, Letter from a Committee of the Assembly of Connecticut to the Speaker. The New- York Committee will supply Provisions to the Con- necticut Forces at Ticonderoga. St. Luke La Come has sent Belts to all the Northern Tribes of Indians, to engage them to take up Arms against the New-England Colonies. It is supposed the Plebeians of the Canadas will not willingly engage against the Colonists, but the Nobles are their bitter enemies, - - 685 23, Letter from the Albany Committee to the Com- mittee of Palatine District, in Tryon County, 84 1 Speech of the Mohawks to the Magistrates and Committee of Schenectady, and the Mayor and Committee of Albany, delivered by Little Abraham, May 20, - ' - - - - 841 Answer to Little Abraham's Speech, by the Ma- gistrates and Committee of Albany and Sche- nectady, May 20, - - - - . - 842 Reply of the Mohawks to the Answer of the Magistrates, &c, of Albany and Schenectady, 842 23, Letter from Benedict Arnold to the General As- sembly of Connecticut. Defeat of Colonel Allen at St. John's; there are four hundred Regulars there, making preparation to cross the Lake, with the design of retaking Crown Point and Ticonderoga, .... 840 23, Letter from Benedict Arnold, Commander-in- Chief at Crown Point, to Captain Noah Lee, at Ticonderoga. Preparations of the Regulars and Indians for retaking Ticonderoga and Crown Point; requests every man within fifty miles of Skenesborough may be sent to Ticon- deroga with Powder and Provisions, - 23, Letter from Ticonderoga to a Gentleman in Hartford, Connecticut, giving a Journal of Military operations from the 1 1th to the 19th of May, ------- 841 685 NEW-JERSEY PROVINCIAL CONGRESS. May23, New-Jersey Provincial Congress meets, - 685 List of Deputies who attended, ... 685 24, Hendrick Fisher elected President, Jonathan D. I.XIII 1773. CONTENTS. LXIV 25, 26, iry, and William Paterson ami li rick Freungnuyaeo his Assistants, MaylX. Ministers of the Gospel in Trenton requested to their daily attendance during the session, to open tin- House with Prayer, - Allegiance to the King of Great Britain, in the rightful exercise of his authority, acknow- ledged, ------ Appointment of Delegates to the Continental Congress, hy the Assembly, confirmed, - Associators of Shrewsbury, in Monmouth Coun- ty, advised to choose Committee of Observation, Letter to the Continental Congress. They do not think it advisable to enter into measures of consequence, until some, general plan is agreed on by the Continental Congress ; and arc will- ing "to adopt and carry out any plan which they may devise and recommend, Adopt the Non-Exportation Resolution of the Continental Congress, . - - - Letter to the Provincial Congress of New- York. Inform the New- York Congress of their ap- plication to the Continental Congress for an uniform plan of operations, and that a general system of correspondence between the Colo- nies should be adopted, - - - Pierpont Edwards, one of a Committee from Connecticut, attended with certain propositions and instructions, which were received, read, and referred for further consideration, The Committee sent to the Continental Congress, with the Letter of the 25th instant, returned with a written Answer, . - - - Letter received from New- York Congress, pro- fessing their readiness to establish a free cor- respondence, ------ Petition from Robert Murray and John Murray, professing their sincere contrition for violating the Continental Association; they are restored to all the privileges they heretofore enjoyed in the Province, ------ Association adopted, and ordered to be sent to the several Counties, . . - - - June 1, Letter to Pierpont Edwards, in answer to his ap- plication on the part of Connecticut, 3, Regulations for the government of the Militia of the Colony, ------ Ordinance for raising a sum of Money for the use of the Province, ----- 692 29, 30. 31, 687 687 687 688 688 688 689 - 689 - 689 - 689 689 689 - 690 - 690 - 691 1775. 24, 24. CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. May2Z, Letter from Benedict Arnold to the Massachu- setts Committee of Safety. Has neither Pro- visions nor Ammunition. Four hundred Re- gulars are at St. John's, and it is expected they will make em effort to retake Crown Point and Ticonderoga, ------ 693 23, Letter from Committee of Safety to the Massa- chusetts Congress, ----- 694 23, Petition from John Merril to the Massachusetts Congress, for Powder for the Town of Top- sham, which is in great danger of an attack from the Indians, ----- 695 23, Letter from the Selectmen of the Town of Wal- thnm to Massachusetts Committee of Safety, - 695 23, Committee of Inspection for the Town of Tewks- bury declare Mr. Timothy Brown ought not to be treated as an enemy, but as a friend to li- berty, 695 23, Letter from the New-Hampshire Congress to their Delegates in the Continental Congress, 695 23, Letter from the Provincial Congress of New- Hampshire to the Continental Congress. In- form the Congress of what has been done in the Colony, and ask advice as to their further proceeding. They ardently wish a connection may yet be preserved between Great Britain and the Colonies, but many conclude that the voice of God and Nature, since the late hos- tile conduct of Great Britain, is, that we are bound to look to our whole political affairs, - 696 23, Letter from the New-Hampshire Congress to the Massachusetts Congress. The People of New- Hampshire are heartily engaged in the com- mon cause, and at all hazards determined to stand by and support it, relying on Divine Providence for success, .... 697 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 25. 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, Jjetter from Colonel John Fenton to the New- Hampshire Congress, - Letter from the Committee from Connecticut to the New- York Congress, - - - - Petition of Captain Delaplace to the Assembly of Connecticut. The Fortress of Ticonderoga, of which he had the command, was taken on the 10th instant, by one Ethan Allen, and the Garrison made prisoners and sent to Hartford. Requests to know by what authority Allen took them, and why they are detained, Address of the Provincial Congress to the Inha- bitants of Massachusetts-Bay, - - - Letter from Enoch Freeman to Samuel Freeman, at Watertown. He cannot attend the Com- mittee of Safety, but will render any service in his power in the more exposed eastern parts of the Province, . . - - - Enemies to the Rights and Liberties of the Country, who have aided the plans of a ty- rannical ruler and an abandoned Ministry, disarmed at Worcester, Massachusetts, and ordered not to leave the Town or meet to- gether, - - - - - - - No evidence has appeared before the Committee of Woburn, in Massachusetts, to prove Major Benjamin Thompson, of Concord, New- Hamp- shire, an enemy to the liberties of the Coun- try, - John Ackerman and others, of New- Hampshire, charged as inimical to the liberties of Ame- rica, acquitted and discharged, - Richmond County, Virginia, Committee. Re- solutions, disapproving of the Address of the Council of Virginia to the People, Lancaster County, Virginia, Committee. Reso- lutions justifying themselves and their consti- tuents from the imputations of the Governour in his Speech to the Council, on the 2d of May, and their advice and the Proclamation of the 3d of May, Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Norfolk, in Virginia. Resolve to have no dealings with any person who shall give any assistance to the enemies of the Confederated Colonies, -....- Address to the People of Virginia, - - - Meeting of the Officers of twenty Militia Com- panies, at Dover, in Delaware. Approve and sign an Association, and appoint Field-Officers for the Upper and Lower Regiments of the County, Letter from Arthur St. Clair to Governour Penn. State of affairs at Pittsburgh; the proceedings of Connolly, under Lord Dunmore, has thrown every thing in confusion. An Association has been formed in the County for the defence of American Liberty. Connolly has sent Mes- sengers to the Indians, and it is understood he is preparing to decamp, ... Letter from the Provincial Congress of New- York to the Governour of Connecticut. Or- ders have been given to remove the Cannon and Stores taken at Ticonderoga, to the south end of Lake George. New- York will make no objections to the sending of Troops from Connecticut for the protection of Ticonderoga, Resolution of the Continental Congress directing the removal of the Stores from Ticonderoga, Letter from the Provincial Congress of New- York to the Agents appointed by them to superintend the removal of the Cannon and Stores from Ticonderoga, - Instructions to the Agents, enclosed in the fore- going Letter, ------ Letter from Colonel Spencer to the Assembly of Connecticut, - - - - - ' . Letter from Governour Trumbull to the Massa- chusetts Congress. As the enterprise against Ticonderoga was a private undertaking, with- out any publick authority, it has been thought proper to take the advice of the Continental Congress upon the manner of treating it in future, ------- Letter from General Thomas to the Provincial Congress. Thanks them for his appointment as Lieutenant-General of the Massachusetts Army, ------- 698 843 698 699 700 700 701 701 701 - 702 703 703 704 - 705 705 706 1251 1251 706 706 707 LXV 1775. ■May-25, Letter from Joseph Warren to the Massachusetts Congress, ------ 707 25, Letter from the Committee of Maiden, Massa- chusetts, to the Committee of Safety, - 708 25, Petition from the Inhabitants of Machias to the Massachusetts Congress, - - - - 708 25, Letter from the Committee of Correspondence for Cumberland County to the Massachusetts Con- gress, ------- 709 25, Letter from Thomas Barnard to the Salem Com- mittee of Safety. His declaration of attach- ment to the cause of America, - - - 710 25, Committee of Safety for Salem, Massachusetts. The declaration of the Rev. Thomas Barnard, satisfactory ; and he should be hereafter looked upon as a friend to his Country, - - - 710 26, General Committee for Charlestown, South- Carolina, prohibit the exportation of Corn from the Province; and require eight thousand bushels of Salt, imported in the Brigantine Hannah, from Liverpool, to be forthwith sent back, the Salt having been shipped at Liver- pool as Merchandise, with intent to put the American Association at defiance, - - 710 2G, Loudoun County, Virginia, Committee. Disap- prove of Lord Dunmore's seizing the Powder, and approve of the measures of Patrick Henry and the Hanover Volunteers, - - - 710 26, Letter from the President of the Continental Congress to the New- York Congress, enclos- ing the Resolutions of Congress of May 25, recommending the establishment of Posts at or near King's Bridge, and in the Highlands, and other measures of defence, - 844 26, Letter from the Provincial Congress of New- Jersey to the Provincial Congress of New- York. An uniform plan of conduct should be adopted by the Colonies; and they have applied for the advice and direction of the Con- tinental Congress on that subject; they abo recommend the establishment of a correspon- dence between the Colonies, ... 845 26, Letter from the New- York Congress to the Mas- sachusetts Committee of Safety, - - - 711 26, Petition of Samuel Tudor to the New- York Congress, in behalf of the Independent Artil- lery Company, for Ammunition, &c., - - 845 26, Letter from the New- York Congress to their Delegates in the Continental Congress. The subject of issuing a Paper Currency is now under consideration, and they wish to consider it further before the Continental Congress comes to a final determination on the subject, - 845 26, Letter from the Albany Committee to the New- York Congress, enclosing a number of papers relating to the present state of affairs in the Northern parts of the Province, - - - 712 Extracts of intercepted Letters, enclosed in a Let- ter from the Albany Committee to the Provin- cial Congress of New-York, dated May 26, - 846 26, Letter from Ethan Allen to the Assembly of Con- necticut, - - - - - - -713 24, Letter from Ethan Allen, Colonel of the Green Mountain Boys, to the several Tribes of In- dians in Canada, inviting them to join him, - 714 26, Letter from Benedict Arnold to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety, - - 714 26, Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to the Congress of New- York. They have directed Mr. Arnold to send from Ticonderoga such of the Cannon as can be spared, for the use of the Army in Massachusetts. General Gage has broken his faith with the Inhabitants of Bos- ton; after they had delivered up their Arms he refused to let them go. New- York may profit by their example, ----- 715 26, Letter from Joseph Hawley to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety; requesting copies of Col. Benedict Arnold's Commission, Instruc- tions, &c, - - - - - -716 26, Letter from Benjamin Greenleaf to the Massa- chusetts Congress; requesting to be excused from serving on the Committee of Safety, - 716 26, Letter from the Massachusetts Committee of Safety to the Provincial Congress, complaining of Colonel Jonathan Brewer, of Waltham, - 716 26, L"tter from the Massachusetts Congress to the New-Hampshire Congress; urging them to Fourth Sebies. — Vol. ii. CONTENTS. LXVI 1775. send forward with all speed the Troops they have been raising to serve against the common enemy, ---.... 717 May26, Letter from Captain Samuel Bullard to the Mas- sachusetts Committee of Safety, - - - 717 27, Frederick County, Virginia, Committee. No measures with Administration, which may affect the Liberties of America, ought to be agreed to by this Colony without the concur- rence of the other Colonies, - - - 718 27, Prince George's County, Maryland, Committee. Thomas Bailly has committed a wilful viola- tion of the Continental Association, in selling imported Salt ; and John Baynes has violated the Continental and Provincial Association by killing a Lamb, 718 27, Letter from Abraham Lott to the New- York Congress, requesting their direction whether he shall comply with an order to supply His Majesty's Ship Asia with Provisions, - - 846 27, Letter from Governour Trumbull to the New- York Congress, on the threatened attack from the Province of Quebeck on Ticonderoga and Crown Point, ------ 846 27, Letter from the Assembly of Connecticut to the Massachusetts Congress. They think the stand should be made at Ticonderoga, and not at Fort George, as advised by the Continental Congress, which advice they have desired their Delegates to request may be reconsidered, - 719 27, Account of the battle at Chelsea, Hog- Island, &c, in Massachusetts, ----- 720 Representation of the Selectmen of Waltham to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety; charging Major Abijah Brown with being un- friendly to the Country, - - - - 720 27, Letter from the Committee of Safety to the Mas- sachusetts Congress, referring to them the complaint against Major Abijah Brown, - 721 Major Brown acquitted of the charges against him by the Provincial Congress, - - - 721 27, Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to the Continental Congress. The order to remove the Cannon from Ticonderoga to this Colony was given without the slightest intention of offence to New- York. It is of the utmost importance that Ticonderoga, or some Post near it, should be maintained, to interrupt the water communication between Canada and the Colonies, - - - - - - - 721 27, Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to the Assembly of Connecticut. Before any thing further is done in relation to Ticonderoga the advice of the Continental Congress should be had, and also the special advice of New- York, in whose jurisdiction it is, - - - - 722 27, Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to Col. Benedict Arnold, at Ticonderoga, - - 723 27, Instructions to Colonel Henshaw, appointed by the Massachusetts Congress to proceed to the Governour of Connecticut, to ascertain if pro- vision is made for securing and maintaining Ticonderoga, - 723 28, Letter from Colonel Henshaw to Joseph Warren, 723 28, Minutes of Colonel Joseph Henshaw's journey to Connecticut, - ... 724 27, Letter from the Selectmen of Partridgeficld to the Massachusetts Congress, - 724 27, Condition of New-Hampshire, as delivered by their Delegates to the Continental Congress, - 725 27, Recantation of Ebenezer Loverin, of Kensing- ton, New-Hampshire, - - . . 725 Letter from Gouverneur Morris to Richard Henry Lee. A favourable sentence in Riving- ton's case, which has been referred to the Con- tinental Congress, will be highly agreeable to most men in New- York, - 726 28, Letter from Richard Henry Lee to Gouverneur Morris. Happily for the cause of humanity, the Colonies are now united, and may bid de- fiance to Tyranny and its infamous abetters. Mr. Rivington's case, and all others of a like kind, arc referred to the Colony Conventions where the offence was committed, - - 726 28, Letterfrom the Massachusetts Committee of Safe- ty to Colonel Benedict Arnold, ... 726 29, Charles County, Maryland, Committee. John Baillie and Patrick Graham of Port Tobacco, IAVII 1775. CONTENTS. 1775. LXVI1I for their infamous conduct in importing Dry- Uoods in violation of the Continental Associa- tion, to be held up as eOMnia of American Liberty, and all persons to leave off dealing with them, ...--- 727 Ma y29,New- York Committee. All persons having any ( isnaburghs. Havens' Duck, Russia Sheeting, Ik , are requested not to dispose of them until the Provincial Congress shall determine on the expediency of detaining them for their own use, ...--•- 728 29, Letter from the New- York Congress to the Provincial Congress of New-Jersey. Nothing at this critical juncture can tend more to ensure success than an uniform plan of conduct for the several Colonies; to this end we ought to look to the Continental Congress, - - 12G0 29, Letter from the New- York Congress to their Delegates at Philadelphia. There is no Pow- der to be purchased in the City, and scarce any in the whole Colony; and a very con- siderable number of the Inhabitants are with- out Arms, 1260 29, Letter from the New- York Congress to the Com- mittees in the several Counties, requesting that the Resolution for subscribing the Associa- tion may be carried into effect without delay, and that the names of those who refuse to sign may be returned to the Congress, - - - 1261 29, Letter from the New- York Congress to Gover- nour Trumbull. New- York not being able to take command of the Posts of Crown Point and Ticonderoga, wishes Connecticut to do so, 728 29, Memorandum by Colonel Arnold of the Men and Military Stores required for the ensuing Summer, ------- 847 29, Letter from Governour Trumbull to the New- York Congress. Colonel Hinman with one thousand Men ordered to Ticonderoga, for the protection of that Post and Crown Point, - 847 29, Letter from J. Trumbull, Jun., to his Brother, at Cambridge, 728 29, Committee of New-Milford, in the County of Litchfield, Connecticut, publish Zachariah Ferris. Joseph F'erris, Jun., James Osborne, Daniel Taylor, Nathaniel Taylor and Heze- kiah Stevens, Jun., all of New-Milford, as persons to be universally neglected and treated as incorrigible enemies to the rights of British America, 730 29, Letter from the Selectmen of New-Haven to Governour Trumbull, .... 730 29, Letter from Governour Trumbull to the Massa- chusetts Congress, informing them of the mea- sures taken for the security of Crown Point and Ticonderoga, ..... 730 29, Letter from Governour Trumbull to the Albany Committee. Connecticut has made provision, with the consent of New-York, for the protec- tion of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, - - 731 St9, Letter from William Gilleland to the Continen- tal Congress, on the protection of the North- ern frontiers of New- York, - - - 73 1 29, Military Companies forming in various parts of New-Jersey, ...... 732 29, Letter from Ethan Allen to the Continental Con- gress, showing the injurious effects of aban- doning Ticonderoga and Crown Point, - 732 29, Letter from Benedict Arnold to the Continental Congress. Informs them of his participation in tiie capture of Ticonderoga, and of his subsequent proceedings there. Remonstrates against the abandonment of Ticonderoga; five hundred families to the north of it will be left to the mercy of the King's Troops and the In- dians, ----... 734 29, Letter from Benedict Arnold to the Massachu- setts Committee of Safety. Surprised and alarmed on learning the order of the Continen- tal Congress to remove the Stores from Ticon- deroga to Fort George. Colonel Allen has entirely given up the command, ... 735 29, Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to Go- vernour Trumbull, showing the importance of retaining possession of Ticonderoga, . 735 89, Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to the New-Hampshire Congress. The measure taken by the Continental Congress, of aban- 737 738 739 - 739 doning Ticonderoga, will be highly injurious to the Colonies east of Hudson's River, Mat/'Z9, Letter from the Committee of Sandwich to the Massachusetts Congress, giving a statement of facts relating to the capture of several Vessels by Capt. Lindsey, of the Falcon, sloop-of-war, 29, Letter from the Committee of Salem to the Mas- sachusetts Committee of Safety. They are satisfied of the propriety of Mr. Stephen Hig- ginson's conduct, in the answers he gave when on examination before the House of Commons, 29, Letter from Colonel John Stark to the New- Hampshire Congress, - 29, Letter from the Committee of Portsmouth, New- Hampshire, to the Committee of Newburyport. Two Provision Vessels seized in the Harbour by Captain Barclay, of the King's Ship Scar- borough, - ...... 740 Particular account of the capture of the Provi- sion Vessels. Orders given by General Gage and Admiral Graves, to take every Vessel with Provisions met with on any station, and send thern to Boston, for supplies for the Army and Navy, ...... 740 Address to General Gage, - - - - 74 1 MASSACHUSETTS COMMITTEE OF SAFETV. Apr. 5, Committee of Safety, meets at Concord, - - 741 Committee of Supplies to furnish an exact ac- count of all Provisions and Stores, - - 741 14, Cannon in Concord to be disposed of immediate- ly within the Town, - - - - - 741 Powder at Leicester to be removed to Concord, - 741 Colonel Gardner chosen one of the Committee of Safety, by the Provincial Congress, in place of Deacon Fisher, resigned, - - - 741 17, Application to be made to certain persons to take command of Artillery Companies, - - 742 Colonel Barret requested to raise an Artillery Company, ...... 742 Pay of Artillery Companies established, - - 743 Four Cannon sent to Groton to Colonel Prescott, 743 Two brass Mortars sent to Acton, - - - 743 Committee of Safety and Committee of Supplies adjourn to Menotomy, .... 743 18, Four brass Cannon to be under the care of the Boston Company and Captain Robinson, - 743 Letter to Captain Timothy Bigelow, - - 743 All the Ammunition of the Province to be de- posited in nine different Towns, - - - 743 Provisions to be removed from Concord to Sud- bury, 743 Six Companies of Matrosses, - - - - 743 Disposition to made of the Cannon, Powder, and Military Stores of all kinds, ... 743 Letter to Colonel Barret, countermanding the order to remove the Powder from Leicester to Concord, ------- 743 21, Form of Enlistment adopted, .... 744 Eight thousand effective Men to be enlisted, to serve for seven months, .... 744 Colonel Gridley and his son, and David Mason, required to attend the Committee immediately, 745 Field-Pieces to be prepared for action imme- diately, 745 Captain Dexter to conceal the Cannon in his charge, 745 General Officers required to make a Return of such Officers and Soldiers as are engaged to serve in the Massachusetts Army, and to give in a List of such as they deem qualified for Field-Oflicers, 745 22, Military Stores to be removed from the Seaport Towns, ----... 745 Intrenching Tools to be inspected and repaired, 745 24, Field-Offlcers of Minute-Men at Cambridge re- quired to attend the Committee immediately, 745 Inhabitants of Chelsea and Maiden forbidden to fire upon the Seamen under Admiral Graves, 745 25, The Cannon at Marlborough to be brought to Waltham and mounted, .... 745 Col. Freeman, of Sandwich, to secure the Whale Boats at Cape Cod, 745 Beating Orders for enlistment of persons belong- ing to New-Hampshire, .... 745 Provincial Congress requested to reduce the Com- panies to fifty-nine Men each, - . . 745 746 746 746 746 746 746 746 746 746 747 747 747 747 747 747 747 1775. lxix CONTENTS. 