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Continental Congress; Delaware, New-Castle Representatives; Delaware, Kent County Representatives; Delaware, Sussex County Representatives; Rodney, Caesar  ●  Delaware  ●  1774

Continental Congress; Maryland, County Committees  ●  Maryland  ●  1774

Continental Congress; Massachusetts, Boston Committee of Correspondence  ●  Means for restoration of American Rights further considered, Letter from the Boston Committee of Correspondence laid before Congress, Letter to be considered tomorrow  ●  1774

Continental Congress; Massachusetts, Suffolk County Delegates  ●  Resolutions of the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts, on the 6th inst, laid before the Congress, Resolution of the Congress, approving of the Suffolk County Resolutions, Contributions from all the Colonies for supplying the Sufferers in Boston, should be continued, Report of the Committee appointed to examine the Statutes, brought in and laid on the table  ●  1774

Continental Congress; Massachusetts, Suffolk County Delegates  ●  Richard Caswell, from North Carolina, attended  ●  1774

Continental Congress; Middleton, Henry  ●  Letter from Congress to the Colonies of St. Johns  ●  1774

Continental Congress; Middleton, Henry  ●  Letter to the Colony Agents  ●  1774

Continental Congress; New-Jersey, County Committees  ●  New-Jersey  ●  1774

Continental Congress; Pennsylvania Assembly  ●  Pennsylvania  ●  1774

Continental Congress; Pennsylvania Assembly; Moore, Charles  ●  John Dickinson, from Pennsylvania, attended, Plan of Association further considered  ●  1774

Continental Congress; Randolph, Peyton  ●  Letter from the Congress to General Gage  ●  1774

Continental Congress; South-Carolina General Assembly; Farr, Thomas, Jr.  ●  South Carolina  ●  1774

Continental Congress; Virginia, County Committees  ●  Virginia  ●  1774

Continental Congress; Virginia, County Committees  ●  Virginia  ●  1774

Continental Congress; Wanton, Joseph, Governour of Rhode-Island; Ward, Henry  ●  Rhode-Island  ●  1774

Continental Congress; Wentworth, John, II, Governour of New-Hampshire  ●  For New-Hampshire  ●  1774

Cooper, Samuel  ●  Letter from Dr. Samuel Cooper to John Adams  ●  1774

Cooper, William  ●  Letter from William Cooper, in Boston, to a Gentleman in New-York. Explaining the manner in which the Donations made for the Poor of Boston are applied Committee appointed by the Town of Boston to receive the Donations and employ the Poor Sufferers by the Port Bill  ●  1774

Cooper, William; Massachusetts, Boston Freeholders  ●  Meeting of Freeholders and other Inhabitants of Boston. Report on the Letter from General Gage to Peyton Randolph, President of the Congress, adopted, and to be forwarded to Mr. Randolph. Thanks to the Colonies, for their liberal Donations. Delegates to the provincial Congress appointed  ●  1774

Crane, Stephen; De Hart, John; Livingston, William; Ogden, Isaac; Smith, William P.; Boudinot, Elias; Riggs, John, Jr.; Chetwood, John; Gerrits, Henry  ●  Address of Committee of Correspondence to the Freeholders of the County of Essex, in the Province of New-Jersey  ●  1774

Crawford, William; Pennsylvania, Westmoreland Magistrates; Pennsylvania Council  ●  Letter from William Crawford, Westmoreland County, to Mr. Penn. Connolly sworn in a Magistrate of Augusta County, Virginia: he was furnished with blank Commissions for several gentlemen near Pittsburgh. A number of Militia Officers appointed there by Lord Dunmore. Several musters of Militia have been held. Connolly constantly surrounded with a body of armed men and obstructs the execution of legal process under the authority of Pennsylvania. Disturbances there arrest and confinement of Pennsylvania Magistrates -- Connolly surrounds the Court House with Troops -- places Centinels at the door -- has a private interview with the Magistrates. Further disturbances. Persons arrested by Connolly. Mr. Crawford recommends to the Governour to fix a temporary Boundary line  ●  1774