1775. A/)r.25,Escort to the Members of Continental Congress, 26, General Preble at Falmouth, requested to attend at Cambridge, ------ Fifteen of the Prisoners at Concord removed to Worcester Jail, - Provincial Congress requested to make an Es- tablishment for Armourers, - Enlistments in the Army encouraged, Order of the 24th instant, forbidding the Inhabi- tants of Chelsea and Maiden to fire on the Seamen under command of Admiral Graves, rescinded, ------ Inhabitants of Chelsea and Maiden authorized to defend themselves, as their judgment may direct, ------- Warrant for supplying an Express, Certificate to Dr. Bond, - - - - 27, Instructions to Captain Derby, intrusted with intelligence to the Agent in England, - Letters sent to Rhode- Island and Connecticut, - Colonel Glover to prevent intelligence being sent to the Lively, Ship-of-War, at Marblehead, - 28, Post-Riders, between the Army and Worcester, recommended, ------ General Gage's Precepts for calling an Assem- bly not to be noticed, - - - - - None living in New- York, or any other Go- vernment, to be enlisted for the service of this Province, ------ Cannon at Medford to be brought to Cambridge, Inhabitants of Boston yesterday surrendered their Fire-Arms, as they had agreed to do, with General Gage, - Committee to take the state of Boston into consi- deration, ------- 29, Committee to take into consideration the removal of the Inhabitants from Boston, - - - Neighbouring Towns required to send one-half of their Militia to Cambridge and Roxbury, - Expresses to press as many Horses as they have occasion for, ------ General Ward to apply to the Commissary for such Stores as he may have occasion for, Dr. Foster authorized to remove the sick and wounded to the Hospital, - - - - Captain Benedict Arnold, with a Company, ar- rived from Connecticut, - - - General Thomas ordered to seize Governour Hutchinson's Papers, - - - - 30, Captain Benedict Arnold reports the quantity of Cannon at Ticonderoga, and that the Fortress is in a ruinous condition, - - - - Province Arms at Worcester or Concord to be brought to Cambridge, - - - - Committee to form a plan for the liberation of the Inhabitants of Boston, - - - - Orders to Colonel Gerrish, - - - - John Pierce Palmer appointed Quartermaster- Genera) of the Army, - Inhabitants of the Colony desirous of removing into Boston, permitted to do so, - May 1, Paper Currencies of Connecticut and Rhode-Is- land to pass in Massachusetts, - - - Rev. Mr. Gordon to have free access to the Pri- soners, ------- 2, Committee on the proposal of Colonel Arnold, for an attempt on Ticonderoga, - - - Recantations from Marblehead received, - * Money, &c, to be delivered to Captain Arnold, for the use of the Colony, upon a certain ser- vice, approved of by the Council of War, Colonel Arnold appointed to a secret service, au- thorized to appoint certain Officers, Ten Horses to be procured for Colonel Arnold, to be employed on a special service, 3, Orders to Colonel Arnold, relative to au attempt upon Ticonderoga, - - - - - 4, The publick good of the Colony requires that Go- vernment in full form ought to be taken up immediately, - - - - - - 751 Letter to the Governour of Connecticut, request- ing him to forward three or four thousand Troops, - - 751 Committee to confer with the Council of War, on the arrival of re-enforcements at Boston, - 752 7, To prevent the appointment of Surgeons who may not be agreeable to the Officers and Soldiers, Colonels are to nominate them, ... 752 747 747 747 747 748 748 748 748 748 748 749 749 749 749 749 749 750 750 750 750 750 750 751 LXX Mai/7, Committee for Chelsea to prevent Provisions from being carried into Boston, - - - - 753 9, Recommend a new Commission for the Committee of Safety, 753 Council of War recommend a re-enforcement of two thousand Men to be brought into Camp the ensuing night, ----- 753 A Court of Inquiry proposed for the trial of ac- cused persons, ------ 753 10, Many Batteaus, Whale Boats, and others, will very soon be wanted on Charles River, and Carpenters are ordered to be engaged to make them, 753 Letter to the Colonels of the Army, informing a blow is meditated against the enemy, and or- dering them to repair forthwith to Cambridge, 754 Letter to the Provincial Congress, enclosing the foregoing orders, ----- 754 William Goodwin empowered to take posses- sion of a number of Boats in Charlestown, and to press Teams to take the Boats to Cam- bridge, 754 Mr. Watson empowered to remove to Cambridge the Boats now in Menotomy River, - - 754 General Gage intends soon to come out of Bos- ton, (Note,) 754 11, Provincial Congress requested to establish a Court of Inquiry for the trial of suspected persons, - 754 12, Works recommended to be erected to prevent the enemy from passing into the country from Boston, - - - - - - -755 The determination of this matter rests with the Council of War, ----- 755 Seizure of Tories, and detaining them until Gen. Gage complies with his engagement made with the Inhabitants of Boston, recommended, - 755 Committee adjourns to Congress, upon matters of great importance, ----- 755 14, Andrew Craigie empowered to impress beds, bed- ding, and other necessaries for the sick, - 756 Josiah Martin having promised, with his life and fortune, to stand for the defence of his Country, is to be received into the favour of his country- men, --..-.. 756 Live Stock to be taken from Hog-Island, Nod- • die-Island and Snake- Island, ... 757 Persons escaping from Boston, to be received and protected, ------- 757 15, Account of Ordnance and Military Stores, - 757 Lady Frankland permitted to pass into Boston, with certain goods and articles for her voyage, 757 Note from Lady Frankland to Dr. Warren.' — (Note,) 757 Note from Lady Frankland to the Committee of Safety, (Note,) 757 Letters from New- York, relative to the establish- ing a Post-Office, referred to the Provincial Congress, ------ 757 Fifty-four Whale Boats to be provided for the use of the Colony, ----- 759 Establishment for the Companies of Matrosses, - 759 Ten Swivels to be provided for the use of the Army, 760 Committee to repair to the Provincial Congress, and request that the duty of the Committee of Safety be precisely stated, - - - . 760 General Gage not having kept his agreement with the Inhabitants of Boston, it is recom- mended to the Provincial Congress to rescind their Resolution of the 30th of April, founded on that agreement, ----- 760 Students of Harvard College, who had been furnished with Arms, are requested to return them, 761 Female friends to America requested to send such quantities of Rags as they can spare for the Surgeons of the Massachusetts Forces, - 761 19, Capt. John Lane furnished with enlisting papers for raising a Company of Indians at the East- ward, 761 Letter to the several Colonels, requesting imme- diate Returns, - - - - - - 761 A Horse and Sulkey furnished Dr. Church, for his journey to Philadelphia, ... 751 20, No Slave to be admitted into the Army, - - 762 22, Post-Riders discharged, .... 753 23, Congress requested to take measures to secure the Stock on the Islands and Sea- Coasts, - - 762 16, 17, LXXI J/uy23,Thirty thousand Men considered necessary for the ice of the lives, liberty and property of \ui.ricans; and not more than twenty-four thousand having been raised by the s>-v.r;il n.s, the matter is laid before the Con- CONTENTS. LXXII MASSACHUSETTS PROVINCIAL CONGRESS. il/ir.22,Letter from Mr. Quincy to Mr. Adams, read in the Congress, and sent to Dr. Warren, Committee to take Depositions of the transactions of the Troops under General Gage, in their route to and from Concord, on Wednesday last, to be sent to England, .... 23, An Army of thirty thousand Men necessary for the defence of the Colony, - Thirteen thousand six hundred Men to be imme- diately raised in this Province, - Committee to bring in a plan for the establish- ment of the Army, - - - Committees to New- Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode- Island, to request their concurrence in raising the Army, - Doctor Warren elected President, - Establishment of the Army, - - - - Committees of the several Towns requested to furnish enlisted Men with Blankets, 24, Committee of Safety or Committee of Supplies empowered to impress Horses or Teams, Committee to attend the Committee of Safety, to name suitable persons for Officers in the Army now raising, ------ Letters from Hartford read and forwarded to the Committee of Safety at Cambridge, 25, Motion to ascertain the number of delinquent Towns and Districts rejected, Proceedings with the Indian Nations to be kept secret. Other matters before the Congress to be left to the discretion of each Member, Companies in each Regiment to be reduced from one hundred Men tq fifty-nine Men each, and each Regiment to ten Companies, 26, Committee to draught a Letter to the Agent in Great Britain, ------ William Burbeck appointed an Engineer of the Forces now raising in this Colony for the de- fence of the rights and liberties or the Ameri- can Continent, ------ Richard Gridley appointed Chief Engineer, Committee to consider the state of the Eastern parts of the Province, - Committee of Supplies directed to procure Pow- der and Ball for the Colony, and to furnish what can be spared to the Eastern Towns, - Marblehead, Salem and Newburyport required to sell four half-barrels of Powder each, to the Towns of York, Welles, Biddeford and Boothbay, - 27, Committee to inquire what provision is made for a Post to ride from the Army to Worcester ; and also to procure a Writ issued by General Gage for calling an Assembly in May next, - Motion by Mr. Gerry that the Committees of the Seaport Towns in the County of Essex be ad- vised to have all the effects of the Inhabitants removed as soon as possible, Committee to get an exact account of the Men killed and wounded and murdered in the late scene, on the I'.Uh instant, - Committee to make true copies of the Deposi- tions, and have them signed and authenticated, 28, Committee to confer with the Gentlemen from New- Hampshire, and to lay before them the Laden )tut received from New- York, dated April 19, 762 gress, - - - - ■ • " 24, Immediate removal of the Sheep and Hay from Noddle Island recommended, - - - 29, Committee of Cohasset requested to restore to Mr. Temple his Property, and they and all others to treat him as a friend to this Country and to the rights of all America, - - - - Rev. Mr Cordon of Koxbury authorized to re- ceive from Capt. McLane a volume of copies of Governour Hutchinson's Letters, 30, Elisha Littrnwell directed to remove from Chel- sea to Cambridge the Cannon and Stores of a Schooner burned by our People, - - 764 - 763 764 764 763 765 765 - 765 765 765 766 766 766 766 766 767 - 767 767 - 767 768 768 768 769 769 - 769 770 - 770 770 771 771 771 771 - 772 772 772 772 772 - 772 772 - 772 1775. Apr.28, Letter to the Convention of New- Hampshire, - Committee to consult with the Committee from New-Hampshire respecting the New-Hamp- shire Forces, now at Cambridge, Committee to consider a Letter from Stephen Hopkins, dated Providence, April 27, Committee to consider the expediency of estab- lishing Post-Riders between the Massachusetts Forces and the Town of Worcester, - Committee to consider the propriety of advising the Towns not to notice the Precepts issued by General Gage for calling a General As- sembly, - - - - - - Committee to prepare the form of a Commission for the Officers of the Army now forming in this Province, ------ Committee to prepare Rules for the government of the House, ------ Committee to ascertain what has taken place for the release of our friends in Boston, Committee to bring in a Resolve empowering the Committee of Supplies to procure Provisions and Military Stores for the Army now form- ing in this Colony, - - - 29, Papers presented, containing the Proceedings of the Town of Boston with General Gage, Committee of Safety requested to report on the Papers, ------- Rules for the government of the Congress adopted, ------- Committee of Supplies empowered to purchase every kind of Military Stores, Provisions and all other Supplies, for the use of the Forces of this Colony, ------ Pay of Field-Officers reduced, - County Committees to report, on the fourth Wed- nesday in May, the conduct of the Towns and Districts with respect to their having exe- cuted the Continental and Provincial measures for the preservation of this Country from slavery, - - - - - Committee to consider on some method for sup- plying the Treasury, - Committee to confer with Jos. Brown, of Rhode- Island, ------- Letter from New- York, dated April 24, recom- mending the intercepting of the Despatches to General Gage, ----- 30, State and situation of the Cannon and Military Stores, 775 Express sent to the Committee of Safety, to pro- cure their result with respect to moving out the Inhabitants of Boston, Letter to the Committee of Safety, sent by the Express, --.... Committee to inquire into the conduct of the several Towns relative to Prisoners of War, Resolve from the Committee of Safety, respecting the liberation of the Inhabitants of Boston, ac- cepted, and ordered to be sent to the Selectmen of Boston, to be communicated to Gen. Gage, May 1, Committee to examine the Papers of the Con- gress, and report what may be published, Letter from Major Hawley, respecting the Bearer of Despatches for General Gage ; referred to Committee of Safety, - Motion that William Read be admitted to state the sufferings he met with on the 19th April, rejected. Committee to confer with him, Form of Commission for Colony Officers, Pass for the use of Members of Congress, Resolutions for the removal of the Poor from Boston, 777 Report of Committee on application of William Read, - - - . - . . 779 2, Joseph Warren chosen President, ... 779 Committee on securing the Records of the Coun- ties, ---.... 779 Letter to the Delegates from this Colony in Con- necticut, ...... 780 Committee to forward to the Continental Con- gress copies of the Depositions, and Address to the Inhabitants of Great Britain, and Letter to Mr. Franklin, lately sent to Great Britain, - 781 Effects of persons removing into Boston may be sent there, ------ 781 Committee on liberating the persons taken Pri- soners on the 19th of April, - - 782 772 773 773 774 - 774 774 775 775 - 775 775 776 776 776 776 777 777 777 i-xxm 1775. May 3, Committee of Supplies directed to furnish Colonel Benedict Arnold ten Horses, and Powder, Lead and Flints, 782 Committee to revise the Commission of the Com- mittee of Supplies, ..... 782 Receiver-General directed to borrow One Hun- dred Thousand Pounds, - 782 Horses and Carriages of Members of this Con- gress excepted from impressment, - - 783 Committee to procure a Copperplate for printing the Colony Notes, 783 Rev. Mr. Gordon chosen Chaplain to the Con- gress during their session in Watertown, - 783 Report of Committee on liberating Prisoners taken by Gen. Gage, the 19th of April, (Note,) 784 Resolve on the same subject, ... - 784 4, Pay to the Soldiers advanced, ... 784 Committee to hold a Conference with the Dele- gates from Connecticut to General Gage, - 785 Their Report, 785 Committee to prepare a Letter to the Assembly of Connecticut, on their application to General Gage, 785 5, Resolution of April 1, recommending the Writs of General Gage, for electing Members of an Assembly, should be obeyed, reconsidered and rescinded, and declare that no obedience ought in future to be paid to his Writs, Proclamations, or any other of his doings, ... 786 Letter to the Assembly of Connecticut, - - 786 Letter to General Ward, on the obstruction to the liberation of the Inhabitants of Boston, - 787 New Provincial Congress to be elected, to meet on the 31st of May, 788 Resolution from the Committee of Safety, that Government in full form ought to be taken up, to be considered on the 9th instant, - - 788 6, Committee of Safety authorized to procure Pow- der from any Colony on the Continent, - 789 Committee to consider the Letter received yester- day from the Speaker of the Assembly of Con- necticut, - 789 Committee of Supplies authorized to import Mili- tary Stores from such place and in such quan- tities as they may judge proper, ... 789 Committee to ascertain what number of Province Arms there are in the Province, - 790 Establishment for the Train, .... 790 7, Committee of Supplies authorized to procure Fire-Arms and Bayonets from any Colony on the Continent, - 790 8, Oath to be administered to the Officers and Pri- vate Soldiers of the Army now raising in this Colony, - - - ' - - - - 791 Letter to the Selectmen of Hopkinton, - - 79 1 Letter from Committee of Portsmouth, of the 6th instant, 792 Letter from General Ward, .... 792 Answer to the Letter from Portsmouth, - - 792 Committees of Correspondence of the several Towns to inquire into the principles and con- duct of suspected persons, and to cause all to be disarmed who are found unfriendly to the rights and liberties of America, ... 793 Letter to General Ward, .... 794 Consideration of the expediency of assuming Go- vernment postponed to Friday, the 12th inst, - 794 9, Committee to prepare a spirited application to General Gage, respecting his treatment of the Inhabitants of Boston, .... 795 Committee to consider the expediency of establish- ing Post-Offices and Post-Riders, - - 795 Resolutions on the false account of the late Excur- sion of the King's Troops, .... 795 Resolution for supplying those Soldiers with Fire-Arms who are not equipped therewith, • 796 Twenty Armourers to be appointed by the Com- mittee of Safety, to repair the Arms of the Sol- diers of the Massachusetts Army, - - 796 10, Letter to General Gage, on his violation of the Agreement for the removal of the Inhabitants of Boston, - 798 Report on the Complaint made against Samuel 1 ':iin and William Campbell, by the Selectmen of Worcester, - - - " - - - 799 Committee to consider the Applications from the Eastern parts of the Province, for Arms and Ammunition, .---.* 799 CONTENTS. LXXIV 1775. May[ 1, Resolutions providing for a present supply of Powder to the most exposed of the Eastern Towns, 799 Committee to write a Letter to New- York, ad- vising them of the sailing of two Men-of-War from Boston, 800 12, Committee to consider the expediency of raising a Company or two of Indians, - 800 All persons required to give Rev. Mr. Gordon free access to the Prisoners, ... 800 Committee to write to the Continental Congress, for obtaining their recommendation for this Colony to take up and exercise Civil Govern- ment, - - - - - - -801 General Ward directed to order four respectable Officers to escort the President to Colonel Quincy, at Braintree, to-morrow morning, - 801 Committee to estimate the damages done at Con- cord, Lexington, and Cambridge, by the King's Troops, on the 19th of April, - - - 80 1 Establishment for the Companies of Matrosses, - 801 13, Committee to take a third set of Depositions rela- tive to the Battle of Lexington, ... 802 Post-Roads established, 802 Post-Masters appointed, 803 Rates of Postage, 803 15, Committee to attend the Provincial Congress of New-Hampshire, 803 Committee to prepare the Application to the Con- tinental Congress directed to desire the Con- gress to take charge of directing and regulating the American Forces, .... 804 Committee to examine the Letters of Governour Hutchinson, lately discovered, and report such Letters and Extracts as they think it will be proper to publish, ..... 804 Persons prohibited from removing their Goods and Effects out of the Colony, without per- mission of the Committee of Correspondence of the Town they belong to, - - - - 804 Committee of Falmouth authorized to send an Embassy to Canada, to ascertain the designs and manoeuvres of the Inhabitants of that Co- lony, 804 Report of Committee to authorize the establish- ment of a Court of Inquiry, to hear and decide on complaints against any person for treason against the Constitution of their Country, sub- mitted, debated, and rejected, ... 805 16, Committee to consider the verbal information of the capture of three Vessels, by a King's Cut- ter, at Dartmouth, ..... 806 Dr. Church appointed to go to the Continental Congress, with the application from this Con- gress, 806 Instructions to the Delegates to the New-Hamp- shire Congress, ..... 806 Officers of the Artillery allowed to enlist Men from the other Regiments, ... - 807 Committee to consider what should be done rela- tive to the Prisoners in Boston, and the Inhabi- tants who are there kept in duresse, - - 807 17, Letter from Edward Mott, dated May 1 1, giving an account of the capture of Ticonderoga, and a Letter from Ethan Allen, received and read, 807 Colonel Easton, from Ticonderoga, introduced to the House, and each Member authorized to ask him any questions, .... - 807 Form of Oath to be taken by the General Offi- cers, 808 Letter to Assembly of Connecticut, proposing to have the Cannon and Stores taken at Ticon- deroga forwarded to the Army at Cambridge, 808 Colonel Allen to remain in possession of Ticon« derogaanditsdependencies.that Fortress having surrendered to him and others, « 808 Connecticut requested to garrison and maintain Ticonderoga, until the advice of the Continen- tal Congress can be had, .... 809 Committee to revise the Commission of the Com- mittee of Safety, ..... 809 18, Officers of the Army of this Colony disqualified from being Members of the Provincial Con- gress, ....... 809 Committee of Safety elected, .... 810 Report of Committee on the application of Lady Frankland, - - - - - -810 Mr. Craft sent for ; the allegations against him IAXV 1775. CONTENTS. LXXVI 20, 22, 1; ho makes his defence, and is politely admonished, - At«yl8,Lady Frankland permitted to pan into Boston, 19, Colonel Bond, with a guard, ordered to escort Lady Frankland to Boston, - Letter from the Committee of < Jomanondanee of oecticui read, respecting the taking of Ti- conderoga, ------ Answer to this L iter rejwrted by Mr. Gerry, and ptedj ------- Commission for the Committee of Safety, Commission to General Waul, as General and Commander-in-Chief of all the Forces raised by the Congress of the Colony of Massachu- setts, for the defence of this snathe other Ame- rican < 'clonics, - - - - - - Committee to get the Depositions and Narrative of the late Excursion of the King's Troops to Concord printed, - - - - - Repot t of the Committee appointed to consider the case of the Prisoners in Boston, and the Inhabitants there kept in duresse, Committee to consider what measures are proper to be taken for organizing the Massachusetts Army in the most effectual and ready manner, Receiver-General authorized to issue Notes to the amount of Twenty-Six Thousand Pounds, for advance pay to the Massachusetts Army, Report of the Committee on the practicability of providing Chaplains for Massachusetts Army. The President desired to deliver to General Ward his Commission as General and Commander' in-Chief of the Massachusetts Forces, - Report of Committee on Petition of a number of the Inhabitants of Dear- Island, in Lincoln County, ------- Report of Committee appointed to consider what should be done with the Estates of persons un- friendly to the Country, - - - Letter from General Ward, requesting a supply of Ordnance, Arms and Ammunition, Letter to Coloni I Arnold, signed and ordered to be forwarded, ------ Report of Committee on the Depredations of the British Troops on the Islands and Sea-Coasts; read, and referred to the next Provincial Con- gress, - - - - - _ - Report of Committee appointed to consider what further measures are necessary to be taken for the organization of the Army, Ebenezer Cutler permitted to go into Boston, without his effects, - Committee to effect the removal of the Poor of the Town of Boston, .... Quantity of Powder that may be spared for the publick service from the stocks of the several Towns, -.---.. Report of the Committee on the subject of ab- sconding Soldiers, - Letter to the New- York Provincial Congress, - Able-bodied Men, without Arms, to be received and mustered in the Army, Report of Committee on the complaint of the Committee of Safety against Mr. Jonathan Brewer, ------- Officers in Colonel Read's Regiment, Officers in General Ward's Regiment, Officers in Colonel Learned's Regiment, Officers in Colonel Walker's Regiment, - Officers in Colonel Scamtnons's Regiment, Officers in Colonel Prescott's Regiment, - Officers in Colonel Cotton's Regiment, Officers in Colonel Frye's Regiment, Officers in Colonel Patterson's Regiment rs in ( ieueral Thomas's Regiment - Officers in Colonel Bridge's Regiment ' - - in Colonel Mansfield's Regiment, Officers in Colonel 1 lauielsou's Regimeut, Officers in Colonel Fellows's Regiment, - June 2, Officers in Colonel ( lardoer'e Regiment, - 3, Officers in Colonel Whitcomb'i Regiment, Officers in Coloni I Doolittle's Regiment, - Officers in Colonel Woodbridge's Regiment Officers in Colonel Glover's Regiment, - ' . Officers in CoL Jonathan Brewer's Regimenl - Officers in Colonel l>lvjj Brewer's Regiment, - Officers in Colonel Gerrish'e Regiment, - Officers in Colonel Mows Little's Regiment - 23, 24, 25, 26, 18. 23. 23. 23, 23, 25. 26, 26, 27, 27, 27, 27, 27, 31. 12. 16, 16. 17, 17, 22, 26. 810 811 811 811 811 812 813 813 814 815 815 815 - 816 816 - 817 817 817 818 - 818 819 819 820 821 821 - 822 822 823 823 823 823 824 824 824 825 825 825 826 826 826 826 827 827 828 828 828 829 829 830 830 CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC. Mai/30, Note from the Secretary of State's Office, pub- lished in the London Gazette, discrediting the report of a Skirmish between some of the Peo- ple in Massachusetts-Bay and a Detachment of His Majesty's Troops, - - - - Remarks on this Official paragraph, (Note,) 30, Letter from Arthur Lee, contradicting the state- ment in the London Gazette, and informing those who wish to see the original affidavits which confirm the account, that they are depo- sited with the Lord Mayor of London, for in- spection, ------- 30, Letter from Colonel James Easton to the Provin- cial Congress, Committee of Safety, and Coun- cil of War, in Cambridge and Watertown. The necessity of protecting Ticonderoga ; Con- necticut will furnish Men for its defence, but expects Massachusetts to organize and pay them. Offers to take the command of a Regi- ment, and recommends other persons for ap- pointments, - 30, Letter to the New- York Congress, from their Delegates in the Continental Congress. The proceedings of the Provincial Congress ap- proved by the Continental Congress ; they are requested to come to a speedy determination on the Paper Currency. Further suggestions for their consideration, - 30, Letter from the New- York Congress to their Delegates in the Continental Congress, enclos- ing a Report on Paper Currency : it is sent to show their opinion of what ought to be done, and not to be laid before the Continental Con- gress, ------- 30, Letter from Governour Trumbull to the Albany Committee. One thousand Men ordered to proceed to Ticonderoga and Crown Point; ex- pects the Provincial Congress of New- York will forward Provisions, - 30, Letter from Jonathan Parsons, Jun., at St John's, Newfoundland, to the New- York Committee of Safety. Hatred of the People there towards the Americans, for their opposition to the Bri- tish Government ; yet, if they are short of Provisions, they will probably petition the Continental Congress for a supply of Bread and Flour, ------ 30, Declaration of John Nutting and others, of their reasons for signing the Address to Governour Hutchinson, declared satisfactory by the Com- mittee of Salem, - 30, Letter from Joshua Upham to the Committee of Correspondence for the Town of Brownfield: explanation of his conduct; voted satisfactory by the Committee, - - - - - 30, Letter from the Committee of Safety of Massachu- setts to the Town of Sudbury. Have examin- ed and dismissed Ezra Taylor, - 30 Letter from the Selectmen of Hopkinton to the Massachusetts Congress, - - - - 29, Letter from General Ward to the Committee for Salem. Expects an attack this night from the British Forces in Boston, - 31, Letter from London to a Gentleman in Philadel- phia. Account of the defeat of the British Troops on the 19th of April has been receiv- ed. The intelligence has panick-struck the Administration and their Tory dependants, who have daily denounced the Americans as cowards, ------- 31, Committee for Mecklenburgh County, North- Carolina. Resolutions declaring all Laws and Commissions derived from the authority of the King or Parliament null and void, and the Civil Constitutions of the Colonies wholly sus- pended, and that no Legislative or Executive power exists in the Colonies, other than the Provincial Congresses, under the direction of the Continental Congress, - - - - 20, The Declaration of Independence by the Citizens of Mecklenburgh County, North-Carolina, on the twentieth day of May, 177.3, with the ac- companying Documents, published by the Go- vernour, under the authority and direction of the General Assembly of North-Carolina, (Note,) 848 848 849 849 - 850 1264 850 851 852 852 853 853 854 854 855 L.XXV1I 1775. Ma i/3l CONTENTS. LXXVIII .Association recommended by the Committee of Chester County, Pennsylvania, to the People of the County, .... - 859 31, Letter addressed to Lord Sandwich, on his charge of Cowardice against the Americans, - - 861 31, Letter from Col. George Washington to George William Fairfax, in England, with an acount of the Engagement between the Ministerial Troops and the People of Massachusetts-Bay, 865 31, Letter from Col. Henshaw to Benedict Arnold. Connecticut has ordered Colonel Hininan to take command at Ticonderoga, with one thou- sand Men, and to repair and defend that Post, 724 31, Worcester, Massachusetts, Convention, appoint a Committee to draw up a Remonstrance to the Provincial Congress, against persons having seats there who do not vote away their own money for publick purposes, in common with others; and also to consider the right of per- sons inimical to the Country to vote in Town- Meetings, ------ 865 31, Representation of Robert Temple to the Massa- chusetts Committee of Safety, ... 866 31, Letter from Stephen Nye, at Sandwich, to Na- thaniel Freeman. Relation of Captain Lind- sey;s proceedings at the Islands, - - 866 31, Letter from the Selectmen of the Town of Scar- borough to the Massachusetts Congress. Their reasons for not choosing a Representative, - 867 31, Letter from the Selectmen of Edgartown to the Massachusetts Congress. They are firmly attached to the cause of their Country, yet the peculiar circumstances in which they are placed renders it inexpedient for them to elect a Member to the Congress, ... 867 31, Petition of the Inhabitants of Berwick to the Massachusetts Congress. The Towns along the sea-coast are exposed to the ravages of the enemy, and for want of Arms and Ammuni- tion, the People cannot defend their Wives and Children against the King's Troops: they, therefore, pray for assistance, - 868 31, Letter from the Selectmen of Bedford to the Mas- sachusetts Congress. The Town 4)38 declined to send a Member to the Congress, but will freely comply with all their wise and salutary measures, ------ 868 31, Letter from the New- Hampshire Congress to General Ward, requesting Colonel Stark may be sent to them, ----- 868 31^ Letter from the New-Hampshire Congress to Colonel Stark, requesting him to repair to Exeter without loss of time, ... 868 31, Letter from the Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, Committee, to the Provincial Congress, sug- gesting measures of defence against an expect- ed attempt to burn the Town by a British Ship- of-War, 868 31, Letter from Meshech Weare to the New- Hamp- shire Congress. Recommending measures of defence on the Sea-Coast, - - - - 869 31, Captain Winborn Adams to the New- Hampshire Congress. Waits for the direction of the Con- gress before he complies with a request from Portsmouth, to go there and assist in destroy- ing the Men-of-War in the Harbour, - 869 31, Letter to the New-Hampshire Congress, from Charles Johnston, Clerk to the Committee of the Northern Regiment, in the County of Grafton. Preparations in Canada for invading the Provinces. Four or five hundred Indians collected, and Governour Carleton enlisting Men in Canada. The Inhabitants are in want of Ammunition, Arms, and assistance, - - 869 June 1, Letter from London to a Gentleman in Water- town. The Ministry are in great consterna- tion since the intelligence by Captain Derby. They wait for General Gage's Despatches, to determine what they will do, ... 870 1, Letter from London to a Gentleman in New- York. State of publick opinion in England on the arrival of the news of the defeat and retreat of the Detachments under Lord Percy and Colonel Smith, 870 1, Letter from W. Jones, at Savannah, to the Com- mittee of Donations, Boston. The unhappy divisions in Georgia have hitherto prevented their contributing to the support of the Poor 1775. June 1 of Boston, but they now send sixty-three bar- rels of Rice, and one hundred and twenty-two Pounds sterling, in Specie, and expect soon to send another token of their regard, - - 871 , Letter from the Independent Company of Albe- marle, Virginia, to the Williamsburgh Volun- teers. The landing any armed force in the Colony will justify opposition, ... 872 Letter from Easton, Pennsylvania, to Richard Henry Lee. Suggesting offers to be made by the Continental Congress to the King, for a reconciliation, ------ 872 Letter from the New- York Congress to their Delegates in the Continental Congress, trans- mitting important intelligence just received from Albany, Watertown, and Hartford. — They have no Money nor Powder, and can- not have Money until they receive the direc- tions of the Congress, who ought to assign the several quotas of Men and Money to each of the Colonies, 378 Memorial of John Sparding, living at Ticonde- roga Landing, to the New-York Congress, - 873 Letter from the New-York Congress to the Sub- Committee of the City and County of Albany. New-York being unable to garrison Ticonde- roga, Crown Point, or Fort George, applied to the Eastern Colonies for assistance: and Connecticut has sent one thousand Men there, under Colonel Hintnan. There is no Powder in New-York, 1269 Letter from the Camp, near Boston, to a Gentle- man in New- York. Account of the attack on the Provincials by the King's Troops at Noddle-Island and Hog-Island, - - - Declaration of Alexander Walker, one of the signers of the Address to Governour Hutchin- son, - ----- An Address to the Americans. They are called upon by the providence of God to fight for their Liberties, ------ Address of the Pastors of the Congregational Churches of Massachusetts to the Provincial Congress, ------ Resolution of the Convention of Congregational Ministers, offering their services to officiate as Chaplains to the Army, - - - - Letter from the Selectmen of Lunenburgh to the Massachusetts Congress, requesting to be ex- cused from furnishing two half barrels of Pow- der from their Town stock for the Army, as it will leave them but thirty pounds for their own defence, ------ 876 Petition of William Tallman and others, to the Massachusetts Congress, requesting the Ves- sels they have fitted out at great expense for Whaling Voyages, may be permitted to pro- ceed to sea, ------ 876 Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to Col. Benedict Arnold, highly approving the ac- quisitions he has made at Ticonderoga, Crown Point, on the Lake, &c. ; they regret his re- peated requests to send some one to succeed him in the command, and request him to con- tinue until New- York or Connecticut shall take the charge of maintaining the Posts, - 1382 Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to the New- Hampshire Congress, requesting them to unite in the defence and security of Ticon- deroga and Crown Point, - 876 Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to the Assembly of Connecticut. Maintaining a Post at Ticonderoga or Crown Point is of the ut- most importance. New- York does not intend to dismantle these Posts entirely, but only to supply from them such Fortifications as may be erected at the south end of Lake George, - 877 Letter from Governour Trumbull to the Massa- chusetts Congress. The Provincial Congress of New- York are desirous to maintain the im- portant Posts of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, and Albany will afford their utmost assistance for securing these Posts for the common de- fonce, ------- 877 Petition of Joseph Kelly, of Nottingham- West, to the New-Hampshire Congress, - - 878 I, 'iter from the President of the Continental Con- gress to the New- York Congress, enclosing 874 875 875 875 876 UCX1X 1775. CONTENTS. LXXX 2, 2, 2, 2, a Resolution of May 31. and requesting their immediate compliance with it, so far as r> the famishing Batteaus, ProTiaio—,8*an :\t Ticonderoga and Crown Point, June2, An OM Man's Company formed in Reading, Pennsylvania. It eonwH of eighty Germane, of the age of forty and upwards. The per- son who led them at their first assembling under arms is ninety-seven years of age, - List of the Committees for the several Districts in Tryon Countv, New- York, - Letter from the Committee for Tryon County to Colonel Guv Johnson. The People have quietly assembled, signed the General Asso- ciation, and appointed a Committee. It is their d> k rmination to do what they can tn save their Country, and will, if called upon, be the fore- most to take the field. They request him to dissuade the Indians from interfering in the dispute between the Mother Country and the Colonies, - - - - " " . " Letter to John Holt, approving of his publishing and putting his name on the Address against unlawful Standing Armies, ... No Standing Army in the British Colonies: or an Address to the Inhabitants of the Colony of New- York, against unlawful Standing Armies, Letter of Robert and John Murray to the New- York Congress, ..... Memorial of Robert and John Murray to the New- York Congress, .... Memorial of Robert and John Murray, Mer- chants of the City of New- York, to the Con- tinental Congress, - - - Papers accompanying the Memorial, Letter from John Lamb to the New- York Con- gress, offering his services in the Artillery Department, ------ Letter from Ethan Allen, at Crown Point, to the New- York Congress. Importance of the Posts on Lake Champlain, which have been taken, and the necessity of retaining them. With fifteen hundred Men he can take Mon- treal, and it would be no difficult matter to take Quebeck ; this object should be accomplished, though it required ten thousand Men to do it. If it is thought premature to push an Army into Canada, he proposes to make a stand at Isle-au-Noix, ------ Address of the New-York Provincial Congress to the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebeck, Letter from the Committee of Albany to the Pro- vincial Congress of New- York, requesting them to furnish Provisions, except Flour, for the thousand Men sent by Governour Trum- bull to Ticonderoga. They desire full instruc- tions as to what is expected of them, and also what disposition to make of the Prisoners taken at St. John's, Letter from General Greene to Jacob Greene, - Petition of the Inhabitants of Georgetown, on Kennebeck River, to the Massachusetts Con- gress, for one or two barrels or half-barrels of Powder, as they have but thirty pounds, and are in daily expectation of being plundered by the British armed vessels, - - - . Letter from Colonel Gridley to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety, .... Letter from Nathaniel Shaw, at New- London, to the New-Hampshire Congress. Has ordered a large quantity of Powder, but, from its not ar- riving, fears the Cruisers in the British Chan- nel, or the negotiations between Great Britain and the States of Holland, have prevented it, Letter from the New-Hampshire Congress to their Delegates in the Continental Congress. Circumstances appear daily more and more alarming: the Men-oi- War stop all Provision Vessels coming to Portsmouth : ArmsandGun- powder must be procured, if possible, in the Southern Governments; it is indispensable that some plan be adopted by the Continental Con- ■ for a Paper Currency, or some other to in' 1 1 the present urgent necessity, from the New- Hampshire Congress to the Continental Congress, remonstrating against the abandonment of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, and removing the Cannon to the south end of Lake George, - - 1271 878 878 879 - 880 881 - 887 887 888 890 891 - 891 893 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1775. June 2, 1276 894 894 - 894 894 895 895 Letter from the New-Hampshire Congress to the New- York Congress. The Fortress of Ticonderoga is important to the welfare of all the Northern Colonies, and particularly so to New-Hampshire, where the thoughts of its demolition casts a damp on the spirits of the People ; they trust the order for its abandon- ment will be reconsidered by the Continental Congress, but are determined to abide by the determination of that body, ... 895 2, Letter from the Committee of Portsmouth, New- Hampshire, to the Provincial Congress. Re- quest the Congress will regulate all future movements of any bodies of armed men from one Town to another, .... 896 3, Provincial Congress of South-Carolina earnestly recommend to their Constituents the promotion of union and harmony, - - - - 896 3, Association unanimously agreed to in the Provin- cial Congress of South-Carolina, - - 897 3 Norfolk, Virginia, Committee. Order the imme- diate return of the Ship Molly, Captain Mitch- eson, lately arrived from Great Britain, laden with a large quantity of Goods, in violation of the Association, ..... 897 3 Letter from the New- York Delegates in the Con- tinental Congress to the Provincial Congress. They are much pleased with the New- York plan for raising Money, but doubt of its being adopted by the Continental Congress. As Gen- eral Officers will, in all probability, be appoint- ed soon, they wish to know who would be most acceptable to them, to take command of the Continental Army in the Province, which is to be maintained at the general charge, - 898 3, Letter from the New- York Congress to the In- habitants of Tryon County, urging them, for their own reputations' sake, the love of their Country, their regard for the welfare of the whole Continent, and of millions yet unborn, not to separate from their brethren upon this momentous occasion, but to unite with the rest of the Colony, and send Deputies to the Pro- vincial Congress. Perhaps this will be the last application, as the time has almost come when we should be able to know our ene- mies, ....... 1274 3, Letter from the Congress of New-York to Colo- nel Guy Johnson. They will discountenance every attempt against his person and property, and expect he will not counteract any measures recommended by the Continental or Provin- cial Congress, or by the Committees formed, or to be formed. The dispute has become so serious that they cannot silently suffer their plan to be frustrated by their own Countrymen, 1275 3, New- York Committee. Mr. George Folliot de- clines taking his seat in the Provincial Con- gress, and Isaac Sears is nominated in his place, 898 3, Proclamation by Lieutenant-Govemour Colden, further proroguing the Meeting of the Assem- bly to the 5th of July next, - - - 899 2, Letter from James Rivington to the New- York Congress, 899 Letter from the New- York Committee to the Continental Congress, referring to their decision in the case of James Rivington, - 899 3, Post-Master and Post-Rider appointed by the Committee of Providence, Rhode- Island, to be under their direction until the Assembly of the Colony, or the Continental Congress, shall make other regulations and appointments, - 900 3, Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to Henry Gardner, requiring him to proceed immediate- ly to sign Bills for the payment of the Troops, to prevent their returning home, - - - 900 3, Letter from the Committee of the Town of Arun- del, in Massachusetts, to the Provincial Con- gress. They have seized a Vessel from Bos- ton, with a number of the King's Arms on board, and send the persons and papers seized, to be disposed of by the Congress, - - 900 Deposition of Samuel Smith, - - - - 901 Orders from William Sheriff", dated Boston, May 30, to Josiah Jones, to proceed to Wind- sor, in Nova-Scotia, - - - . - 901 Letter from William Sheriff", dated Boston, May 30, to Day & Scott, at Windsor, Nova-Scotia, 901 LXXXI 1775. CONTENTS. lxxxii 903 903 904 904 Letter from William Sheriff, dated Boston, May 29, to Thomas Williams, Storekeeper of Ord- nance at Annapolis Royal, - 902 June 3, Letter from Loammi Baldwin to the Massachu- setts Congress, ------ 902 3, Letter from the New- Hampshire Congress to the Massachusetts Congress. Having undoubted intelligence of the attempts of the British Min- istry to engage the Canadians and Indians in their interest, they have raised and sent three Companies for the protection of the frontier settlements, 902 4, Letter from a Gentleman in London to his friend in Philadelphia. The duplicity of New- York will ever render them suspected. The many assurances given to the Ministry by their lead- ers, justify a suspicion, which the conduct of some of their Merchants confirms, that they would adopt any means to break through the Association, ------ 4, Meeting of the Committee of Observation for Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 4. Letter from Colonel Philip Schuyler to the New- York Congress. He has been appointed by the Continental Congress to settle the Accounts of the People employed in the reduction of Ticonderoga, ------ 4, Letter from Ethan Allen, at present the principal commander of the Army at Ticonderoga, to our worthy and respectable countrymen and friends, the French People of Canada, - 4, Letter from Elbridge Gerry to the Massachu- setts Delegates in the Continental Congress. Government is so essential that it cannot be too soon adopted. Every day's delay will make the task more arduous. A regular General is wanted to assist in disciplining the Army; the pride of the People would prevent their being led by any General not American, yet Gene- ral Lee could be of great service. The New- England Generals would acquiesce in the ap- pointment of Colonel Washington as Gene- ralissimo, ------ go6 4, Letter from General Ward and the Chairmen of the Committees of Safety and Supplies, to the Continental Congress. The Army at Cam- bridge is so entirely destitute of Powder that they are in danger of falling a prey to their enemies for want of the means of defence; they earnestly beseech that whatever can be spared in the other Colonies may be sent for their relief, - . - - - 4. Letter from Mrs. Bowdoin to the Massachusetts Congress, enclosing Depositions relating to the plundering and abuse of the Inhabitants of the Elizabeth Islands, by Captain Lindsey, of the Falcon Sloop-of-War, - - - - Deposition of Elisha Nye, - - - - Deposition of John Tucker, Jeremiah Robinson, Elisha Robinson and Ebenezer Meigs, - Statement of Daniel Eyry, - - - - 5, Political Observations on the Rebellion in America. Their wealth is the source of their Rebellion, and the Ministry have wisely begun to reduce them to reason by lessening it. If they persist in their Rebellion, all the calami- ties that arise from it will, in the sight of God and man, lie at their door, - - - - 909 5, Association entered into at Savannah, in Georgia, 1551 5, Philadelphia Committee, prohibit the landing or selling of Goods without a certificate from the Committee whence they are sent, that they were imported within the rules of the Congress, - 909 5, Letter to General Burgoyne, from a Pennsyl- vanian, - - - - - - -910 5, Letter from William Duer to the New- York Congress, representing the Disturbances and Riots in the New-Hampshire Grants, - - 910 5, Letter from Colonel Guy Johnson to the Com- mittee for Tryon County, New- York, - - 911 5, Letter from Hartford to a Gentleman in New- York. Robert Temple, a high-flying Tory, taken at Plymouth, and sent to Cambridge, with his papers, - - - - -912 5, Letter from Jain<s Curgenven to Govcrnour Trumbull, informing him of his appointment of Collector of the Customs for the Port of New- Haven, enclosing him a copy of the Fourth Series. — Vol. ii. - 906 906 907 908 909 1775. 912 914 914 914 915 Oath of Office he had taken before the Board of Customs, and requesting to be informed if he will administer to him the usual Oath taken by Officers of the Crown, - June 5, Petition of Soldiers in Captain Drury's Company to the Massachusetts Congress, - - - 5, Petition of the Captains in Colonel Scammons's Regiment to the Massachusetts Congress, 5, Town Meeting in Conway, New- Hampshire. — Committee appointed, and empowered to in- quire into the conduct of obnoxious persons, and refugees from other Towns, - - - 6, Address to the Minister. His (Lord North's) policy has driven the Americans to resistance, 6, Letter from the Committee of Intelligence for Charlestown, South-Carolina, to the New- York Congress. The apprehension of a defection in New- York gave inexpressible anxiety to all America, and at the same time encouraged the Ministry to proceed in all their measures; they are happy to find this apprehension was unjustly formed, - 1323 6, Committee appointed to receive the signatures of the Inhabitants of Charlestown to the Asso- ciation adopted by the Provincial Congress of South-Carolina, on the 3d instant, - - 915 6, Committee of Chester County, Pennsylvania. Proceedings on the charge against William Moore, that he is inimical to the Liberties of America, ---... 916 6, Letter from the New- York Congress to Govern- our Trumbull. The supply of Powder in the Colony is so insufficient that they cannot con- tribute in the least towards supplying Ticonde- roga and Crown Point with it, - - - 916 6, Letter from Pierpont Edwards to the New- York Congress. Request the fullest information of the measures they have adopted, that he may communicate them to the Assembly of Con- necticut, - - - - - - -917 6, Letter from Jacobus Louw to the Ulster County, New- York, Committee, making concessions for his opposition to the Resolves of the Con- tinental Congress, - - - - - 917 6, Meeting of the Committee for the Town of King- ston, in Ulster County, New- York. Mr. Louw having made reasonable satisfaction, is recom- mended as a friend to the rights and liberties of British America, - - - - - 917 6, Letter from Captain Henry B. Livingston to the New- York Congress, - - - - 918 6, Meeting of Delegates from the several Towns in the County of Cumberland, New- York. They will resist and oppose the acts of Parliament for raising a Revenue in America, and adopt the Association entered into at New- York. They have many brave Soldiers, but nothing to fight with, and request a supply from the Congress, ------ Letter from James Easton, at Crown Point, to the Massachusetts Congress, - - - - Concession of Silvanus Whitney to the Commit- tee of Observation for Stamford, Connecticut, Narrative of the destruction of the Tea, delivered up by Silvanus Whitney, - Exchange of Prisoners at Charlestown, - Declaration by John Prentice, of his reasons for signing the Address to Governour Hutchinson, Subscription of One Hundred Pounds, by the Constitutional Society, London, for the relief of the Widows and Orphans of those who were inhumanly murdered by the King's Troops at Lexington and Concord, in April last, - The Association of the Provincial Congress of South-Carolina, signed universally by the In- habitants of Charlestown ; two persons only treated it with contempt, Petition of Michael Hubart to the Committee of Correspondence at Charlestown, complaining of his treatment by Laughlin Martin and John Dealy, ------ Account of the punishment of Martin and Dea ly,(Note,) - - - - - - 7, Letter from North-Carolma to a Gentleman in New- York. The Governour has sent his family to New- York, and has taken up his residence in Fort Johnston, at the mouth of Cape-Fear River. 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 8, 918 919 920 920 920 921 921 - 922 - 922 92o 924 CONTENTS. - 1037 - 924 925 925 - 925 LXXXIII 1775. June 7, Meeting of the Governour and Committee of War lor Connecticut. Fifty barrels of Powder or- derad to be sent to the American Army before Boston, - Masting of the Committee of Worcester County, Maryland. Acknowledge their allegiance to the King, an affection for his person, and zeal for the support of his crown and dignity; will do all in their power to oppose the detested Mm- i>t. rial plan lor enslaving their Country, and will cheerfully contribute to assist their suffer- ing brethren in Boston, - 7, Dixou Quinton and Thomas Lambden declared enemies of their Country, by the Worcester, Maryland, Committee, - 7, Delaware Assembly declare they will be charge- able with their share of the expense incurred in the defence of the lives and liberties of the People of the Twelve United Colonies, and of the Parish of St. John's, in Georgia, - 7, Letter from General Charles Lee to General Burgoyne, ..... 7, Philadelphia Committee examine the complaint against Captain Robert Torrans, for having imported and sold some Irish Linens about the first of May last, and resolve that he has wil- fully and knowingly violated the Continental Association, ...... 