Croghan, George  ●  Letter from George Croghun to Arthur St. Clair. Employing the Rangers, in Pennsylvania, has alarmed Connolly. Measures of Connolly to prevent settlement of disputes  ●  1774

Croghan, George; McKee, Alexander; Connolly, John; Delaware Representatives  ●  Message received from the Delaware Chiefs at Newcomer's Town, Answer to the Message of the Delaware Chiefs  ●  1774

Croghan, George; Pennsylvania Council  ●  Letter from George Croghan to David Sample: has long been convinced that Fort Pitt, and its dependencies, are without the limits of Pennsylvania -- will no longer submit to the laws of that Province, Virginia having, last Winter, extended the laws of that Government to this part of the country  ●  1774

Croghan, George; White Eyes, Captain (Delaware)  ●  Speech of the Delawares to Mr. Croghan, Intelligence from Captain White Eyes, Address from Mr. Croghan to Captain White Eyes Answer of Captain White Eyes to Col. Croghan  ●  1774

Cushing, Thomas  ●  Letter from Thomas Cushing to Josiah Quincy, Junior  ●  1774

Custologa, King (Delaware)  ●  Message from Custologa, by five principal Men of the Delawares  ●  1774

Danforth, S.; Phips, David, Colonel; Oliver, Thomas  ●  Powder taken from the Charlestown Magazine, by order of General Gage Judge Danforth and Judge Lee, Mandamus Counsellers, compelled to resign Colonel Phips, the High Sheriff of the County, gives a pledge not to execute any precept under the new Acts of Parliament for altering the Constitution of Massachusetts Bay, Lieutenant Governour, Thomas Oliver, compelled to resign his seat as a Mandamus Counsellor  ●  1774

Davis, A; North-Carolina, Halifax County Committee  ●  Meeting of Committee for Halifax County, North Carolina. No dealings permitted with Andrew Miller, who has refused to sign the Association  ●  1774

Deane, Silas  ●  Letter from Silas Deane to Governour Trumbull  ●  1774

Deane, Silas  ●  Letter from Silas Deane, at Philadelphia, to Governour Trumbull. The greatest unanimity has prevailed through the whole of the Proceedings of the Congress  ●  1774

Delaware Representatives  ●  Answer of the Delawares to the Condolence Speeches, Answer of the Shawanese to the Condolence Speeches  ●  1774

Delaware, Convention; Rodney, Caesar  ●  Instructions to the Deputies  ●  1774

Delaware, Convention; Rodney, Caesar  ●  Letters from the Committees of Correspondence of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, the Dominion of Virginia, the Colonies of Rhode-Island, South Carolina, and Maryland, read Grievances of the Colonies, under the Acts of Parliament Deputies to the Congress appointed  ●  1774

Delaware, Convention; Thompson, David  ●  Convention of the Representatives of the Freemen of the Government of the Counties of New-Castle, Kent, and Sussex, on Delaware, meet at New-Castle, List of the Members Resolutions adopted at a General Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of New-Castle, on Delaware, on the 29th of June  ●  1774

Delaware, General Assembly; Bollan, William; Franklin, Benjamin; Lee, Arthur  ●  Letter from the Colony Agents in London  ●  1774

Delaware, Kent County Freemen; McCall, Mark  ●  Resolutions adopted at a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of Kent County, on Delaware, on the 20th of June  ●  1774

Delaware, Lewestown General Meetings  ●  A Brief Examination of American Grievances: being the heads of a Speech at the General Meeting at Lewestown, on Delaware  ●  1774

Delaware, New-Castle County Committee  ●  Committee of New-Castle County, Delaware. Approve the Continental Association. Recommend to the Inhabitants, from sixteen to fifty years of age, to form themselves into Military Companies  ●  1774

Delaware, New-Castle County Committee; Thompson, David  ●  Committee of New-Castle County, Delaware. Approve the Continental Association. Recommend to the Inhabitants, from sixteen to fifty years of age, to form themselves into Military Companies  ●  1774

Delaware, Sussex County Freeholders  ●  Resolutions adopted at a General Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the County of Sussex, on Delaware, on the 23d of July  ●  1774