928 7, Letter from the New- York Congress to their Delegates in the Continental Congress, enclos- ing the Report of a Committee appointed on erecting Fortifications at King's Bridge. The ground is so irregular on the Northern part of Manhattan Island that no Fortifications can be constructed there so as to be tenable for any length of time. No part of the Island is adapted for a Magazine or place of Arms, with an enemy superiour in the field, and with the command of both Rivers, - - - - 1278 7, Letter from the New- York Congress to the Com- mittee of Albany. Highly approve of their zeal and activity in raising Troops, but request them to proceed no further without orders ; the two Companies raised may be sent to Ticon- deroga. The Prisoners taken at St. John's should remain at liberty, and be supported out of the Colony Provisions, - - - - 1280 7, Letter from the New- York Congress to their Delegates in the Continental Congress ; calling their attention to the necessity of immediately providing Money, without which it will be im- possible to comply with their further requests. Their attention is particularly called to the situation of New- York, with respect to the Indians on their Northern Frontiers, whom policy will teach the British Ministry to set upon them, that they may be driven for protec- tion to embrace their terms of slavery; this evil may be remedied by the appointment of a Continental Superintendent of Indian affairs, instead of leaving the management of Indian affairs in the hands of Crown Officers. The appointment of a General is left to the wisdom of the Continental Congress, - • - - 1281 7, Letter from the New- York Congress to their Delegates in the Continental Congress, re- commending Colonel Philip Schuyler and Captain Richard Montgomery to the offices of Major and Brigadier-General, - - 1282 7, Letter from the New- York Congress to the Mas- sachusetts Committee of Safety. They are fully aware of the dangerous consequences that await them, either from supineness, or a confidence in the honour of the avowed instru- ments of Ministerial vengeance, ... 7, Petition o( Donald McL-od, late from Scotland, to the New- York Committee, asking for a Commission, ---... 7, Letter from Benjamin Lindsay to the New- York Committee, asking permission to take on board a parcel of Flour for the Poor of Boston, - 7, Application of the Selectmen of the Town of Lancaster to the Massachusetts Congn B8, to know what shall be done wilh the Estates of those who have gone to General Gage, 7, Letter from Committee of Belfast, &c , to the Mas- "cl j "ugress, representing the defence- less condition of the Towns they represent, - 930 LXXXIV 1775. June 7, 8, 1, 8, 928 929 929 930 9, Petition of Davis and Coverly to the Massachu- setts Congress, - - - - - Hanover, Virginia, Volunteers, declare they will risk their lives to aid and assist in protecting the Libei lies of their Country, and approve of the reprisals on the King's property for the Powder taken by Lord Dunmore, Three Battalions of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, the Artillery Company, a Troop of Light- Horse, several Companies of Light- Infantry, Rangers, and Riflemen, in all above two thousand Men, reviewed by the Members of the Continental Congress, ... Letter from Abraham Clark, of Elizabethtown, New-Jersey, to the New- York Congress. Forward six quarter casks and two half bar- rels of Gunpowder, to be sent on to the Camp near Boston, ------ Letter from the New- York Congress to the Con- tinental Congress, enclosing a Letter from General Ward, Joseph Warren, and Moses Gill, dated Camp, June 4, 1775, - - - Letter to the Provincial Congress of New- York, from General Ward, Dr. Warren President of the Committee of Safety, and Moses Gill Chairman of the Committee of Supplies, of Massachusetts, informing them of their dis- tressed condition for want of Powder, and urging them in the strongest terms to assist them with a supply, - - - - Petition of Donald McLeod, late from Scotland : can raise a Company of Scottish Highland- ers, to enter the service of the Colonies, and requests an answer to his application for a Commission, ----- New- York Committee. Isaac Sears elected a Deputy to the Provincial Congress, in place of George Folliot. Committee appointed to ex- amine the cargo of any Vessel which arrives, suspected of having on board Goods not ad- missible, ------- Meeting of Freeholders of Brookhaven, in Suf- folk County, New- York, choose a Committee of Observation, - Letter from the Committee of Cumberland Coun- ty, New- York, to the Provincial Congress. Will support all the American measures in opposition to the arbitrary, tyrannick, and san- guinary measures of the British Parliament, Petition of the Senior Class of Rhode-Island College to the President, - Answer of the President to the Petition of the Senior Class, ------ Letter from Governour Trumbull to the Massa- chusetts Congress, ----- Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to Cap- tain Solomon Uhhaunnauwaunmut, Chief Sa- chem of the Moheakonnuck Tribe of Indians, at Stockbridge, ----- Letter from the Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, Committee, to the Provincial Congress, Committee appointed by the New-Hampshire Congress to demand of George Jaffrey, Trea- surer of the Colony, the Money in his hands, The Provincial Congress of South-Carolina have determined to raise two Regiments of Foot and one of Horse immediately, and to put the Militia on a respectable footing, - - . Volunteer Company of Lancaster County, Vir- ginia. Thank Captain Patrick Henry for his spirited conduct in the late expedition, and will defend him and the Delegates, and all other friends to America, whom the abandoned tools of Administration may dare to attack, - Letter from the New- York Congress to the Commander-in-Chief, at Ticonderoga, - Letter from the New- York Congress to the Com- missioners at Albany, appointed to superintend the removal of the Stores from Ticonderoga, - Letter from William Williams, Benjamin Waite, and Joab Hoisington, to the New- York Con- gress, requesting to be appointed Field-Offi- cers, - - ... Letter from Ethan Allen to the Massachusetts Congress. Two or three thousand Men, con- ducted by intrepid commanders, would at this juncture make a conquest of Canada. Such a plan would make a diversion in favour of the 931 931 931 - 931 931 - 932 i a - 932 933 933 934 935 936 936 937 937 937 938 938 1288 1188 938 I.XXXV 1775. CONTENTS. LXXXVI Massachusetts-Bay, who have been too much burdened with a calamity that should be more general, 939 June 9, Proclamation by General Guy Carleton, Go- vernour of the Province of Quebeck. Rebels from the neighbouring Colonies, having' made incursions into the Province, making prisoners of a number of His Majesty's Troops, and are at present invading the Province in a traitor- ous manner, it is necessary to suspend the ordinary course of civil law, and martial law will henceforth be executed throughout the Province, .--.-. 940 9, Letter from the Reverend Samuel Kirkland, Mis- sionary among the Oneida Indians, to the Com- mittee of Albany. Colonel Johnson has orders from Government to remove the dissenting Missionaries from the Six Nations, till the difficulties between Great Britain and the Co- lonies are settled : he has forbid Mr, Kirkland to speak one word to the Indians, and threat- ened him with imprisonment if he transgresses, because he translated the proceedings of the Continental Congress for the Indians, at their request, 1310 9, Letter from Governour Trumbull to the Conti- nental Congress. Has made provision for the defence of Ticonderoga ; Col. Hinman is appointed to the command of the Troops there, consisting of one thousand Men from Connec- ticut, well armed, and furnished with one pound of Powder and three pounds of Ball to each man, .-..-.. 9, Letter from Abiathar Angell to the Massachu- setts Congress, ------ Petition and Remonstrance of Abiathar Angell, of Lanesborough, in the County of Berkshire, to the Massachusetts Congress, - 9, Letter from John Lane, at Fort Pownall, to the Massachusetts Congress, - Journal of John Lane, from Watertown to Pe- nobscot, to treat with the Eastern Indians, 9, Letter from Elisha Hewes, dated at Penobscot River, to the Massachusetts Congress, - 9, Letter from Joseph Hawley to Joseph Warren. Urges reasons why the Posts on Lake Cham- plain should not be abandoned, but should be maintained at all events, .... 944 10, Account of what passed on the 19th of April last, between a Detachment of the King's Troops, in the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, and several parties of the Rebel Provincials, pub- lished officially in the London Gazette, - 945 Return by General Gage of the Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Officers, Rank and File, Killed, Wounded, Prisoners and Missing, on the 19th of April, 1775, - - - 946 1 2, Remarks on the Gazette account of the Action of the 19th of April, - - - - 947 Strictures on the Gazette account of the Action between the Provincials and the Regulars, near Boston, 948 Address to the People of England, on the Ga- zette account of the Attack of His Majesty's Troops on the Provincials in Massachusetts, - 952 10, Letter from Falmouth, in England, to a Gentle- man in Philadelphia. The hostilities com- menced in America, between the King's Troops and the Provincials, will be attend- ed with fatal consequences to both parties, - 953 10, Officers of the First and Second Regiments of Infantry, and of the Regiment of Horse Rangers, appointed by Provincial Congress of South-Carolina, 953 10, Letter from John Hancock, President, to the New- York Congress, enclosing a Resolution re- questing them to purchase and forward to the Army at Boston, with the utmost expedition and secrecy, five thousand barrels of Flour, - 954 10, Letter to the New- York Congress, from their Delegates in the Continental Congress. The emission of Paper Money will be discussed on the 12th. Indian affairs, which are of the highest importance to New- York, will be duly considered by the Congress. The Indians will not be disposed to engage in our unhappy quar- ri-'l, unless deceived by misrepresentations; and this, with care on our part, can be prevented, - 954 1775. June I 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 940 10, 941 10, 941 942 942 943 11, 11, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12 12 0, Letter from President Hancock to the Massachu- setts Congress, enclosing a Resolution of the Congress advising the assumption of Civil Government by Massachusetts, Gen. Gage having levied War against His Majesty's peaceable Subjects of that Colony, - - 955 Letter from Thomas Cushing to Elbridge Gerry, 955 Letter from Robert Treat Paine to Elbridge Gerry, 956 Letter from President Hancock to the New- Hampshire Congress, enclosing Resolutions of the Congress of this day, ... 956 Letter from the New- York Congress to their Delegates in the Continental Congress. A Vessel, suspected of having on board Provi- sions for the British Army at Boston, has been detained to get the opinion of the Continental Congress whether she should be permitted to proceed, --..... 956 Letter from the New- York Congress to Govern- our Trumbull. Have procured six hundred and fifty pounds of Powder from New-Jersey for Massachusetts, which will be forwarded immediately, ----.- 957 Letter from Robert Boyd to the New- York Con- gress, informing them he can make Muskets, and requesting an advance of one hundred Pounds, to provide the necessary Machinery, 957 Letter from the Officers at Crown Point and Ti- conderoga to the Continental Congress. Re- commend Ethan Allen, Seth Warner and Re- member Baker for appointments, - - 958 Letter from Elisha Hewes, at Fort Pownall, to the Massachusetts Congress, ... 958 Letter from the Committee of Conway, New- Hampshire, to Matthew Thornton. All the young men are enlisted in the Army. The old men are not able to carry on forming : they are in want of Arms and Ammunition, and, expecting an attack from the Indians, apply to the Provincial Congress for assist- ance, - - - - - - - 958 Tryon County, New- York, Committee, appoint Delegates to the Provincial Congress, - - 959 Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to the Continental Congress. The embarrassments in executing every undertaking are so many that they cannot be enumerated. This is chiefly to be attributed to the want of a Civil Government : on which the immediate advice of the Congress is requested, ... 959 Letter from London to a Gentleman in Virginia. Since the confirmation of the news brought by Captain Derby, the Americans bear the greatest applause here of any people in the world, 960 Address to the People of England, on the Dis- turbances in America, - - - - 961 Provincial Congress of South-Carolina. Resolve that any person who refuses obedience to the authority of the Congress shall be advertised as an enemy to the Liberties of America, and an object of the resentment of the Publick, - 962 Some Thoughts on the Constitution of the Bri- tish Empire and the Controversy between Great Britain and the American Colonies, - 962 Letter from the New- York Congress to the Mer- chants of Canada, ..... 1294 New- York Committee. Direct the removal of some Soldiers' Wives and their Children, in- fected with the Small-Pox, out of the City, - 966 Letter from the Committees of the Precincts of New-Marlborough, New- Windsor and New- burgh, in Ulster County, New- York, to the Provincial Congress, .... 966 Letter from Alexander McDougall to the Massa- chusetts Congress. Some Powder has been obtained, which will be forwarded this night, accompanied by a Guard. They are directed to travel always in the night, and to put up in the day; to avoid any parade on the road which might lead to a conclusion that the Powder is much wanted by the Army, - 966 Letter from Alexander McDougall to Joseph Warren, - - .... 967 Letter from Alexander McDougall to the Com- mittee for Greenwich, Connecticut, requesting them to forward the Powder, ... 967 L.XXXVII Junel-2, Official notice of advices received by the Earl of ] i.irtmoulh, from QeB. ( tage, to this date, 12, Letter from General Que to the Earl e# Dart- mouth. A plan for a R> bellion has been long conceived, and the People's minds riprwd for it. 12, Proclamation by General Gage, declaring the Province of Massachusetts-Bay in a state of actual Rebellion, offering pardon to all who lay down their Arms, excepting only from the benefit of pardon Samuel Adams and John Hancock; suspending the Civil Law, and es- tablishing Martial Law throughout the Pro vince, ------ 12, Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to the Continental Congress. Taking and keeping possession of Ticonderoga was necessary for the preservation of the Liberties of America ; but in so doing there was no intention to dis- turb the People of Canada ; and they request that means may be taken to remove the false impressions made upon the minds of the Cana- dians on this subject, - 12, Memorial of Henry Howell Williams to the Mas- sachusetts Congress, setting forth the losses he has sustained from a number of armed Troops, commonly called Provincials, on Noddle- Island and Hog- Island, in Boston-Bay, and praying relief, ------- 12, Declaration of John Worthington to Committee for Springfield, Massachusetts, of his determi- nation to support the measures of the Conti- nental Congress, and of his willingness to de- fend the Rights and Liberties of America, 12, Committee for Springfield, in Massachusetts. — Recommend John Worthington to the favour- able opinion of the Publick, and to the treat- ment and respect due to a friend to the Country, 12, Acknowledgment of Timothy Brown, of Tewks- bury, suspected as an enemy to his Country, 1 2, Committees for Chelmsford, Billerica and Tewks- bury. Satisfied with Timothy Brown's Ac- knowledgment, ..... 12, Petition of the Town of Kittery to the Massa- chusetts Congress. Their supplies of Provi- sions are cut off, and their Town is threatened to be beat down by the Captains of the Scar- borough and the Canceaux Men-of-War; being reduced to the alternative, either to fight or perish by famine, they choose the first, and request supplies of Powder and Ball, - 12, Letter from Elisha Phelps to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety, ----- 12, Letter from Newfoundland to a Gentleman in New- York. The People are suffering for bread ; they curse New- York, which was the only place they depended on for assistance in subjugating the Americans ; and propose the most inhuman procedures if any of the Con- tinental Congress should fall into their hands, 13, Letter from Governour Martin of North-Caro- lina, to Henry White of New- York ; requests him to send a Royal Standard, and Furniture for a Colonel's Tent, - 13, Letter from one of the Virginia Delegates in the Continental Congress to a friend in Williams- burgh. Colonel Skene has just arrived from London, charged with a power from the Ad- ministration to influence the Members of Con- gress, by arguments drawn on the Treasury. He has been made a Prisoner, and is on his parole, to remain within eight miles of Phila- delphia, ---.... 8, Letter from D. Cross, of Glasgow, in Scotland, to James Dunlop, Merchant, Port- Royal, Vir- ginia, ----... 13, Letter from D. Cross to James Dunlop and Pa- trick Kenniin, Merchants, on Rappahannock, Virginia, ------- 13, Letter from Baltimore to a Gentleman in Vir- ginia. Lord lHuimore left Williainsburgh, and went on board a Man-of-War, on Friday, the 8th instant, and refused to return on an in- vitation from the Ass ■ mbly, 13, Lett.r from the New- Yoik Congress to their Delegates in the < Ogress, en- ing a Report of a Committee appointed to examine the Highlands. - CONTENTS. LXXXV11I 968 9G8 - 968 970 971 971 972 972 972 972 973 973 974 974 975 975 97C 975 177... June 13, Letter from Benedict Arnold, Crown Point, to the Continental Congress. Has learned from a Messenger he sent among the Indians, that they are determined not to assist the King's Troops. Governour Carleton has not suc- ceeded in raising more than twenty Canadians; if the Congress think proper to take posses- sion of Montreal and Quebeck, it can be done with two thousand Men; it would be more advantageous to take and keep possession of Quebeck than to rebuild Ticonderoga, - - 976 13, Letter from Benedict Arnold to Governour Trumbull, 977 13, Letter from John Palmer, Quartermaster Gene- ral, to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety, 978 13, Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to the New- York Congress; informing them that they have requested the Continental Congress to quiet the apprehensions of the Canadians, that hostile preparations are making against them in some of the Colonies; and to coun- teract the evil effects of the malevolent misrep- resentations of Colonel Guy Johnson to the Six Nations, 1319 13, Instructions of the Massachusetts Congress to Walter Spooner, Jedediah Foster, and James Sullivan, a Committee appointed to proceed to Ticonderoga and Crown Point, by the road through the new settlements called the New- Hampshire Grants; giving them full power to do every thing in behalf of Massachusetts, for the effectual securing and maintaining those Posts, which they shall judge necessary, - 1408 13, Petition of Lemuel Prescott, of Boston, to the Massachusetts Congress, - - - - 978 13, Letter from the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety to the Massachusetts Congress, - - 979 14, Letter from the Committee of Safety for New- Hampshire to the Committee of Conway. They have sent twenty-five pounds of Pow- der; can spare no more, and can supply no Arms, ---..--- 979 14, Letter from one of the Virginia Delegates in Congress to his friend in Williamsburgh. Colonel Washington has been pressed to take supreme command of the American Troops at Roxbury, and will probably accept the ap- pointment. Ten thousand Men will be kept up in Massachusetts, and five thousand in New- York, at the expense of the Continent, - 979 14, Address to the Inhabitants of New-Jersey, - 980 14, Letter from William Duer to the New- York Congress, - - - - - -981 14, Letter from William Goddard to the New- York Congress, enclosing papers which are explana- tory of a design formed by the friends of Free- dom for annihilating the old Parliamentary and Ministerial Post-Office in this Country, - 981 Papers from Massachusetts, Rhode-Island and Connecticut, approving of the plan for estab- lishing a Post-Office, 982 14, Letter from the New- York Congress to the Con- tinental Congress, enclosing a copy of the Resolution directing the purchase of Flour for the Army, 983 14, Letter from the New-York Congress to their Delegates in the Continental Congress, com- municating information just received of the sailing of Troops from Ireland for Boston and New- York, 984 Information given by Captain Thompson to the New- York Congress of the embarkation of Troops for America, ----- 984 14, Letter from the New- York Congress to General Wooster, requesting him to take charge of Angus McDonald, ..... 1299 14, Letter from M. S. Mumford to Jonathan Trum- bull, Jun. A ship from London, with Major Skene and a quantity of Arms, arrived at Phi- ladelphia, have been secured by the Congress, 985 14, Letter from Governour Cooke to Captain Wal- lace, of His Majesty's Ship Rose, at Newport. Remonstrating against his interrupting the People of Rhode-Island in their lawful Trade, and seizing their persons and property; de- mands his reasons for doing so. and also de- mands the immediate return of the Vessels he lias taken, , 985 LXXXIX 177 5. June 1 4, Letter from Capt. Wallace to Governour Cooke. Supposes he writes in behalf of some body of People, and desires to know whether or not Governour Cooke, or the People for whom he writes, are not in open Rebellion against their lawful Sovereign, ----- 986 1 4, Letter from the Newport, Rhode- Island, Commit- tee, to the Committee for East- Hampton, New- York, 986 14, Letter from the Committee of Falmouth to the Massachusetts Congress. No provision hav- ing been made for the support of the Men en- listed to guard the Sea-Coasts, they cannot con- tinue to do duty. Four Indian Chiefs have arrived at Falmouth, with Captain Lane, from the Penobscot Tribe, 986 14, Letter from Josiah Jones and Jonathan Hicks to the Massachusetts Congress, - - - 988 14, Letter from the Machias Committee to the Mas- sachusetts Congress. Account of the capture at that place of two Sloops and a British Tender, 988 15, Appeal to the Publick, by Charles Gordon, of Cecil County, Maryland, against a publication by the Committee for Charlcstown Hundred, - 990 Reply of the Committee, .... 990 Proceedings of the Committee of Cecil County, at Elk- Ferry, on the 24th of May, 1775, in re- lation to Charles Gordon, who is declared an enemy to his Country, - '- - - 991 1 5, " Memento" to Lord North, - 992 15, Address of Montford Browne, Governour of the Bahama Islands, inviting settlements in Louisi- ana and Mississippi, ----- 992 Governour Browne's reasons, as presented to the King, for an immediate Civil Government in the British Dominions adjoining to the River Mississippi, in North America, - - - 993 15, Letter from President Hancock to the Massachu- setts Congress, ------ 1000 15, Letter from the New- York Congress to General Wooster, enclosing a Resolution requesting him to march with his Troops from Connecti- cut, to the distance of five miles from the City, to be subject to the orders of the Continental Congress, - - - - - - 15, Letter from Adonijah Strong to the Albany Com- mittee, ------- 15, Letter from General Wooster, at Greenwich, Connecticut, to the New- York Congress. He has received and will secure Angus McDon- ald. Regrets they have to send their Prisoners so far, and would be much better pleased to re- ceive them nearer the City, especially as four Regiments from Ireland are expected so soon, 15, Letter from General Wooster to Governour Trumbull, requests he may be ordered to New- York, - 1 4, Letter from Isaac Sears to General Wooster, in- forming him of a motion made in the Provin- cial Congress to ask him to march there with his Troops, ------ 15, Answer to a Speech sent by the Stockbridge Indians to the Cau«hnawagas, or Canadian Tribes of Indians, near Montreal, 15, Letter from General Ward to the Worcester, Massachusetts, Committee, enclosing an Order for the removal of Samuel Murray from the Jail in Worcester to his father in Rutland, 15, Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to the New-Hampshire Congress, - 15, Letter from William Stoddard, Boston, to Capt. James Littlefield, Watertown, - 15, " Sydney" to the Soldiers and Seamen serving in the British Fleet and Army in America, 15, Letter from the Rev. Samuel Langdon to the Massachusetts Congress, ... 15, Ijetter to Dr. Joseph Warren, President of the Massachusetts Congress. Hf commending the employment by the Colony of some Armed Vessels, to protect their Towns and Coasting Trade from British Vessels-of-War, - - 1005 1 5, Letter from the Committee of Correspondence of Falmouth to the Massachusetts Congress — Mr. Lane is on his way to Watertown, with four Indian Chiefs of the Penobscot Tribe, - 1005 15, Letter from Colonel Reid to the New-Hampshire < ■immiltee of Safety, .... 1005 CONTENTS. 1775. June i 14, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 17, 17, 17, 17, 1000 1000 17, 1001 17, 17, 1001 17, 1002 17, 1002 1003 17, 1003 1003 17, 1004 1004 17, 18, !, Letter from Colonel Reid to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety, recommending Andrew Colburn for an appointment, ... Services done by Andrew Colburn in the last ^ War, Colonel James Reid's Regimental Orders for the New-Hampshire Troops under his command, Letter from Joseph Habersham to Philotheos Chiffelle. Efforts of Mr. Stuart and Mr. Cam- eron to engage the Southern Indians on the side of the British Government, Letter from a Pennsylvanian to Gen. Burgoyne, Account of the Province Stores at Albany, New- York, Letter from General Wooster to Governour Trumbull, requesting his instructions about complying with the request from New-York to march his Troops there, and place them under the direction of the Continental Con- gress, ------- Letter from an Officer in the Navy at Boston to his friend in England. Sixteen of the Trans- ports ordered from England to New- York are, by the General, ordered to Boston. Expects to hear of bloody work soon, as the Troops are determined to lay the Country waste as they go, with Fire and Sword, - - - Proclamation by the Provincial Congress of Mas- sachusetts, ...... Petition of the Selectmen of Edgartown to the Massachusetts Congress, - Letter from Colonel Israel Oilman to the New- Hampshire Congress. The Regulars are ex- pected soon to make a push for Bunker's Hill or Dorchester Neck, .... Address to the People of England, ... Provincial Congress of South-Carolina direct the election of a new Congress, . - - To the Committee of the City of Philadelphia. Calling their attention to the injury that may be done, if the Officer lately arrived from the Army in Boston, and says he has sold out, should prove to be a Spy for General Gage, - Letter from James Duane to the New- York Con- gress. The Continental Congress has ordered an emission of Two Millions of Dollars, in Paper Currency. Have agreed to raise, at the Continental expense, a body of fifteen thousand Men, and have appointed Col. George Wash- ington Captain-General of all the Forces raised and to be raised in the common cause, - Letter from the New- York Congress to their Del- egates in the Continental Congress, Letter from the New- York Congress to General Wooster, .-----. Meeting of the Governour and Committee of War for Connecticut, .... Letter from General Wooster to the New- York Congress. Has sent their Letter of the 15th to the Governour, and holds himself in readi- ness to march as soon as he receives the Gov- ernour's orders, - - - - - Letter from the Committee of Supplies to the Committee of Safety of Massachusetts. Ex- clusive of thirty-six half barrels of Powder received from Connecticut, there are only in the Magazine twenty-seven half barrels, Letter from the Committee for Machias to the Massachusetts Congress. Both of Captain Jones's Sloops, taken with the Margaretta, one of the King's Tenders, were in the King's service, ------- Account of an Engagement at Charlestown, in Massachusetts, between about three thousand of the King's Regular Forces and about half that number of Provincials, on Saturday, the 17th of June, 1775, ... - Letter from Governour Wentworth, at Castle William and Mary, in Portsmouth Harbour, to Theodore Atkinson. Captain Barclay has seized a Vessel from Newbury, Massachusetts, for breach of Acts cf Trade, and directs that she may be forthwith libelled in the Court of Admiralty, . - - - - Letter from President Hancock to Elbridge Ger- ry. Colonel Washington is appointed Com- mander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, and he will depart in a few days for Cambridge. XC 1006 1006 1007 1007 1008 1009 1010 1010 1011 1013 1013 1013 1016 1016 1016 1017 1304 1037 1306 - 1017 1017 - 1018 - 1019 1775. CONTENTS. xcn 18, 17, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19. 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19. Ten Companies of Riflemen, from Pennsylva- M iryland, and Virginia, are ordered' im- mediately to proceed id your Army, from John Adams to Elbndge Gerry, era) Washington has been chosen Com- mand, i-iu-t "hi- 1, I tenant] Ward First Major- General, and General Lee Second, and Majoi ( lakes Adjutant-General. The virtuous attach- menl of our countrymen to their own officers presented sn objection to the appointment of and ( iates, which was overcome by the earnest ay sire of General Washington to have their assistance, - ( Seneral Wooetar to the New- York Congress, - Letter from General Wooster to Governour Trumbull, enclosing a Letter, dated yesterday, from New- York, - Letter from the New- York Congress to General Wooster, informing him of the change in the destination of the Troops; a Ship-of-War is off Sandy Hook, to direct the Transports to proceed to Boston, ----- Letter from an Officer of the British Army at Boston to a Gentleman in London. Account of the Battle of Bunker's Hill; the Provincials were defeated, but the victory has cost us very dear, and we do not enjoy one solid benefit from it; we have learned one melancholy truth, which is, that the Americans, if equally well commanded, are as good Soldiers as ours, Letter from General Thomas to the Massachu- setts Congress, recommending the appointment of an Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, - Letter from the Massachusetts Committee of Sup- plies to the Committee of Safety, - - - Circular Letter from the Committee of Supplies to the several Towns in Massachusetts, urging them to forward Provisions for the Army, Letter from Colonel Bartlett to General Folsom, with intelligence of the Battle yesterday, and the burning of Chariestown, ... Meeting of the Committee for the County of Prince Edward, Virginia. Resolutions on the seizure of the Powder by Lord Dunmore, and approving the conduct of Captain Patrick Hen- ry in making reprisals for it, Meeting of the Frederick County, Virginia, Com- mittee. Resolutions on the seizure of the Pow- der by Lord Dunmore, and the Address from the Council to the People of Virginia, - Queen Anne County, Maryland, Committee. Prohibit the dealing with any Merchant in the County who does not produce satisfactory evi- dence that his Goods were imported agreeable to the Association, - Letter from Brook Watson to the New- York Congress, ----.. Meeting of the Governour and Committee of War for Connecticut, - Letter from Governour Trumbull to the New- York Congress. Has ordered seventeen hun- dred Men, under the command of Major-Gene- ral Wooster, to march immediately within five miles of the City of New- York, subject to the orders of the Continental Congress and Pro- vincial Congress of New- York, - - - Letter from Governour Trumbull to the Massa- chusetts Congress, - Letter from Governour Trumbull to Benedict Arnold. The invasion of Canada should be moved by the Continental Congress; the Army at Boston, and the prospect of one arriving at New- York, forbid our thinking of an Expe- dition to Canada, - Speech of the Chiefs and Warriors of the Oneida Tribe of Indians to the four New-England Provinces, directed to Governour Trumbull - Town Meeting at Providence, Rhode-Island Authorize Cartridges to be delivered out to the Inhabitants, ----.. Providence, Rhode-Island, Packet, seized by the British, and retaken, near Conanicut, - Proclamation by General < lage, requiring all the Inhabitants of Boston to deliver up thAr Fire- Arms, and declaring all who omit to do so enemies to His M i jtj 'g Government, - Lettei irom ( leneral Ward to the Massachusetts agress, 1019 1019 1306 1020 1020 1021 1021 1022 1022 1022 1023 - 1023 1024 1025 1038 1025 102G 1026 1116 1027 1027 1027 1028 1775. Junel9, Letter from Joseph Ward to the Massachusetts Congress, requesting the Troops to be furnish- ed with Blankets, and Spears or Lances, - 1028 19, Letter from the Massachusetts Committee of Safe- ty to the Provincial Congress, requesting that measures may be taken to obtain the names and places of abode of all who were Killed or Wounded in the Battle of Lexington, and at any time since, and of such as may be Killed or Wounded at any future time, in the contest between Great Britain and the Colonies, - 1028 Resolution of the Provincial Congress, for carry- » ing into effect the foregoing request, - - 1028 19, Letter from Colonel John Stark to the New- Hampshire Congress. Account of the engage- ment on the 17th instant, .... 1029 19, Letter from James McGregore to the Committee of Safety of New-Hampshire, ... 1029 20, Arrival of Governour Lord William Campbell at Chariestown, South-Carolina, - - - 1030 20, Association adopted and signed by the Committees of the District of Wilmington, in North-Caro- lina, - - - ' - - - - 1030 20, Meeting of the Committee of Accomack Coun- ty, Virginia; requiring Masters of all Vessels bringing Goods for sale to bring certificates that the Goods were imported agreeable to the Continental Association, - 1031 20, Letter from General Washington to the Indepen- dent Companies of Fairfax County, Virginia; informing them of his appointment to the com- mand of the Continental Army, - - - 1031 20, Letter from General Washington to John Au- gustine Washington. Has been chosen to the command of the Continental Army, by the partiality of Congress, joined to a political motive, and will set out to-morrow for Boston, 1031 20, Meeting of the Committee for the new County proposed to be formed in Delaware, at Broad Creek : bind themselves and constituents, by every thing sacred, collectively and separately, to enforce and carry into execution whatever measures have or may be recommended, for the preservation of the Liberties of America, - 10S2 20, Letter from Philadelphia to a Gentleman in Lon- don. Two propositions which Congress intend to make to the British Government, - - 1033 20, Letter from Philadelphia to a Gentleman in Lon- don. Colonel George Washington is, at the particular request of the People of New-Eng- land, and with the unanimous consent of Con- gress, appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Forces, - - - . . ]033 20, Letter from President Hancock to the New- Hampshire Congress, enclosing a Resolve passed yesterday for re-enforcing the Army before Boston, ----.. 1034 20, Letter from the New-Hampshire Delegates at Philadelphia to the Provincial Congress. The greatest unanimity prevails in the Congress, one and all being determined to defend our rights to the last, ..... 1035 20, Letter from the New- York Congress to Govern- our Trumbull, enclosing a Resolution of the Continental Congress of the 16th instant. A small supply of Gunpowder has been lately received, and half a ton of it will be forward- ed to General Wooster for the Provincial Army at Boston, 1306 20, Letter from the Provincial Congress of New- York to General Wooster, in reply to his Letters of the 1 7th and 1 8th instant, - - 1307 20, Letter from Governour Trumbull to the Conti- nental Congress. Has sent fifty barrels of Powder with the greatest secrecy and despatch to the American Army before Boston, and will send ten barrels more, which is all that can be supplied, as none can be obtained in the Colo- ny, 1035 20, Letter irom a Gentleman in Providence, Rhode- Island, to his friend in New- York. Account of the Battle of Bunker's Hill on the 17th instant, 1036 20, Meeting of the Governour and Committee of War for Connecticut, .... 1039 20, Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to the Continental Congress. Account of the Battle of Bunker's Hill, 1039 xcnr 1775. June20, Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to Gen- eral Ward, 1041 20, Petition of the Selectmen of the Town of Town- shend, in Massachusetts, to the Provincial Congress. Are out of Powder, and ask for an order on the Town of Ashby for one of the two barrels they have, - - - - - 1 04 1 20, Letter from Richard Derby, Jun., to Capt. James Kirk wood, 1041 20, Report of Edward Bucknam and Seth Wales, to Colonels Bailey and Hurd, of the information gained from the Indians on the Canada Fron- tiers, by two Scouts, sent for that purpose, - 1041 21, Letter from the Secret Committee of South-Caro- lina to Colonel Moultrie. Furnish him with Powder for the two Regiments of Infantry. Recommend to him the greatest caution and prudence, and to permit no Soldier to stand sentry over the Powder, but such as are known friends to the Liberties of America, - - 1042 21, Deputation of the Provincial Congress of South- Carolina, to present an Address to the Govern- our, Lord William Campbell, ... 1043 Address and Declaration of the Provincial Con- gress to the Governour, .... 1043 Answer of the Governour, ... - 1044 21, Provincial Congress of South-Carolina, to testify their resentment of the base and cruel conduct of the Inhabitants of Poole, a Seaport in the English Channel, refuse to hold any commu- nication with that People, or carry on any transactions with them, or employ any shipping belonging to that Port, or to any Inhabitant of the place, ------ 1044 21, Committee of Observation for Frederick County, Maryland. Committees of Correspondence for each District in the County appointed. Two Companies of Riflemen raised, in com- pliance with a Resolution of the Continental Congress; Officers of the Companies appoint- ed, and their pay established, - - - 1044 21, Letter from the Provincial Congress to the Com- mittee for the City and County of New- York, requesting them immediately to purchase all the Saltpetre in the City and County, and to inform the Congress what quantity of Brim- stone and Sulphur may be purchased in the City, ------- 1310 .21, New- York Committee. Letter received, dated May 30, from Jonathan Parsons, Jun., New- foundland, informing of the arrival there of the Ship Sally, Captain Tavemer, from this Port, 1046 21, Inquiry by a Committee into facts of Captain Tavemer' s Voyage, ----- 1046 21, Deposition of Theophilact Bache, that Captain Tavemer was ordered to proceed directly to Falmouth, or some other Port in Great Bri- tain, and that he had no agency in causing the Ship Sally to stop at Newfoundland, - - 1046 21, Petition of Joseph Johnson, a licensed Preacher of the Gospel amongst seven different Tribes of New-England Indians, and the Oneidas, to the Provincial Congress of New- York, - 1047 21, Letter from a Gentleman in New- York to his friend in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is a gross ca- lumny to say we are aiming at Independency. Our political principles are the same that raised the House of Hanover to the Throne ; and were your Ministers to adopt these principles we would lay down our arms, ... 1047 21, Letter from the Albany, New- York, Committee, to the Continental Congress. Certain inform- ation received of the hostile intentions of Go- vernour Carleton, who was daily giving pre- sents to Caughuuwaga Indians, they having agreed to take up the hatchet. The Troops at Ticonderoga are much in want of Powder. The Frontier Inhabitants are not half supplied with Anns or Powder, and they request some may be forwarded with all the despatch pos- sible, - - - - - - •- 1048 21. Letter from Captain Chapman, an officer in General Gage's Army at Boston, to a friend in Ireland. The Army of the Rebels consists of at least fifteen thousand, and is daily increas- ing; the Pulpits and the Publick Meetings breathe nothing but sedition ; the People are in CONTENTS. XtlV 1775. the most slavish subjection to the Priests and Demagogues; the Resolves of the Congress are mostly inflammatory; they have tried and passed sentence on several who have dared to contravene their inquisitorial decrees ; their aim is Independency, - - - - - 1 049 June 21, Petition to the Provincial Congress of Massa- chusetts from seven Stockbridge Indians, sol- diers enlisted in the Provincial Army, - - 104'.* 2 1 , Petition of Thomas Twining to the Massachusetts Congress, in behalf of himself and the Asso- ciation of Eastham, against Amos Knowles, a Member of the Congress, who is charged with being an opposer of the common cause of the Country; with sundry accompanying papers, 1050-1055 Report of a Committee on the complaint against Captain Knowles, not accepted, - 1055 21, Letter from the Reverend Samuel Webster to the New- Hampshire Committee of Safety, - 1056 22, Provincial Congress of South-Carolina, direct Absentees to return to the Colony ; and forbid persons holding Estates to withdraw from its service, ------- 1056 22, Address to the People of Henrico County, Va., 1056 22, Letter from Samuel Adams to Elbridge Gerry, - 1058 22, Letter from General Charles Lee to Lord Bar- rington, renouncing his Pay as an Officer in the British Army, 1058 20, Letter from General Gates to General Washing- ton, accepting his appointment, - - - 1058 22, Petition of William Elphinston to the New- York Congress, ------ 1059 22, Letter from Elisha Phelps to the New- York Congress. Has been appointed by Connecti- cut Commissary for the Northern Army: has arrived at Albany, and has been furnished with no Supplies for the Troops, - - 1059 22, Letter from Weathersfield, in Connecticut, to a Gentleman in Philadelphia. Account of the Battle on the 17th instant. The People are rejoiced to hear of the coming of General Washington, and will receive him with open arms, 1060 22, Letter to a Member of the Continental Congress, from a Gentleman in Stockbridge, Massachu- setts. Our Messengers to the Six Nations were taken by the Regulars, carried to Mon- treal, tried by a Court-Martial, and condemned to be hanged, and were only released upon the threatenings of the Indian Sachems to treat them as enemies if they did not let the prison- ers go, - 22, Letter from the Committee of Correspondence at Plymouth to the Committee for Providence, - 22, Letter from General Ward to the Massachusetts Congress. Thinks it is not proper to order a Regiment from Roxbury to Cambridge, as re- quested by the Congress, but if they order it he will do so, ------ 1061 22, Letter from Benjamin Greenleaf to the Massa- chusetts Congress. The Committee of Nevv- buryport are unwilling to give up the little Powder they have, as requested by the Con- gress, unless the publick cause renders it abso- lutely necessary, in which case they will give up the last ounce, the destruction of their Town being a trivial matter compared with a final defeat of the Army, - 1062 22, Letter from Stephen Hooper to the Massachusetts Congress, - -. - - - - 1062 22, Account of the Engagement on the 1 7th. Charles- town set on fire by the British, contained about three hundred Dwelling-Houscs, many of them large and elegant, besides one hundred and fifty or two hundred other Buildings, which are almost all laid in ashes, - 1063 22, Letter from General Folsom to the New-Hamp- shire Committee of Safety, ... 1063 23, Letter from the Committee for Charles City County, Virginia, to the Committee and Free- holders of Buckingham County, in reply to lli.ir offer of an asylum for their Wives and Children, if the lower Counties are attacked by the enemy, - - - - - - 1064 23, Letter from the Albany Committee to the Massa- chusetts Congress; they have received a vague and uncertain account of the late Action at 1060 1061 1775. CONTEiYTS. xcvi request to be furnished with a ol 1 1 1 - Engagement, and 23, 23. 23. town; circumetantia its conn quen June So. Letter to Mr Holt. The County of Cumber- land, in New- York, having been represented as inimical to the bite Continental Congress and the Provincial I |uested to publish the Ptf of the General Committee of that County, in October last. - 1>, of the Committees from a number of Townships in the County of Cumberland, held at the County Hall, at Westminster, on the 19U> and 20th days of October, 1774, •^3, Letter from Colon- 1 Arnold to the Continental Congress. The opinion of the Committee ■ by Massachusetts, to inquire into the im- portance of holding: Ticonderoga and Crown Point, is, that if the Enemy had possession of these Fortresses it would place the New- England Colonies and New-York in the ut- most danger, ------ Letter from Governour Trumbull to the Conti- nental Congress, - • - - - Letter from an Officer on board one of the King's Ships, at Boston, to a friend in London. The Engagement on the 17th lasted four hours, and ended infinitely to our disadvantage. The Americans, when we landed, so far from retreat- ing, as we expected, marched towards us with the greatest coolness and regularity. The Provincials fought like men who had no care for their persons, and disputed every inch of ground, ------- Petition to the Massachusetts Congress, from the Selectmen, Officers of the Militia, and Com- mittee of Correspondence of Manchester. The Town being greatly exposed to their merciless enemies, they request permission to raise a Company of Men on the Provincial establish- ment, to be kept there for their security and defence, ------- Letter from General Folsom to the New-Hamp- shire Committee of Safety. Colonel Stark refuses to be under any subordination to any person appointed by the Congress of New- Hampshire to the general command of the New-Hampshire Troops, Address of Colonel Bailey to the Northern In- dians, ------- Meeting of the Livery of London, in Common Hall. An humble Address, Remonstrance and Petition to the King on this important crisis in American affairs, ordered to be pre- sented to His Majesty, sitting on his Throne, July 4, Report of the Sheriffs who waited on the King to know when he would permit the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council to wait on hiin with their Petition. The King refuses to receive it on the Throne; and the Lord Mayor refuses to present it to him in any other place. The Petition ordered to be published, - June 24, Humble Address, Remonstrance and Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Livery of London to the King, ----- Letter to General Gage, - Letter from President Hancock to the New- York Congress. The Continental Congress are of opinion that the employing of Green Mountain Boys would be advantageous to the common cause; they are requested to embody them with the Troops raisi d for the defence of the Northern Frontier, - - - . Meeting of the General Committee of Observa- tion (or the County of Burlington, New-Jer- sey. Association and other Proceedings of the Provincial Congress at Trenton approved of, - Letter from < >• m ral Schuyler, New-Brunswick, ■Jersey, to thi irk Congress. General Washington will be at Newark to- morrow morning, at nine o'clock, where he wishes to meet a Deputation of the Provincial Congress, ---... Letter from John Hait, Jun , Stamf rd, Connec- ticut, to Dr. Carrington g an inter- cepted Letter, dated New- York, June 19th, - ' Brother in Scotland, giving him an account of the Haul- with the Rebels on the 17th instant. - 10G4 1064 - 10G5 23, 23, 24. 24, 24, •-'4, 24. 24, 24, 1066 1067 1067 1068 - 1069 1070 1070 - 1071 1073 1074 1076 1077 1078 1078 - 1079 - 1080 1080 - 1081 1775. The chief breastwork of the Provincials was the strongest post that was ever occupied by any set of men ; the spirit and bravery the British Troops exhibited on the occasion is not to bo surpassed in history. To the great satisfaction of all good men, Dr. Warren was slain, ------ June 24, Order by the Massachusetts Congress for ob- serving Thursday, 13th of July, as a day of Publick Fasting and Prayer throughout the Colony, ------ 24, Letter from General Ward to the Massachusetts Congress. Lieutenant Francis Cox, of Salem, has deserted the service, and told his men they might go home, for no one had a right to stop them ; many of the men are gone, and it is probable others will go, - . - - 24, Letter from General Folsom to the New-Hamp- shire Committee of Safety, for Cannon for the Camp at Winter Hill. General Ward, who has been applied to, cannot supply them, 25, Proposed vindication and offer to Parliament, drawn up in a Committee of Congress, (by Dr. Franklin,) 108 1 25, Letter from General Washington to the Ameri- can Congress. One thousand pounds of Pow- der were sent from New- York to the camp at Cambridge, leaving at this time but four bar- rels in the City of New- York, - - - 1084 25, General Washington's Orders and Instructions to General Schuyler, appointed to the com- mand of the Northern Department, - - 1084 25, Letter from General Washington to the Presi- dent and Members of the Continental Con- gress, 1085 25, Contradiction of the Statement made by Colonel Easton to the Massachusetts Congress, on the 17th of May last, of the reduction of Ticon- deroga, denying to Colonel Easton any partici- pation in its capture, ----- 1085 25, Letter from Thaddeus Burr to General Wooster, enclosing a Letter to him from Isaac Lothrop, one of the Provincial Congress at Watertown, dated June 22, giving an account of the action on the 1 7th instant, 1089 25, Andrew Gilman appointed a Lieutenant by the Massachusetts Congress, and instructed to visit and cultivate a peaceable disposition with the Indians, 1090 25, Letter from John Lane to the Massachusetts Congress,- ------ 1090 25, Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to Go- vernour Trumbull, for re-enforcements for the Army, 1090 25, Letter from the Massachusetts Committee of Safety to the Selectmen of Bradford. A Com- pany of fifty Minute-Men enlisted in the Town of Bradford, under Captain Gage, to serve for one year from February, 1775, have all, except two, scandalously deserted the cause of their Country, and stained their own honour by leaving the Camp and returning home, - 1091 25, Letter from General Folsom to the New-Hamp- shire Committee of Safety, ... 1092 25, Letter from an Officer in the Army at Boston to his friend in England, giving an account of the Battle of Bunker's Hill, ... - 1093 25, Letter from General Burgoyne to Lord Stanley. Account of the Battle of Bunker's Hill, - 1094 Litter to General Burgoyne: Strictures on his Letter to Lord Stanley, - 1095 25, Letter from General Gage to the Earl of Dart- mouth. The trials we have had show the Rebels are not the despicable rabble too many have supposed them to be : when they find cover they make a good stand. The conquest of this Country is not easy, and can be effected only by time and perseverance and strong armies attacking it in various quarters and dividing their forces, ...... 1097 25, Letter from General Gage to the Earl of Dart- mouth, with his account of the Battle of Bun- ker's Hill, 1097 Return of the Officers, Non-Commissioned Offi- cers and Privates Killed and Wounded of His Majesty's Troops, at the attack of the Redoubts and IntrenchmentB, on the Heights of Charles- town, June 17, 1775, .... 1093 XCVII 1775. CONTENTS. XCVIII 1099 1101 1102 Observations on the Government account of the late Action near Charlestown, ... Further Observations, - June 26, Message from the Governour of Grenada to the House of Assembly, requiring that the Ad- dress and Minutes of the House, in favour of the rebellious subjects in America, be rescind- «1, " Message from the House to the Governour, in- forming him an Address to the King had pass- ed the House in consequence of an unanimous Resolution for that purpose; it had been deli- vered to the late Speaker, and is no longer in the possession of the House, - - - 1102 Resolutions of the House refusing to comply with the peremptory demands of the Govern- our to rescind the Minutes, ... 1102 Proclamation of the Governour dissolving the Assembly, - - - - - -1103 26, Meeting of sundry Gentlemen at Savannah, in Georgia. Declare the Acts of Parliament, for raising a Revenue in America, are grievances, and they will do all they legally may to obtain a redress of those grievances, - - - 1 103 26, Meeting of the Committee for Talbot County, Maryland. Information of the arrival in the Chesapeake Bay of the Ship Johnston, Cap- tain Jones, from Liverpool, with Salt and Dry Goods, - 1104 Report of the Sub- Committee who examined the Ship Johnston, with a schedule of the Goods on board, shipped by James Gildart and John Gawith, of Liverpool, who are declared to have violated the Association, ... 1104 26, Committee for the City and Liberties of Phila- delphia. Resolve that Henry Cour and Nich- olas Ashton, of Liverpool, have knowingly violated the Association of the American Con- gress, by shipping Salt to America in the Ship Albion, and that the Ship and Cargo return to Liverpool forthwith, ----- 1105 26, Letter from John Lamb to the New- York Con- gress, - - - - - - -11 06 26, Letter from John French to the New- York Congress. Cannot take his seat in Congress, as it appears he was not elected by a majority, 1106 26, Letter from Robert R. Livingston to the New- York Congress. His Powder Mill is in operation, and will immediately begin making the Powder, - 1106 26, Letter from Governour Trumbull to President Hancock, - - - - - -1106 26, Letter from General Gage to Lord Dunmore, in- forming him of his victory over the Rebels, on the 17th, 1107 26, Letter from General Ward to the Massachusetts Congress, ------ 1107 26, Letter from the Committee for Northfield, Mas- sachusetts, to the Provincial Congress, - - 1108 26, Petition of the Committee of Correspondence for the Town of Plymouth, Massachusetts, to the Provincial Congress, ... - 1108 26, Letter from the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety to General Folsom, - - - - 1 1 09 27, Letter from Governour Wright to General Gage. The unhappy affair of the 19th of April, and some late occurrences in South-Carolina, have forced the People of Georgia into the same predicament with others. He has neither Men nor Money. The King's Officers, and friends to Government are left naked, and exposed to the resentment of an enraged People, - - 1109 Letter sent in place of the foregoing, (which was intercepted and suppressed,) by the Secret Committee of Charlestown, South-Carolina, (Note,) 1110 27, Letter from Gov. Wright to Admiral Graves, urging him to send a Sloop-of-War to Savan- nah immediately; a Vessel with a quantity of Gunpowder is expected, and Boats and Men from South-Carolina are waiting to take her, and he has no means to prevent it, - - 1 1 1 1 Letter substituted for the foregoing by the Secret Committee of South-Carolina, (Note,) - - 1111 27. Letter from Charlestown, South-Carolina, to a Gentleman in Philadelphia, enclosing Extracts of Letters from the Superintendent and Agent of Indian Affairs in Georgia, - - - 1 1 1 1 Fourth Series. — Vol. it. 1775. June 27, Meeting of the Committee of Accomack Coun- ty, Virginia. John Sherlock declared an ene- my to American Liberty. Recantation of Mr. Sherlock, m2 27, Committee for Bedford County, Virginia : offer assistance and protection to such of the Inha- bitants of the lower parts of the Colony as may be obliged to quit their habitations, - - 1 1 13 27, Letter from President Hancock to the New- York Congress, enclosing a List of the General Offi- cers appointed to command the Continental Forces, 1114 27, Letter from the New- York Congress to Govern- our Trumbull. A Guard has been sent to escort four Wagons loaded with Gunpowder, from New-Jersey, for the Camp at Cambridge, 1114 27, Meeting of the Committee of Brookhaven, Suf- folk County, New- York. Adopt the Reso- lutions and determinations of the Continental Congress, and the injunctions of the Provin- cial Congress, and will abide by, adhere to, and support them. Apologize for their past conduct, in having so late come into the Con- gressional measures, ----- 934 27, Letter from Thomas Hicks to the New- York Congress, with his reasons for not taking his seat in Congress, and account of the election in Queen's County, where they decline for the present to send Delegates, - - - - 1 1 1 4 27, Petition and Remonstrance of Hermann Zedt- witz to the New- York Provincial Congress, for permission to raise a Regiment of Rifle- men, and appoint him to the command of it, - 1115 27, Letter from Elisha Phelps, at Ticonderoga, to the Massachusetts Congress, - - - 1116 27, Letter from Governour Trumbull to the Massa- chusetts Congress. Is informed by Colonel Hinman, at Ticonderoga, that the British are fortifying St. John's, and that the Caughnawaga Indians have had a war-dance, being brought to it by General Carleton, - - - - 1116 27, Meeting of the Committees of Inspection for the Towns of Tiverton and Little Compton, R. I. - 1117 27, Letter from Governour Cooke to the Massachu- setts Congress. Rhode-Island is about to fit out two Armed Vessels for the protection of their trade; a few Vessels, properly armed and manned, would be a great means of protecting the coast, and might enable us to make repri- sals, 1118 27, Extracts of Letters received in Philadelphia, from Gentlemen in the Army at Cambridge, - 1118 27, Letter from General Ward to the Massachusetts Congress, recommending Col. William Hen- shaw for Adjutant-General, - - - 1119 27, Letter from General Thomas to the Massachu- setts Congress, with a request from the Select- men of Boston that Provisions may be sent into Boston for the American Prisoners taken on the 1 7th, at Charlestown, - - - - 1119 27, Letter from Colonel David Brewer to the Massa- chusetts Congress, - - - - - 1 1 19 27, Petition of the Officers of Colonels Prescott, Frye and Bridge's Regiments, to the Massachusetts Congress, praying an allowance for their losses in the Battle on the 17th instant, - - - 1119 27, Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to the Continental Congress. The Continental Army before Boston are restrained from returning the fire of the British, which is kept up daily, lest by so doing they exhaust their little stock of powder, and place them at the mercy of their enemies. Nothing can so much merit the immediate attention of the Congress as the means of supplying this Army in the speediest manner with Gunpowder, - - - 1 120 27, Letter from General Folsom to the New-Hamp- shire Committee of Safety, - - - - 1121 27, Letter from the Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, Committee, to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety, enclosing an intercepted Letter from Boston, 1122 27 Letter from the Committees of Hanover and Lebanon to the New-Hampshire Congress. — Mr. Dean has just arrived with important intelligence from Canada, and will set out for Philadelphia to-morrow, to lay it before the Continental Congress, ... - 1540 1122 28, 1123 •J.-. 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 29, 29, 1329 1124 - 1124 XCIX 1""5. . . June 28, Meeting of the Committee of Observation tor Ave Arundel County and City of Annapolis. Forbid the landing of Goods imported in the Shi]) Adventure, from London, - Letter from Genera] Schuyler to the Continental Congress. Two Regiments of Connecticut Troops have arrived within two miles of New- ■> 9rk Reports prevail there that the Indians have accepted the hatehet offered them by ( iiu.ral Carleton, and that considerable bodies of them have been seen going to Montreal. Eight Transports with Troops are now at Bandy-Hook, ------ Lettec from the New-York Congress to their 1 tolegatee in the Continental Congress. Deeply impressed with the necessity of an accommo- dation with our Parent State, and conscious that the best service we can render to the pre- sent and all future generations must consist in promoting it, we have laboured to point out such moderate terms as may tend to reconcile the unhappy differences ; and take the liberty of enclosing the result of our deliberations, - Letter from Peter T. Curtenius to the New- York Congress, .----- Letter from the Charlotte County, New- York, Committee, to the Provincial Congress. Dis- turbances in the County ; the People are dis- satisfied with the order of Congress to remove the Cannon from Ticonderoga, - Address of the Inhabitants of the German Flats, to the Oneida and Tuscarora Indians as- sembled there, ------ Address of the English Merchants, of Quebeck, to General Carleton ; offer their services to protect the place, and request the Militia to be embodied, ------ Letter from General Greene to Jacob Greene. The late Battle. The present situation of both Armies. The Rhode-Island Troops are raw, irregular and undisciplined; yet, bad as they are, they are under much better government than any Troops around Boston, - Letter from the Committee of Inspection for the Town of Biddeford to the Massachusetts Con- gress, ------- Letter from the Massachusetts Committee of Safety to the Provincial Congress, protesting against an Order sent to them by Gen. Ward, 1127 Letter from the Massachusetts Congress to the Albany Committee, with a particular account of the late Engagement with the enemies of America, ...... Petition of the Inhabitants of Machias to the Massachusetts Congress, praying for a supply of Provisions, the situation of the times having' prevented their procuring it, Letter from the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety to General Folsom, Letter from the Rev. Dr. Wheelock to the New. Hampshire Congress, with information of the disposition of the Northern Indians towards the Colonies, .... Letter from the Hague. Orders have been given by the States-General to their Admiral in the West- Indies to seize and destroy all Ammuni- tion, Stores and Provisions, found in any Ships bound from any Dutch Settlements to any Port in the English-American Colonies, Letter from Charlestown to a Gentleman in Phi- ladelphia. Charlestown has more the appear- ance of a Garrison-Town than a Mart for Trade. One Company keeps guard all day, and two every night. The Tories in Georgia are now no more : the Province is almost uni- versally on the right side, and are about to choose Delegates to the Congress, Free Thoughts on the present Times and „ sures; addressed to the People of Virginia - Philadelphia Committee direct that no Sheep he killed under four years of age, in compliance with the Resolves of the Provincial Convention 29, Letter from the New- York Congress to the Con- tinental Congress, - 29, Letter from General Schuyler to the Continental n ss. Some Oneida Indians, lately arrived at Albany, have expressed a wish that the In- dians should be called together there, - - 1133 CONTENTS. 1125 1125 - 1126 1127 1444 - 1128 - 1128 - 1541 1128 29, 29, - 1129 1129 1132 - 1132 1775. June 28, Letter from General Schuyhr, at New- York, to Colonel Hinraan, commanding at Ticonderoga, 1 133 29, Letter from General Schuyler to the New- York Congress. Proposes the Troops from Connect- icut shall encamp this morning, and requests Tints and other necessaries may be furnished immediately, - - - - - - 1134 29, Letter from the' New- York Congress to Elisha Phelps, Commissary to the Connecticut Troops on Lake Champlain. Have made provision for passing to him all the Provisions and Stop s heretofore sent for the Troops at the Posts on the Lake, 1332 29, Letter from the New- York Congress to the Agents at Albany, directing them to deliver to Mr. Phelps, the Commissary appointed by Go- vernour Trumbull, all the Provisions and Ston s in their hands, ----- 1332 29, Letter from Colonel Jacob Bay ley to the New- York Congress. He has been chosen a Mem- ber of the Provincial Congress, but cannot attend, as they are apprehensive of an invasion from Canada, - - - - - 1134 29, Association of the Inhabitants of Newtown, in Fairfield County, Connecticut, adopted on the 13th of February, and signed by the Inhabi- tants on the 12th of April, 1775, - -1135 29, Letter from Fort George, near Ticonderoga, to a Gentleman in Hartford. It is generally be- lieved that Carleton is making preparations to come against us. Guy Johnson is doing all he can to raise the Indians against us, - 1 135 30, Preparations for defence at Williamsburgh, Vir- ginia, - - - - - - -1135 30, Address of the Committee of Cumberland Coun- ty, Virginia, to the Inhabitants of the County, 1 136 30, Letter from one of the Virginia Delegates, at Philadelphia, to a friend in Williamsburgh, - 1137 30, Letter to the New- York Congress, from their Delegates in the Continental Congress, urging them, by all means, to complete their levies of Men without delay; the honour as well as the interest of the Congress is much concerned in the success of this measure ; Connecticut boasts of having raised their Men in ten days, 1 137 30, Letter from General Schuyler, at New- York, to the Continental Congress. In obedience to the Resolutions of Congress, he will repair with- out delay to Ticonderoga, and execute their wishes with the utmost expedition and secrecy, 1 138 30, Letter from General Schuyler to the New- York Congress. Has just received Despatches con- taining matters of the utmost importance, and wishes to meet a small Committee of their body, to whom he will communicate such part of his orders as become the subject of their consideration, - - - - - -1139 30, Letter from General Schuyler to Governour Trumbull. To enable him to carry into exe- cution the orders of the Continental Congress, supplies of Money and Ammunition are in- dispensably necessary; he requests Connecti- cut will send him fifteen or twenty thousand Pounds of their Money, and all the Ammuni- tion they can spare, for it cannot be had in New- York, even in the smallest quantity, - 1139 30, Letter from Capt. John Lamb to the New- York Congress, ------ 1140 30, Letter from Samuel Mott, at Fort George, to Go- vernour Trumbull. Has been informed of the extraordinary ill conduct of Col. Arnold, the particulars of which have been sent by Col. Hinman. Requests that Captain Niles, of Norwich, a bold and able sea commander, maybe commissioned to take command of one of the Vessels on the Lake. Guy Johnson is doing all in his power to stimulate the Indians against us, - - - - - - 1140 30, Letter from General Ward to the Continental Congress. Has received and accepts his ap- pointment as a Major-General in the Ameri- can Army. Hopes the appointments in Mas- sachusetts, made by the Congress, of General Officers, may not have a tendency to create uneasiness; which ought, at this time, to be carefully avoided, - - . . - 1140 30, Letter from General Ward to John Pigeon, Com- missary-General, - - - - - 1141 CI CONTENTS. June 30, Letter from General Thomas to the Massachu- setts Committee of Safety, - - - - 1 1 4 1 30, Letter from General Heath to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety. Many of his Regiment are without Arms ; requests they may be sup- plied, 1141 30, Letter from the Committee of Safety for Massa- chusetts to the Provincial Congress. Desire to have a full knowledge of the emissions of Bills lately made, before they consider the fur- ther emission required by a Resolve of the Provincial Congress, .... 1141 30, Letter from the Massachusetts Committee of Sup- plies to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety, requesting them to forward some Can- non they have, - - - - - 1142 30, Colonel John Fcnton declared an enemy to the Liberties of America by the Congress of New- Hampshire, and sent under guard to Head- Quarters, 698 Eulogium sacred to the memory of the late Maj. Gen. Warren, who fell, June 17, 1775, fighting against the Ministerial Army at Boston, - 1142 RHODE-ISLAND ASSEMBLY. May 3, Rliode- Island Assembly meet at Providence, - 1 143 List of the Members, 1143 Records of the Colony removed to Providence, - 1 1 45 Committee to prepare a Bill for regulating the Army to be raised for the defence of the Co- lony, 1145 Act for embodying, supplying and paying the Army of Observation ordered to be raised for the defence of the Colony, ... 1145 Committee of Safety authorized to receive and distribute Arms, - - - - -1147 Committee of Safety appointed, - - - 1 1 47 Officers of the Army of Observation, - - 1147 Resolutions disqualifying Governour Wanton, and authorizing the Lieutenant-Governour to act as Governour, ..... 1149 Committee of Safety directed to make out the account of the expenses of Raising and Equip- ping the Army of Observation, and transmit it to the Continental Congress, - - - 1150 Proceedings of the Assembly, relative to the Dis- putes between Great Britain and the Colonies, directed to be sent to the Assembly of Connect- icut and Committee of New- York, - - 1 150 Pay to the Officers and Men of the Army of Ob- servation, ...... H50 Embargo laid on all Provisions going out of the Colony, 1151 Adjourn to second Monday in June, - - 1151 Jtt»el2,Meet according to adjournment, - - - 1151 List of the Members, 1151 Disqualification of Governour Wanton continued, 1 152 Deputy-Govemour requested to write to Captain Wallace, Commander of His Majesty's Ship Rose, now in the Harbour of Newport, and demand of him the reason of his conduct to- wards the Inhabitants of the Colony, - - 1152 Allowances to Soldiers in Camp, - - - 1152 Rules for regulating the Army of Observation, raised by this Colony, - - - - 1152 Committee of Safely directed to fit out, with Arms and Men, two Vessels, to protect the Trade of the Colony, 1158 Officers appointed to command the Vessels, - 1158 Memorial of William Potter, of South-Kingston, expressing his regret at having signed the Pro- test, in April last, against the Act for raising an Army of Observation, ... - 1158 The Memorial is considered satisfactory, and Mr. Potter is reinstated in the favour of the As- sembly, .------ 1159 Military Officers appointed, - - - - 1 159 Post-Offices established, Postmasters and Post- Riders appointed, and Rates of Postage fixed, 1160 Tin Thousand Pounds in lawful money, Bills of Credit, authorized, ..... H61 Officers chosen by the Light-Infantry Compa- nies of Providence and Gloucester approved, 1161 Officers chosen by the Company of Scituate Hun- ters, approved, ------ 1161 An Act to prevent Desertion from the Army of Observation, 1161 1775. Officers chosen by the Company of North-Pro- vidence Rangers, approved, " - - - The Deputy-Governour requested to transmit to the Rhode- Island Delegates in the Continental Congress a copy of the Proceedings of this Assembly, ...... Adjourned to the third Monday in August next, Juvu: 28, Meet again ; convened by the Lieut. Governour, List of the Members of the Assembly, Officers chosen to command the Pawtuxet Ran- gers, approved, - - - - - Six additional Companies authorized to be raised and equipped ; two Companies to be added to each of the Regiments now in the service of this Colony, and encamped near Boston, Ten Thousand Pounds in lawful money, Bills, to be emitted for the pay and support of the additional Companies, . . . - An Act to repeal an Act entitled "An Act for Regulating Appeals to His Majesty in Coun- cil, in Great Britain," - - Disqualification of Governour Wanton con- tinued, ------- Army of Observation placed under the command and direction of the Commander-in-Chief of the combined American Army, stationed in the Province of Massachusetts, ... Deputy-Governour requested to write a Reply to the Speech of the Oneida Indians to the four New-England Colonies, ... Committee appointed to take an account of the Powder, Arms and Ammunition, as well pri- vate as publick, in the Colony, ... Committees of the several Towns requested to collect Saltpetre, and forward it to the Provin- cial Congress in New- York, - Officers chosen to command the Providence Gre- nadier Company, approved, ... Officers appointed to command the six additional Companies to the Army of Observation, Act for enlisting one-fourth part of the Militia of the Colony as Minute-Men, - Adjourned to the third Monday in August, 21, 22, 23, 24, PENNSYLVANIA ASSEMBLY. June 19, Pennsylvania Assembly meet, ... 20, Message to the Governour, that they are ready to proceed to any business he may have to lay before them, ...... Answer of the Governour ; he has no business to lay before the House, .... Committee to prepare a bill for striking twenty- two thousand Pounds in Bills of Credit, " - Bill for striking Bills of Credit reported and read, ....... Memorial from the Committee for the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, requesting them to appoint a Committee of Safety and Defence, - Resolution of the Continental Congress of June 22, requesting Pennsylvania to raise two or more Companies of Riflemen, presented to the House, ...---- Petition from a number of the Officers of the As- sociation in the City and Liberties of Philadel- phia, concurring with the Petition and Memo- rial from the Committee of the said City and Liberties, presented yesterday, ... Consideration of the Petition from the Committee for Philadelphia resumed, - - - - Committee appointed to consider of, and report to the House, such measures as maybe expedient for putting the City and Province into a state of defence, ------ Message from the Governour, refusing his con- sent "to the Bill entitled "An Act for the sup- port of Government of this Province, and pay- ment of the Publick Debt," Committee to prepare an Answer to the Message, Resolves reported by the Committee on the De- fence of the City and Province, considered and agreed to by the House, - Committee of Safety appointed, - People conscientiously scrupulous of bearing Arms recommended to assist the indigent As- sociators, ------- Adjourned to Monday, the 18th of September next, ------- 27, 28, 30, CII - 1162 1162 1162 1162 1163 - 1163 1163 1163 1163 1164 1164 1164 1164 1164 1164 1165 1165 1168 1167 1167 1167 1168 1168 1168 1170 1170 1170 1170 1171 1171 1172 1173 1174 1174 cm 1775. NEW-HAMPSHIRE 1IOISE OF REPRESENTATIVES. June 12, House of Representatives of New-Hampshire meet, ...... 13, Refuse to receive the Members elected on the King's Writ, for the Towns of Plymouth, < >r- forrl, and Liin - Answer of the House to the Governour's Speech, Message from the (iovernour, adjourning the House to Tuesday, the 1 1th of August next, - NEW-HAMPSHIRE PROVINCIAL CONORE8S. Ju w«27, The Congress meets according to adjournment, Cannon to be sent to the Army at Medford, 28, Provincial and County Records at Portsmouth removed to Exeter, - 29, Rules and Articles of War forMassachusetts.from .\'.>. 1 to No. 53, inclusive, adopted for the New-Hampshire Forces, .... 30, Justices of the several Courts recommended to adjourn their respective Courts to the first day of the next Term, till further advice of this Congress, ------ Colonel John Fenton ordered to be confined in the Jail at Exeter, and supported like a Gen- tleman, at the expense of the Colony, July 1, Colonel Fenton ordered to be sent to the Head- Quarters of the New-Hampshire Forces, Committee to prepare a Bill for an emission of a further sum of Paper Notes, - Committee to bring in a Plan to regulate the Mi- litia of the Colony, ----- Committee to confer with the other New-Eng- land Colonies, on the situation of Ticonderoga, Crown Point, and Canada, and procure the views of those Colonies relative to any Plan of Operations in those parts, - 3, Publick Money in the hands of George Jaflrey, Treasurer, delivered to a Committee of the Congress, ...... Letter received from Dr. Wheelock, giving an account of the state of matters in Canada, sent by a Committee to the Massachusetts Congress, 4, Committee to prepare a Vote for establishing and encouraging sundry Manufactures in the Co- lony, .... ... 5, Receiver-General authorized to give his Notes of Hand, on the faith of the Colony, for ten thousand Pounds, - - - . . Selectmen or Committee of each Town to take an exact list of all the Fire-Artns fit for use in their respective Towns and Parishes in the Colony, .--.... 7, Report of the Committee appointed to remove the Publick Records, ----- Committee of Safety directed to write a Letter to the Continental Congress, setting forth the situ- ation of the Colony, the state of the Forces, &c., Adjourned to August 22, .... CONTENTS. civ - 1175 117") 1175 1176 1179 1179 1179 1180 1180 1181 1181 1181 1181 1181 1181 1182 1182 1182 1184 1184 1186 1186 2, HOUSE OF BURGESSES OF VIRGINIA. June 1, House of Burgesses of Virginia meet at Wil- liamsburgh, ...... Peyton Randolph chosen Speaker, ... Speech of the Governour to the Council and House of Burgesses, Message from the Governour, communicating the Joint Address of the Lords and Commons, on the 7th of February, and His Majesty's An- swer ; and also the Resolution of the House of Commons of the 27th of the same month, Address to the Governour ordered, and a Com- mittee appointed to prepare it. Journal of the Proceedings of the Congress held £t i laWla> on th^ 5th dfty of September, 1774, laid before the House, . . Proceedings of the Convention of Delegate for the Counties and Corporations in the Colo™ of Virginia, held at Richmond Town in the F-rT'y ?/ ,H™rica> 0l> the 20th day of March, 1775, laid before the House, Address to the Governour, requesting him to communicate to the House the number of Militia lately drawn out into actual service in defence of the Colony; and what Militia has teen ordered out since the late Indian Expedi- tion, and for what purposes, - - . . 1185 1186 1187 S, 1188 1188 1188 - 1188 1189 1775. June 5, Answer of the Governour to the Address relative to the Militia, - 1189 Address to the Governour in answer to his Speech, - 1190 Committee to inspect the Publick Magazine in this City, and inquire into the Stores belonging to the same, - - - - - - 1 1 9 1 Petition of the Presbytery of Hanover, in behalf of themselves and all the Presbyterians of Virginia, and of all Protestant Dissenters else- where, praying for equal liberties and advan- tages with their fellow-subjects, - - - 1191 Journal of the Proceedings of the Congress con- sidered, and unanimously approved, - - 1192 Proceedings of the Convention considered, and unanimously approved, - - - - 1 193 Address of the Council to the Governour, - 1193 Governour's Answer, ----- 1193 6, Message from the Governour relative to the Publick Magazine; and a paper referred to in the Message, 1 193 The Gentlemen who were appointed to inspect the Magazine directed to prepare an Answer to the Message, - - - - - 1 194 Answer to the Governour's Message, - - 1194 Message from the Governour relative to the Gun- powder which has been removed from the Publick Magazine by His Excellency's order, 1 195 Message from the Council, with a copy of their Proceedings upon a report relative to the Ma- rines and Sailors belonging to His Majesty's Ship the Fowey, 1 195 Captain James Innis, of the Williamsburgh Vo- lunteers, requested to guard the Magazine, - 1 196 7, The Governour's Message, relative to the remo- val of the Gunpowder from the Magazine, considered, - - - - - -11 96 Committee appointed to prepare and present an Address to the Governour, - - - - 1 196 Governour's Speech considered in Committee of the Whole House, 1 196 Message from the Governour in answer to their Address of this day, - - - - - 1197 Petition of Wm. Fleming presented to the House, 1 197 8, Petition of Abraham Field presented, - - 1197 Message from the Council, with a written Mes- sage from the Governour, informing that, con- sidering himself in danger of personal violence, he had removed to a place of safety; and had fixed his residence for the present on board His Majesty's Ship the Fowey, lying at York, and that for the transaction of all publick business, access to him will be easy and safe, - - 1198 Message read, considered, and Committee ap- pointed to prepare an Address in answer, - 1 198 Address to tire Governour, in answer to his Mes- sage, - - - - - - - 1199 Sent to the Council for their concurrence, - - 1 199 Concurred in by the Council and amended to make it a Joint Address, - - - - 1199 Committee appointed to present it, - - - 1 199 9, Governour's Speech considered in Committee of the Whole, 1199 Mr. Cary reported from the Committee, that the Address of yesterday had been presented to the Governour on board the Fowey, and that he was pleased to say he would take time to con- sider it, and would return an answer in writing after he had maturely deliberated upon its con- tents, 1200 10, Governour's Speech considered in Committee of the Whole, 1200 Resolution reported to the House, setting forth the reasons why they cannot close with the Resolution of the House of Commons of the 27th of February, (Lord North's,) - - 1200 Resolution agreed to, and a Committee appointed to prepare an Address to the Governour upon it, 1202 Answer of the Governour to the Joint Address, presented to him yesterday, - - - - 1202 Committee appointed to inquire into the causes of the late Disturbances and Commotions, - 1204 12, Petition of the Community of Christians called Menonites, praying they may have the same liberty of affirming to the truth of any matter as indulged to the People called Quakers. - 1204 Address to the Governour reported to the House by the Committee, ..... 1204 cv CONTENTS. 1775. Junel2, Address agreed to, and a Committee appointed to present it, - - - - - - - 1 206 1 3, Report of the Committee appointed to inspect the Magazine, 1206 Message to the Council, on securing the Arms left in the Palace by the Governour, - - 1208 Petition of sundry persons of the Community of Christians called Baptists, and other Protestant Dissenters, ...... 1208 14, Petition of several persons in that part of the County of Augusta which lies West of the Alleghany Mountains, presented by Mr. Bland, one. of the Delegates to the Continental Con- gress, where it was first presented, - - 1208 Commissioners appointed to ratify the Treaty of Peace between this Colony and the Indians, - 1209 Report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the late Disturbances and Commotions, - 1209 15, Committee appointed to a Conference with the Council, on the Message of the House relative to the security of the publick Arms, - - 1216 Several Conferences on the subject of securing the Arms, 1216 Committee appointed to join with a Committee of the Council in preparing an Address to the Governour, that he will consent to a removal of the publick Arms to a more secure place, - 1217 House in Committee of the Whole on the Go- vernour's Answer to the Joint Address of the two Houses; the Report of the Committee ap- pointed to inspect the Publick Magazine; the Report of the Committee on the late Disturb- ances and Commotions; and an extract of a Letter from Lord Dunmore to Earl of Dart- mouth, dated Williamsburgh, Dec'r 24, 1774, 1217 Resolution reported by the Committee of the Whole, directing an Address to the Governour, 1217 Resolution agreed to, and Committee appointed to prepare the Address, - - - - - 1218 Message to the Council, informing them that the Locks of upwards of three hundred Guns, late- ly in complete order in the Publick Magazine, have been taken off"; and requesting them to join in an Address to the Governour, desiring him to direct the Locks to be returned to the Magazine, ...... 1218 16, Mr. Cary reported to the House, that their Ad-- dress of Monday last, (the 12th instant,) had been presented to the Governour, and had re- ceived his Answer, - - - - - 1218 Answer of the Governour to the Address of Monday, 1218 Address ordered to be presented to the Governour, informing him the Publick Magazine is now in a fit condition for the reception of Arms and Ammunition, and requesting him to return the Powder lately removed from thence by his order, 1218 Committee to prepare the Address, - - - 1219 17, Committee appointed, on the 7th of June, to draw up an Address to be presented to the Govern- our, reported, ...... 1219 Address reported by the Committee agreed to, and Committee appointed to present it, - - 1219 Council agree to address the Governour concern- ing the Locks taken off" some of the Guns in the Magazine, and Committee appointed to prepare it, ...... 1220 Mr. Mercer reported, from the Committee ap- pointed yesterday to draw up an Address to the Governour, informing him the Publick Maga- zine is now in a fit condition for the reception of Arms and Ammunition, .... 1220 Address reported by Mr. Mercer agreed to, and a Committee appointed to present it, - - 1221 Joint Address to the Governour, requesting him to order the Publick Arms in the Palace may be removed, during his absence, to the Publick Magazine, 1221 19, Mr. Bland presented to the House copies of seve- ral Resolutions of the Continental Congress, passed on the 17th of May, on the 29th of May, and on 2d of June, ..... 1221 Resolutions of the Congress approved of by the House, and the several Committees in the Co- lony for carrying into execution the Continen- tal Association are requested to be vigilant in seeing them strictly complied with, - - 1221 12^1 1231 - 1232 1232 CVI 1775. June 19, Address to the Governour, reported by the Com- mittee appointed on Thursday last, the 15th instant, ....... Agreed to, and Committee appointed to present it, 20, Message from the Council, with a Paper which they have received from the Governour, as his Answer to the last Joint Address of the Coun- cil and House, ..... Governour, in the Paper communicated, refuses to give directions for the removal of the Arms from the Palace, and directs that they remain there, and on no account be touched without his express permission, .... Mr. Cary reported that the Joint Address of Sa- turday last, (June 17,) and the two Addresses of this House of the same day, and the Address of yesterday, had been severally presented to the Governour, who directed him to acquaint the House he had sent his Answer to the first to the Council, and delivered him two Papers in answer to the second and third Addresses, - 1232 21, Papers sent by the Governour, in answer to the Joint Address and to the Addresses of this House, taken into consideration, - - - 1233 Conference desired with the Council, on the state of the Colony, and on the subject-matter of the Governour's Message in answer to the Joint Address of the Council and House, - - 1233 Conference agreed to by the Coancil, - - 1233 Committee appointed to manage the Conference on the part of the House, ... - 1233 Instructions to Committee appointed to manage the Conference, 1233 Address to the Governour agreed upon in Con- ference, -...-.- 1234 Agreed to by the House, and Committee appoint- ed to present it, ..... 1235 22, Answer of the Governour to the Joint Address of yesterday, ...... 1236 Message from the Governour to the House, by the Attorney-General, on the Bills and Re- solves passed by the House, ... 1237 Address of the House in answer to the Message, 1237 24, Answer of the Governour to the Address, - 1239 Considered by the House in Committee of the Whole, 1239 Resolutions, reported by the Committee of the Whole, and agreed to by the House, - - 1239 Commissioners appointed to meet the Chiefs of the Ohio Indians, to confirm and ratify a Treaty of Peace with them, ----- 1240 Commissioners appointed to settle the Accounts of the Militia for their services and losses in the late Indian war, ..... 1240 Adjourned to the 12th of October next, - - 1241 NEW-YORK PROVINCIAL CONGRESS. May 22, The Congress assembled at the Exchange, in New- York, 1241-1348 23, List of the Deputies from the several Counties, 1241 Rules of the Congress adopted, ... 1243 Moved by Mr. Low, and consideration postponed, that implicit obedience ought to be paid to all General Regulations recommended by the Con- tinental Congress; but that this Congress is competent to determine on all matters relative to the internal police of the Colony, - - 1244 Resolution of the Continental Congress of May 18th, relative to Ticonderoga, presented, - 1245 Committee appointed to report the best method of carrying it into execution, ... 1245 All the Ministers in the City, who can pray in English, requested to make arrangements for opening the Congress with Prayer, - - 1245 24, Report of the Committee on the Resolution of the Continental Congress relative to Ticonderoga, 1246 Committee appointed to superintend the removal of the Cannon and Stores from Ticonderoga to Fort George, ... - 1247 Letter from a Committee of the House of Repre- sentatives of Connecticut, appointed to confer with this Colony, - - - - 1247 Gentlemen from Connecticut introduced, their Credentials read, and a Committee appointed to confer with them, 1247 Committee to consider the expense and means of raising Money, to defray the expense of CVII 17 7."). removing the Cannon and Stores from Ticon- ( ONTENTS. 1775. rernour of Connecticut, inform- imn of what they have done relative to - - Committee to prepare a Letter and Instructions to thi for removing the Cannon and Stores from Ticonderoga, - Committee appouiled' to confer with the Gentle- men from Connecticut, on their written re- 12-18 1248 1248 25, qm >t, Arrangement of the Clergy of New- York, to open the Congress with Prayer every morn- ing. ..---- Report of the Committee after their Conference, Motion rejected, that the Letter to the Go- vernour of Connecticut be withheld, and the subject-matter thereof reconsidered, Letter to the Agents for removing the Cannon and Stores from Ticonderoga, - Instructions to the Agents, - - - - The Congress recommend to all persons not to commit any hostilities against the People of Canada, and declare every such step infamous, and highly inimical to all the American Colo- - 1250 1250 1250 - 1250 1251 1251 mes, - 1253 27, 29, - 1253 1254 - 1254 1254 - 1255 - 125G 1257 1257 - 1258 1259 Motion made, and consideration postponed, that this Congress do fully approve of the Proceed' ings of the late Continental Congress, 26, Committee of Correspondence appointed, and in- structed to inform the People of Canada that nothing hostile is intended against them, Letter to the Committee of Safety for Massachu- setts, and the Committee of Correspondence for New-Hampshire, .... Committee appointed to consider the expediency of emitting a Continental Paper Currency, - Letter to the Delegates representing this Colony in the Continental Congress, Propositions and requests of Capt. Asa Douglass, 1255 Members of the Congress desired to sign the As- sociation, ..... Letter from Abraham Lott, for information whether he is authorized to supply the Ship Asia with Provisions: permission given, Committee on Continental Paper Currency re- port; to be considered on Tuesday next, Letter from the Provincial Congress of New- Jer- sey, dated May 26, ... Letter from President Hancock, dated May 26, with Resolves of the Continental Congress of May 25, respecting the measures they conceive necessary for the defence and safety of the City and Province of New- York, ... Letter to the Provincial Congress of New- Jersey, 1260 Letter to the Delegates in the Continental Con- gress, 1260 Recommendation to the several Counties to ap- point Committees to obtain the signatures of all the Inhabitants to the Association, and to report the Names of those who refuse to sign, 1261 Letter to the Counties, enclosing the foregoing Recommendation, - 30, Report of the Committee on the Continental Paper Currency, ..... Agreed to unanimously by the House, and a copy directed to be transmitted to the Delegates of the Colony in the Continental Congress, Letter to the Delegates in Continental Congress, enclosing the Report on Paper Currency, Committee to examine the Ground at or near King's Bridge, to ascertain if it will admit of making a Fortification there that will be ten- able, ..... Committee to go to the Highlands, and report the most proper place for erecting one or more Fortifications, ---.._ Motion by Mr. Kissam, that a Committee be ap- pointed to prepare and state the terms on w liirh a reconciliation may be tendered to I Britain, - 31, Inhabitants of the Colony recommended to fur- nish themselves with Anna ami Ammunition, Commit; a„ arrangement of the Troop* to lied for the defence of this Colonv, -----.. June 1, Letter to thi tea of the Colony in the Continental Congress. - - - . i 1261 1262 1264 1264 - 1265 1265 1265 1-207 1267 2, 3, 6, 6, cvnr t to Sub-Committee of the City of Albany, 1 269 Mr. Kissam, with leave of the Congress, withdrew his motion of the 30th of May, - - - 1269 Committee of Correspondence reported a Litter to the People of Canada, which was read and approved, ...... 1270 Fifteen hundred copies of the Letter in French, and live hundred in English, ordered to !»■ printed and distributed among the People of Canada, - 1270 Motion by Mr. Kissam, that a Committee be ap- pointed to prepare a Plan of Accommodation between (ireat Britain and the Colonies, - 1271 Debated and adopted: affirmative seven Coun- ties, negative four Counties, ... 1271 Committee to prepare the Plan of Accommoda- tion, 1271 Letter from President Hancock, dated May 31, enclosing a Resolution of the same day, re- questing the Governour of Connecticut to send a strong re-enforcement to Crown Point and Ticonderoga, 1271 Peter T. Curtenius appointed Commissary to supply the Northern Posts ; and the Members of the Congress become responsible to him for the disbursements he may make, - - 1272 Letter from James Rivington, Printer, received and read, and the consideration of it deferred, 1274 Recommendation to the Inhabitants of the City not to obstruct the embarkation of the British Troops, 1274 Letter to Inhabitants of Tryon County, - - 1274 Letter to Colonel Guy Johnson, ... 1275 Letter from the Committee at Albany, dated June 2, 1775, 1276 Letter to the Governour and Company of Con- necticut, 1277 Letter to the New- York Delegates at the Conti- nental Congress, on the subject of erecting a Fortification at King's Bridge, - - - 1278 Report of the Committee who viewed the Grounds at King's Bridge, and places adjacent, - 1279 Colonel Philip Schuyler recommended to the Continental Congress as a Major-General, and Richard Montgomery as a Brigadier-General, 1280 Letter to the Committee of Albany, - - 1280 Letter to the Delegates of this Colony in the Continental Congress, calling their attention to the necessity of immediately providing Mo- ney ; recommend the appointment of a Conti- nental Superintendent of Indian Affairs; and leave to the wisdom of the Continental Con- gress the appointment of a General, - - 1 28 1 Letter to the Delegates in Continental Congress, recommending Colonel Schuyler for Major- General, and Captain Montgomery for Briga- dier-General, -...'.. 1282 Any attempt to raise tumults, under pretext of a doubtful interpretation of the Resolves or Re- commendation of the Congress, is declared to be a high infraction of the General Association, and tending directly to the dissolution of this Congress, - 1282 Letter to the Committee of Safety for Massachu- setts, 1283 James Rivington having signed the General As- sociation, and asked pardon of the publick, who have been offended by his ill-judged publica- tions, is permitted to return to his house and family, 1284 Letter to Artemas Ward, General of the Massa- chusetts Army, Joseph Warren, Chairman of the Committee of Safety, and Moses Gill, Chairman of the Committee of Supplies, - 1285 The late seizure of the Military Stores belonging to the Crown, at Turtle Bay, is a direct viola- tion of the Continental Order of the loth of .May; is inimical to the true interest of the Colo- nies, and tends to involve this City in the utmost confusion and distress, .... 1285 Committee appointed to repair to Turtle Bay, and inform the persons assembled there of tlie opinion of this Congress, and to order them to desist from the further execution of their inten- tions, |285 Motion by Mr. Scott, to dismantle the Fort and secure the Cannon, rejected: affirmative five Counties; negative five Coun . . 1286 CIX 1775. Jiuie'J, Secret Committee appointed to examine what ijnnntity of Saltpetre is in the hands of the Apothecaries in this City, ... - 1287 Committee to estimate and report the quantity of every article necessary for eqiupping three thousand Men, 1287 Letter to the Commander-in-Chief at Ticondero- ga, informing him that the damaged Powder there may be sent to the Mill erected near the iast side of Hudson's River, in Rhynbeck Pre- cinct, in Dutchess County, ... 1288 Litter to the Commissioners at Albany, appointed to superintend the removal of the Cannon and Stores from Tieonderoga and Crown Point, - 1288 Bounty of five Pounds given for every hundred weight of Gunpowder manufactured within the Colony, and a Bounty of twenty Pounds for every hundred good Muskets so manufac- tured, - 1288 Motion by Mr. T red well, to take the advice of the Continental Congress relative to dismantling the Fort, declared to be the same in substance with a motion made, voted on, and carried in the negative, yesterday: affirmative six Counties, negative four Counties, .... 1288 10, Powder received from Elizabethtown, in New- Jersey, committed to Mr. McDougull, to be forwarded to the Massachusetts Army, - - 1290 The Mayor of the City informed the Congress that application had been made to him respect- ing some Arms taken out of the Baggage Carts of the Troops lately embarking from this City, 1290 Motion by Mr. Morris, that the Arms and Mili- tary Accoutrements taken from His Majesty's Troops on Tuesday last be restored, and that every Inhabitant of the Colony who is possess- ed of any, immediately deliver them to the Mayor of New- York : carried in the Affirma- tive: for the affirmative, eight Counties; for the negative, two Counties, ... 1290 Case of Robert and John Murray considered, and they are fully restored to their commercial privileges, and declared to be entitled to the forgiveness of the Publick, ... 1291 Copy of the Report of the Committee appointed to ascertain the most proper place for erecting a Fortification in the Highlands, ordered to be sent to the Delegates in the Continental Con- gress, ....... 1291 12, Letter from the Delegates of the Colony, dated Philadelphia, June 10, 1292 Letter from the Continental Congress, dated June 10, with a Resolution of the 9th, requesting New- York to forward to the Camp before Bos- ton five thousand barrels of Flour, for the use of the Continental Army, .... 1293 Committee appointed to purchase and forward the Flour without delay, 1293 Letter to the Merchants of Canada. They agree to the proposition for the establishment of a regular Post between Montreal and New- York ; and disavow in the strongest terms the intention attributed to them, that the Confede- rated Colonies on this Continent aim at Inde- pendence, ------- 1294 13, Letter to the New- York Delegates, respecting the establishment of a Post in the Highlands, 1295 Report ol the Committee on the .most proper place for a Post in the Highlands, - - 1295 Committee to agree with any person in the City for importing, without delay, any quantity of Gunpowder, not exceeding thirty tons, allow- ing the importer one hundred per cent, on the first cost, - - - ' - - - 1296 14, Mr. McDougall appointed by the Congress to seize one Angus McDonald, who is charged with giving a Bounty and enlisting Men, to be employed against the Liberties of this Country, 1297 Information given by Capt. Thompson of Troops coming to America, ----- 1297 Letter to the Governour of Connecticut, with the above information, ----- 1297 William Duer complains of sundry insinuations against his conduct, with relation to the North- ern Frontier of this Colony, and prays a Com- mittee may be appointed to inquire into his conduct, 1298 CONTENTS. cx 1775. June I 4, Committee appointed to hear and examine into the case of Mr. Duer, .... 1298 Angus McDonald brought before the Congress: and being examined, be confessed that he hail taken the names of opwards of forty men, and - also confessed sundry other matters, - - 1298 Deposition of Angus McDonald, voluntarily given, setting forth the circumstances under which he engaged in this business, on the sug- gestion of Major Small, in Boston, - - 1298 Committee appointed to arrest Captain Alexander McDonald, now or late of Richmond County, 1299 Angus McDonald sent a Prisoner to General Wooster's Camp, 1299 Letter to General Wooster, requesting him to take charge of, and secure Angus McDonald, 1299 Motion by Mr. Foster, that General Wooster be requested to march, with the Troops under his command, to the distance of five miles of this City, 1300 15, Report on the case of William Duer. Insinua- tions against him entirely groundless, - - 1300 Letter to General Wooster, requesting him to march his Troops to this Colony, - - 1300 Petition from Ebenezer Hazard, requesting to be appointed Postmaster, - - - - 1301 Letter from Wm. Goddard, on the same subject, 1301 16, Letter to Robert Boyd, of New- Windsor, on the subject of making Gun-Barrels, - - - 1302 17, Letter to General Wooster, informing him they have received information that the Transports, with Troops for New- York, have been order- ed for Boston, 1304 Committee appointed to prepare a Plan of Ac- commodation between Great Britain and the Colonies, directed to bring in their Report on Wednesday next, 1304 20, Letter from James Dunne, dated Philadelphia, June 17, with a Resolution of Congress of the 16th, requesting the march of Troops from Connecticut to New- York, - - - 1305 Two Letters from Gen. Wooster, dated Green- wich, June 17 and June 18, - - - 1306 Letter to Governour Trumbull, ... 1306 Letter to General Wooster, - - - - 1 307 Letter from the President of the Continental Con- gress, dated Philadelphia, June 12, with Re- solves of Congress of the 10th instant, - 1307 Abraham Lott authorized to supply Captain Vandeput. and His Majesty's Ship Asia, with necessaries from time to time, ... 1307 Recommendatory Passport to Brook Watson and his suite, 1307 Motion by Mr. Verplanck, for advancing Money to Messrs. Van Vleeck and Kipp, and allow- ing a bounty on Saltpetre manufactured in the Colony, rejected: affirmative, four Counties; negative, eight Counties, .... 1308 21, Letter from the Rev. Samuel Kirkland, Mission- ary among the Oneida Indians, dated Cherry Valley, June 9, to the Committee of Albany, - 1309 Committee appointed to consider of such mea- sures as may be proper, with respect to the Oneidas and other Indian Nations, -■ - 1310 Committee appointed to consider on the best me- thods to carry into effect the Resolve of the Continental Congress, with relation to Salt- petre and Sulphur, - - - - - 1310 Mr. McDougall reports the whole quantity of Saltpetre now in Town amounts to two hun- dred and eighty-five pounds, ... Letter to the Committee of the City of New- York, - - - - - Committee for preparing a draught of the senti- ments of this Congress on the terms of a Re- conciliation with Great Britain, indulged till to-morrow morning, - - - 22, Passport for Mr. Joseph Johnson and his Indian companions, ...... Deputies erected to represent Queen's County requested to take their seats on Tuesday next, or assign their reasons for neglecting to attend, - - 1312 Committee appointed to report the subject-mat- ter of a proper Plan of Accommodation with ( ireat Britain, reported, .... 1312 Report to be considered on Saturday morning next, 1312 1310 1310 1311 1311 CONTENTS. cxn 1312 1312 1313 - 1313 - 1313 1314 - 1314 - 1315 CXI Vssociation returned from Easthnmpton, in Suf- folk Coimtv. signed by every Male Inhabitant capable of bearing Ann*, - - - Homo by Mi McDoag&ll, thai &e Troops to be raised in this Colony, be clothed in Uni- form, - ' 23, Inhabitants of this Colony directed not to kill any lb until the first day of November next, - Motion by Mr. Morris, that no Sheep be killed until the first dav of November next, ■ Motion by Mr. McDowell, to recognise the ap- pointment of the Dejegatea to the Continen tal Congress, unanimously approved of, Colonel Lash n directed to' have his Battalion ready to receive General Washington, when he shall arrive, - Committee appointed to make an arrangement of the Troops to be raised in the Colony, re ported, -----' 24, Consideration of the Report of the Committee on the subject-matter of a Plan of Accommodation with Great Britain resumed, read through by paragraphs, and amended, - Motion by Mr. Melancton Smith, for an addition to the Report for securing the liberty of con- science, read, amended, and adopted, - -1317 Motion by Mr. McDougall, that the Plan of Ac- commodation be not transmitted to the Con- gress until called for by them, or by our Dele- gates there, ...... 1318 25, Committee appointed to meet General Washing- ton at Newark, and accompany him to this City, 1318 Information being received that Governour Tryon is at the Hook, Colonel Lasher directed to send one Company to Paulus Hook, to meet the Generals; to keep one Company at the Ferry for the same purpose; and that he have the residue of his Battalion ready to receive either the General or Go vernourTryon, which- ever shall arrive first, and to wait on both as well as circumstances will allow, - - 1318 Letter from the Provincial Congress of Massa- chusetts, dated Watertown, June 13, - - 1319 Letter from the Committee at Aibany, dated June 21, expressing their apprehension that Go- vernour Carleton has induced the Indians to take up arms, - - - - - -1319 26, Address of the Congress to General Washing- ton, 1321 Answer of General Washington to the Address, 1322 Report of the Committee of Arrangement further considered, ...... 1322 27, Letter from the Committee of Intelligence for Charlestown, South-Carolina, dated June 6, - 1323 Letter from General Gage to Governour Martin, dated Boston, April 12, enclosed in the pre- ceding Letter, - 1324 Warrant to such Gentlemen as are intended to be Officers of the Troops raised in this Colony, 1324 Instructions to the Officers to be employed in raising Troops, ..... 1325 Report of the Committee on the subject-matter of a Plan of Accommodation with Great Bri- tain resumed, further amended, and agreed to, 1326 Plan of Accommodation between Great Britain and America, .--... 1326 28, Members from Queen's County to take their seats, notwithstanding a number of the Inhabitants of the County have refused to be represented in the Congress, ..... 1328 Letter to the Delegates of this Colony at the Continental Congress, to accompany the Plan of Accommodation with Great Britain, - 1329 Letter to John Alsop, at Philadelphia, requesting him to procure two thousand eight hundred and fifty-two Blankets; they are not to be purchased in New- York, - 1330 29, Application by the Mayor for permission to Fran- cis Stephens, the King's Store-Keeper, to re- move the Stores from Turtle Bay, - . 1331 General Schuyler is authorized to send a Guard to protect the Stores, provided they are placed in his possession, - - - - - 1331 Killing Lambs prohibited until the first of August next, ' . Letter to the Continental Congress, enclosing the Letter of the 6th of June, from the Committee it; Charlestown, South-Caro- 1331 of Intelligence in lina, Jkhc 29, Letter to Elisha Phelps, Commissary of Provi- sions, at Ticonderoga, . - - - Letter to John N. Bleecker, one of the agents at Albany, - Mr. Lett authorized to supply Provisions to his Majesty's Ship Kingfisher, ... 30, Field-Ofncers of the First, or New- York Regi- ment, appointed, Committee 10 meet and confer with (.{en. Schuyler, Field-Officers of the Second and Third Regi- ments appointed, - - - - Report of the Committee appointed to confer with General Schuyler, Field-Officers of the Fourth Regiment appoint- ed, Committee to form and determine the rank of the Captains and inferiour Officers of the several Regiments, My 1, Committee to meet and confer with Ethan Allen and Seth Warner, - - - - 3, Letter to the Committee of the City of Albany, with fifty quarter-easks of Gunpowder for the Forts at Crown Point and Ticonderoga, 4, Letter from General Schuyler, dated New- York July 3, - Uniform Coats ordered to be made for all the Non-Commissioned Officers and Men to be raised in the Colony, - - - - - Report of a Committee appointed to confer with General Schuyler on the subject of his Letter, received this day, Motion by Mr. Sears, that Ethan Allen be per- mitted to have an audience, agreed to . affirma- tive nine Counties, negative three Counties, - Ethan Allen and Seth Warner were admitted and heard, ...... Five hundred Men, of those called Green-Moun- tain Boys, ordered to be forthwith raised, Letter from General Schuyler, dated this day, - 5, Congress being informed that the Corporation of the City of New-York intends to address the Governour, declare it to be improper for the Corporation, or any other body corporate, or individuals in the Colony, to address his Ex- cellency at this critical juncture, Officers of the Artillery Company of the Marine Society appointed, ..... British Vessels not permitted to load any Provi sions, 6, Committee appointed to convene all the Black- smiths in Town, to ascertain if they can make Gun-Barrels, Bayonets, and Iron Ramrods, - Mr. Van Zandt authorized to contract for two thousand Gun-Locks, .... Committee appointed to write to Great Britain for four complete sets of Locksmiths, to make Gun Locks, Bounty to Soldiers who enlist in the Continental Army, - - - - - Motion by Mr. Morris, to reconsider the Resolve of yesterday, to prevent any Address being de- livered to his Excellency Governour Tryon, Debated and rejected: affirmative four Counties, negative eight Counties, Letter from Charles Thomson, dated Philadel- phia, July 4, enclosing an intercepted Letter from Governour Martin to Henry White, dated Cape-Fear, June 13, 1775, . . . 7, Committee appointed to wait on Mr. White, Letter from General Wooster, dated Camp near New- York, July 7, Report of the Committee appointed to wait on Mr. White, Committee appointed to form a proper method for an arrangement of the Militia of the Colony, Committee appointed to receive information of the state of Cumberland County, - Letter from Henry White, dated this day, in re- lation to the intercepted Letter to him from Governour Martin, - Letter to Charles Thomson, enclosing to him a copy of the Letter of Mr. White Committee of Safety appointed to sit during the recess of the Congress, - Instructions to the Committee of Safety, - Adjourned to Tuesday, July 25th, - 1331 1- - 1332 tt - 1332 1333 1334 1334 1334 - 1334 1335 - 1335 1336 1336 - 1337 1338 - 1338 1338 1339 1339 1339 - 1341 1341 - 1341 1342 1342 - 1342 1342 1342 - 1343 1344 1344 1345 1345 1345 1345 1346 - 1346 1347 1348 1348 1353 1354 16, 17, - 1354 1354 1354 1354 1354 1354 1355 1355 - 1355 1355 1355 - 1355 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 6, cxm CONTENTS. 1775. MASSACHUSETTS COMMITTEE OF SAFETV. May 31, Meet by adjournment at Watertown, - - 1347 June 1, Returns required of the Men now in Camp, - 1347 2, The New-England Army, proposed to be raised for the defence and security of the lives, liberties and properties of the Americans, amounts to but twenty-four thousand five hundred Men, whereas thirty thousand were supposed neces- sary ; the Provincial Congress is requested to state whether they will make any addition to their establishment, - 1348 9, Letter to the Provincial Congress on the applica- tion of Colonel Paul Dudley Sergeant, late of New-Hampshire, .-"... 1349 10, Return sent to the Provincial Congress, of the Gentlemen who have been commissioned, or that have received any encouragement for Commissions, ------ 1350 13, An attack on our Army near Boston, by General Gage, being daily expected to be made, the General is directed to ascertain the condition of every Regiment, ----- 1352 Debates and determinations of the Committee required to be kept a profound secret, - - 1352 Attention of Congress called to the destruction of the property of Refugees, - - - - 1352 Sufferings of the Troops for want of Barracks or Tents. 1352 14, Braintree, Hingham and Weymouth authorized to raise Men for the defence of the Sea-Coast of the Town, 1352 15, Allowance for Provisions for Soldiers in the Massachusetts Army, .... 1353 Re-enforcements to General Gage's Army; his very extraordinary Proclamation, declaring the Inhabitants of Massachusetts-Bay Rebels, and other movements of Mr. Gage, are evi- dences of his intention soon to make another attempt to penetrate into the country, - The Army should be augmented immediately; all the Soldiers supplied with Arms; and all the Militia of the Colony held in readiness to march on the shortest notice, ... Bunker's Hill to be maintained by a sufficient force being posted there, and a hill on Dor- chester Neck to be secured, Committee to consult with the Council of War and General Officers on matters of importance, and to inform them of the Resolve of this Committee respecting Bunker's Hill and Dor- chester Neck, ---... Committee to inquire whether Houses or Tents can be obtained for Troops that want cover, - Field-Officers for Colonel Gridley's Regiment, Orders to the Towns in the vicinity of Boston to send their Town stocks of Powder to Water- town, ----... Four Horses required for the Committee, as the firing on the Colony Troops requires quick intelligence from the scene of action, Provision made to prevent the spreading of the Small-Pox in the Army, - 18, Militia of the neighbouring Towns ordered to march forthwith to Cambridge, - - . Order for their march countermanded; but are required to be in readiness to give assistance when called upon, .... Town of Waltham required to send their Town stock of Powder to Watertown, - 19, Hospitals provided for the Colony Army, - Officers for a Company of Artificers in the Regiment of Artillery, ... Congress requested to order the Selectmen of the several Towns in the Colony to collect and transmit the names of the persons killed or wounded on the nineteenth day of April, and at any time since, or that may hereafter be killed or wounded in the unnatural contest between Great Britain and the American Co- lonies, 1356 20, Such of the Militia only are to march as are called for by express orders of the Committee, on any alarm that may take place, - - 1356 21, Appointment of Aids-de-Camp to the Generals nhmended, ----.. 1357 •i'2. Town of Medford required to furnish Spades and Shovels for the works begun on Winter Hill, - - - - - - - 1357 Fourth Series. — Vol. II. CXIV 1775. June23, Colonels required to make immediate returns of the Officers of their several Regiments, - 1357 Appointment of two Supervisors" of the Camp recommended, 1357 Committee to examine the works carrying on, on Prospect Hill, 1357 Cannon in Cambridge and Watertown, not mounted, and all Military Stores not wanted, to be removed forthwith to Newton, - - 1358 Letter to the Provincial Congress, recommending the appointment of Supervisors of the Camps, at Cambridge and Roxbury, - 1359 Hospital at Cambridge placed under the direction of Dr. John \V7arren, .... 1359 Officers in Captain Craft's Company, in Colonel Gridley's Regiment, 1360 Resolve of the Provincial Congress, of the 26th instant, directing the Committee of Safety to deliver Arms to such Officers as shall produce orders therefor from General Ward, - - 1 360 Orders from General Ward to the Committee to deliver Arms to Commanding Officers of Regi- ments, J360 The Arms delivered by the Committee; but they protest against the General's order, lest it should be adduced in future as a precedent for setting the Military power above the Civil, - 1360 Captain Samuel Russel Trevet discharged from his arrest, which was made by a mistake of one of the General Officers, - - - 1361 Congress requested to take speedy and effectual measures to prevent the spreading of the Small- Pox in the American Army, ... 1362 Colonel Palmer directed to attend the Committee, and give them information relative to former emissions of Bills of Credit, before they can order a new emission, .... 1362 July 3, Edmund Quincy empowered to receive and convey to the Committee certain Household Goods and other effects of Thomas Hutchin- son, and other enemies to the rights and liber- ties of America, - 1364 An emission of Bills of Credit, amounting to one hundred thousand Pounds, recommended, - 1365 Congress requested to have drawn up and trans- mitted to England, a fair, honest and impar- tial account of the Battle on the 1 7th of June, to counteract the misrepresentations of General Gage, 1366 Congress requested to recommend to the Grand American Congress to seize and hold every Crown Officer within the United Colonies, un- til our friends, who have been seized by Gene- ral Gage, be set at liberty and fully recom- pensed for their loss and imprisonment, - - 1366 General Washington requested to issue an order to suppress retailers of Spirituous Liquors with- in and near the Camps, - - - - 1 367 The Inhabitants of the Colony, as they regard the peace and welfare of the Country, are requested to behave peaceably and quietly to- wards Captain Jacob Rogers, late of Charles- town, now of Reading, .... 1367 Appointment of four Master Armourers recom- mended, 1368 Instructions to Officers of the Massachusetts-Bay Forces, who are to go on the recruiting ser- vice, sent to the Council of War for approval, 1368 Monsieur Viart, a prisoner, sent to Worcester, at the request of General Washington, - - 1369 Committee appointed to draw up a true account of the late Battle of Charlestown, - - 1369 Committee of Marblehead informed that five Ships sailed this day from Boston, their des- tination unknown, ..... 1369 Fifteen Prisoners taken on Long-Island, near Boston, and sent by General Washington to this Committee, who by their Commission have no power to dispose of them, are sent to the Provincial Congress, - 1370 Benjamin Guiilam appointed Master Armourer, to superintend the repair of such part of the Arms of the American Colony Army as be- longs to this Colony, ----- 1370 Ten Prisoners taken some time past, at Machias, and sent this day to the Committee by Gene- ral Washington, sent to the Provincial Con- gress, 1370 7, H, 12, 13, cxv 1775. July 1 15, CONTENTS. 17, 25, 4, Directions to the Selectmen and Committees in the several Towns, to search lor and recover the Goods and Household Furniture plun- dered and carried off in the confusion occa- sioned by the Battles of Lexington and Charles- town, - - - - - - . " Order for procuring such Medicines as are im- mediately and absolutely necessary for the Army, """"""." Thomas Organ appointed to take charge of the Colony DOfl A Special Committee recommended to make pro- vision for the reception, sustenance and sup- port of the Poor of Boston and Cliailcstown, - 1372 Account of the late Battle of Charlestown, pre- pared in obedience to a Resolution of the Provincial Congress, presented, accepted, and ordered to be transmitted to England, - Letter to Arthur Lee, at London, enclosing the preceding account, - 1371 - 1371 - 1372 1373 1376 1375 1375 1375 - 1379 MASSACHUSETTS PROVINCIAL CONGRESS. .Way 31, The Provincial Congress, meets at Water- town, ..----- Joseph Warren chosen President, and Samuel Freeman Secretary, - List of the Members chosen by the several Towns, ------- Thanks to Dr. Langdon for his excellent Sermon delivered to the Congress this day. Resolve of the last Congress for supplying the Army with Chaplains, laid before the Clergy, now in Convention at Watertown, - - 1380 Papers relative to the Fortresses at Ticonderoga, &c., ordered to be laid before the Congress, - 1380 Mr. Phelps, the bearer of some of the 1'apers, attended Congress, and gave them further in- formation, ...--- 1380 Committee to take the Papers into immediate consideration, - - - - - - 1 380 Committee to consider a Letter from the Com- mittee of Correspondence for New- Hampshire to the Committee of Newburyport, - - 1380 June 1, Report of the Committee on General Thomas's Letter, 1380 Members appointed Monitors in the Congress, - 1381 Report of a Committee on providing for the Poor of the Town of Boston, - - - - 1381 Committee to consider the proposal of the Clergy, now in Convention at Watertown, - - 1381 Committee to consider the Letter from the Select- men of Hopkinton, - - - - - 1381 Report of the Committee on the Letter from New-Hamphire, recommending copies of it to be sent to the Seaport Towns, - - - 1381 Committee to consider a Letter from the Commit- tee of Safety of Salem, .... 1381 Report of the Committee approving the conduct of Mr. Stephen Higginson, - ... 1382 Report of the Committee on the Papers relating to Ticonderoga, ..... 1382 Letter to Colonel Benedict Arnold, approving his acquisitions of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, and request him to continue in command over the Forces raised by this Colony, - - 1382 L"tter to the House of Assembly of Connect- icut ; maintaining a post at Ticonderoga is of the utmost importance, but in our distressing situation have postponed sending further as- sistance to Captain Arnold, - ... 1383 Letter to the Provincial Congress of New- Hamphire, enclosing a Letter from Colonel Arnold, commander of the Troops at Ticon- deroga and Crown Point, and requesting their aid in securing the Fortresses, ... 1383 2. Committee to bring iu a Resolve making further provision for the Poor of the Town of Boston, 1384 Committee to consider a Memorial from the County of Worcester, - - - . 1 384 Provision made for supplying the Army with Chaplains, 1384 Committee to take into consideration the situation and circumstances of the Seaport Towns and Islands in this Colony, which are exposed to the incursions and ravages of the enemy - 1384 Rev. William Gordon chosen Chaplain" to the Congress 1385 1775. Members added to the Committee appointed at the last Congress, to draw up an easy and con- cise method of making Saltpetre, - June 3, Report of the Committee appointed to consider the exposed condition of the Sea-Coast, - Persons living in places exposed to be ravaged or plundered are advised to remove their Hay and Stock out of the reach of our implacable ene- mies, ....... Committee to consider a Resolve of the Commit- tee of Safety, for a re-enforcement of the Mas- sachusetts Army, ..... Committee on a Letter from Col. James Easton, Congress will make no objection to fitting out Vessels for whaling voyages or for the West- Indies, ....... Letter to the Receiver-General, requesting him to attend and sign Notes, - - - - 4, Colonel Henshaw admitted to give an account of his proceedings at Connecticut, where he was sent on the affair of Ticonderoga, Colonel Easton's Letter referred to the Committee who are to confer with the Committee of Bafe- CXVI 1385 1386 1380 1387 1387 ty to-morrow morning, - - . - 5, Petition from Truro, for Powder, read and dis- missed, ------- Letter from Governour Trumbull, just received, referred to the Committee of Safety, Committee to confer with the Officers of the Ame- rican Army, on preserving the health of the Troops, All Letters wrote to or by the avowed enemies of this Country, which have or may come into the hands of any person in this Colony, to be laid before the Congress, .... Committee to consider the proposal of Captain Foster, for removing the Poor and their Goods from Boston, ...... Committee to bring in another Resolve relating to the Poor of Boston, - Committee to bring in a Resolve for giving a cur- rency to the Bills of Credit of all the Govern- ments on the Continent, .... Committee to consider the state of the Artillery in general, ...... Mr. Sullivan directed to bring in a Resolve for preventing the circulation of Bills of Credit under a specified value, .... Report of the Committee on giving currency to the Notes of other Governments, - - - Ordered to lie on the table till Mr. Sullivan brought in the Resolve just ordered, Committee on making an allowance of Provisions to the Soldiers of the American Army, - 6, Committee on providing regular Supplies for the Army, ....... Proceedings in the case of Colonel Jonathan Brewer, on the complaint of the Committee of Safety, - - Report of the Committee on giving currency to the Bills of Credit of the other Governments, - Congress refuse a Commission to Mr. Jonathan Brewer, as Colonel of a Regiment iu the Mas- sachusetts Army, ..... Benjamin Edwards brought before the Congress for uttering disrespectful expressions on their decision in Colouel Brewer's case, Report of the Committee appointed to bring in an additional Resolve, to make provision for the Poor of Boston, • 7, Committee to wait on General Ward, for a Re- turn of the number of Men in the Massachu- setts Army, ...... Committee on a Petition of the Inhabitants of Machias, ----.-. Committee to consider the Letters from the Stock- bridge Indians, --...- Petition from Colonel Brewer, and from several Captains under him, - Benjamin Edwards called in, and admonished by the President, ...... Committee on a Memorial from the Selectmen of Salem, - Report of the Committee on giving currency to the Bills of Credit of other Governments, read and recommitted, - Committee to confer with the Delegates from New-Hampshire. . 1387 1387 1388 1388 1388 1389 . 1389 1389 1389 1390 1390 1390 1390 1390 1390 1390 1391 1391 1391 - 1392 1392 1392 1393 1393 1393 1393 1394 1394 1394 1301 CXVII 1775. CONTENTS. CXVIII To-morrow afternoon assigned for choosing two Major-Generals of the Massachusetts Army, - 1 394 Committee to collect the Letters of the late Go- vernour Hutchinson, ----- 1394 Report of the Committee on the four Prisoners from Dartmouth, - 1394 Report of the Committee on the Petition of the Inhabitants of Machias, read and accepted, - J 395 Report of the Committee appointed to confer with the Gentlemen from New-Hampshire, - - 1395 Letters directed to be written to the Colonies of Connecticut, Rhode-Island, and New-Hamp- shire, desiring them severally to appoint Com- mittees, to meet one appointed by this Con- gress, at Worcester, on the 28th instant, to determine the number of Men to be raised on the present emergency, by each of the New- England Colonies, ----- 1395 Report of the Committee appointed to confer with the Committee of Safety, on a re-enforcement of the Army, 1395 Committee to consider the expediency of establish- ing a number of small Armed Vessels, for the protection of our trade and the annoyance of our enemies, ------ 1396 Committee to consider at large on some measure for commissioning the Officers of the Army, - 1396 June 8, Letter from the Committee of Arundel, with an account of their taking a Sloop from Boston, for Annapolis, - 1396 Report of the Committee appointed to confer with the Committee of Safety, that it is inexpedient for this Colony to augment the Forces already raised by it, for the defence of the American Co- lonies ; considered in Committee of the Whole, and agreed to by the Congress, - - - 1396 Report of the Committee on commissioning Offi- cers of the Army ; read and agreed to, - - 1396 Committee on a Petition from the County of Cumberland, 1397 Letter to the Stockbridge Indians, - - - 1397 Selectmen of Stockbridge appointed a Committee to send Messengers and Belts to the Indians, - 1397 9, Committee to consider what is proper to be done with the Prisoners from Arundel, - - 1398 Resolutions of the Continental Congress, of the 17th and 29th of May, relative to exports to the British Possessions, to be duly enforced, - 1398 Provisions may be sent to Nantucket, for the use of the Inhabitants only, .... 1398 10, Report of the Committee on the Prisoners brought from Arundel, 1399 Josiah Jones and Jonathan Hicks to be confined in the Jail of Middlesex, ... - 1400 Committee to consider if Artificers may be neces- sary for the Army in the pay of this Colony, 1 400 Committee on the appointment of Armourers for the Massachusetts Army, - 1400 Allowance of Provisions for the Soldiers of the Massachusetts Army, - - - - 1401 Monday next (12th instant) assigned for choosing three Delegates, to meet those that may be sent by the other New-England Colonies, - - 1401 Choice of two Major-Generals deferred to Mon- day next, - - - - - - -1401 Committee to consider the expediency of establish- ing a number of Armed Vessels, - - - 1401 11, Address to the Continental Congress; ordered to be signed by Major Hawley, as Vice-Presi- dent, and sent by express to Philadelphia, - 1401 12, Committee to consider some measure to prevent the violation of the Sabbath, - 1402 Committee to consider the Petition of the Com- mittee at Charlestown, .... 1402 Committee to prepare Instructions to the Dele- gates to go to Ticonderoga, - - - 1 403 Committee to consider of some method to supply the Surgeons of the Army with Medicines, - 1403 Letter to the Continental Congress, - - 1403 Exportation of Provisions prohibited, - - 1404 Report of Committee on supplying Surgeons with Medicines, - ... 1404 Orders for the arrest of one Thompson, who is about to sail from Salem to New-Providence, for Provisions for the Army in Boston, - 1404 Committee chosen to meet the Committees of the New-England Colonies at Worcester, on the a instant. 1405 1775. Committee chosen to go to Ticonderoga, to ex- amine into the state of that Fortress, - - 1405 </