Dickinson, John  ●  Letter from John Dickinson to Arthur Lee. The Colonies have taken such grounds that Great Britain must relax, or involve herself in a Civil War. A determined and unanimous resolution animates the Continent  ●  1774

Dickinson, John  ●  Letter from John Dickinson to Arthur Lee. The Colonists now know what is designed against them. All classes are united in sentiment. The People in general look forward to extremes with resolution  ●  1774

Dickinson, John  ●  Letter from John Dickinson to Josiah Quincy, Jun. The most peaceable Provinces are now animated and a Civil War is inevitable, unless there be a quick change of British measures  ●  1774

Dickinson, John  ●  Letter from John Dickinson, Fairhill, to Josiah Quincy, Jun. The Colonies very unanimous in favour of a Congress  ●  1774

Dickinson, John; Pennsylvania State Convention  ●  Mr. Dickinson's Reply (Note)  ●  1774

Drayton, William Henry  ●  Account of the Meeting held in Charlestown, on the 6th, 7th, and 8th days of July (Note)  ●  1774

Drayton, William Henry  ●  Charge of William Henry Drayton, one of the Judges of the General Sessions of the Peace, for the Districts of Camden and Cheraws, in South Carolina, on his Circuit, the fifth and fifteenth days of November, to the several Grand Juries  ●  1774

Ducket, John; Maryland, Anne Arundel County Committee  ●  Tea at Annapolis, in Maryland, imported in the Brig Peggy Stewart, from London. Acknowledgement of the Owners of the Tea, that they had committed a most daring insult, and an act of the most pernicious tendency to the Liberties of America they ask pardon of the People, and voluntarily burn the Vessel with all her Sails and Colours flying  ●  1774

Duckett, John; Duckett, John; Maryland, Convention  ●  Meeting of the Deputies appointed by the several Counties of the Province of Maryland, at the City of Annapolis, by adjournment, on the 8th of December, and continued till the 12th, Proceedings of the Continental Congress unanimously approved, Woollen, Linen, and Cotton Manufactures recommended, Advances on the prime cost of Goods regulated, Suits not to be brought in any case for any Person who violates the Continental Association, None but Members of Committees to meddle with, or determine, any question under the Association, Will support to the utmost of their power, any Colony where an attempt shall be made to carry into execution, by force, the assumed power of Parliament to Tax the Colonies, Inhabitants of the Province, from sixteen to fifty years of age, to form themselves into Military Companies, Ten thousand Pounds to be raised by the Counties for the purchase of Arms and Ammunition. Committee of Correspondence for the Province empowered to call a Meeting of the Convention on the 24th of April next, Contributions for the Suffering Poor of Boston to be continued, Committee of Correspondence appointed. Delegates to the next Continental Congress appointed, Colonies and Provinces generally requested to enter into such Resolutions as have been adopted by this Province for mutual defence and protection  ●  1774

Duckett, John; Maryland, Anne Arundel County Committee  ●  Meeting of Committee for Anne Arundel County, Maryland  ●  1774

Dulany, Daniel  ●  Letter from Daniel Dulany, Jun. , Annapolis, to Arthur Lee. Notice of the Proceedings on the 24th. He opposed one of the Resolutions. The Resolutions are not to be obligatory until they are agreed to by a majority of the Colonies, and the several Counties of this Province  ●  1774

Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia  ●  Address of the Council of Virginia to Governour Dunmore. The Governour's Answer  ●  1774

Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia  ●  Answer of Lord Dunmore, at Williamsburg, to the Speech of the Six Nations and Delawares, at Pittsburgh, May 9th  ●  1774

Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia  ●  Dunmore's Answer  ●  1774

Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia  ●  Letter from Governour Dunmore to the Earl of Dartmouth. Every County in Virginia has its Committee, and is, besides, raising an Independent Company, for the avowed purpose of being employed against Government, if occation requires. There is not a Justice of the Peace in Virginia that acts, except as a Committee man. The Association will defeat itself. The Non-Exportation Agreement will produce distress, and Manufactures cannot, advantageously, be carried on in Virginia  ●  1774

Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia  ●  Letter from Lord Dunmore, Williamsburg, to James Tilghman and Andrew Allen  ●  1774

Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia  ●  Letter from Lord Dunmore, Williamsburg, to James Tilghman and Andrew Allen  ●  1774

Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia  ●  Letter from Lord Dunmore, Williamsburg, to the Earl of Dartmouth. Resolution of the House of Burgesses to deny and oppose the authority of Parliament offered by Robert Carter Nicholas, Treasurer of the Province. Dissolved the Assembly, with the unanimous consent of the Council. Will not call another till he hears from the Earl of Dartmouth. Many of the dissolved Members state that if the full force of the Resolution had been adverted to, it would have met with strong opposition  ●  1774

Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia  ●  Letter from Lord Dunmore, at Williamsburg, to Captain John Connolly. Approves his building a Fort at Wheeling, and of marching into the Shawanese Towns. Advises him to make prisoners of as many Women and Children as he can and not to make peace till the Indians are effectually chastised  ●  1774

Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia  ●  Letter from the Earl of Dunmore, Williamsburg, to the Earl of Dartmouth. Cannot tell to what lengths the People of Virginia will be induced to proceed. Members of the late House of Burgesses, after the arrival of.the Boston messenger, called a meeting of the People, and proposed to them to agree to the violent measures adopted at Annapolis, which, that they may be more solemnly entered into, have deferred the execution of it to the first day of August, when all the Members of the late House of Burgesses are required to attend  ●  1774

Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia  ●  Proclamation of Lord Dunmore. Prorogues the Assembly from August 11, to first Thursday in November  ●  1774

Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia  ●  Virginia Assembly, convened by the Governour  ●  1774

Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia; Mackay, Aeneas  ●  Letter from Lord Dunmore, Williamsburg, to Daniel Smith, Sheriff of Augusta, directing the discharge of the Pennsylvania Magistrates  ●  1774

Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia; Mackay, Aeneas  ●  Lord Dunmore's Proclamation -- Directs the Militia of Pittsburgh, and its dependencies, to be embodied to repel any attacks from Pennsylvania, or the Indians, and orders all the inhabitants to pay quit-rents, and all publick dues, to Officers appointed by Virginia  ●  1774

Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia; White Eyes, Captain (Delaware)  ●  Speech of Captain White Eyes, Answer of Lord Dunmore to the Delawares and Six Nation Chiefs  ●  1774

Dyer, Eliphalet; Sherman, Roger; Deane, Silas  ●  Letter from Eliphalet Dyer, Roger Sherman, and Silas Deane, to Governour Trumbull. -- Proceedings of the Congress  ●  1774

Eden, Robert, Governour of Maryland  ●  Letter from Governour Eden to Governour Penn.The Guardians of the Proprietor of Maryland having decIined signing the Return of the Commissioners, can do nothing in relation to it  ●  1774

Eden, Robert, Governour of Maryland  ●  Letter from Governour Eden to the Earl of Dartmouth. The People of Maryland will undergo any hardship, rather than submit to the Tax on Tea, and will support the Association, even if it causes the total ruin of their Trade  ●  1774

Eden, Robert, Governour of Maryland; Brooks, James  ●  Proclamation of Governour Eden  ●  1774

Elliot, Andrew  ●  Andrew Elliot  ●  1774

England, Middlesex County Freeholders  ●  Account of the transactions at a Meeting of the Freeholders of the County of Middlesex, in England  ●  1774

Franklin, Benjamin  ●  Letter from Dr. Franklin, London, to Thomas Cushing. After his treatment at the Council Board he had ceased to act as Agent. Greater opposition to the Boston Port Bill in the House of Lords than in the House of Commons. Petitions of the Natives of America drawn up by Mr. Lee. Encloses a Letter from Leeds, dated March 20. Alarm of the Manufacturers Emigrations to America  ●  1774

Franklin, William, Governour of New-Jersey  ●  Letter from Governour Franklin, Burlington, to the Earl of Dartmouth. Difficult to foresee what will be the consequences of the Boston Port Act. The Merchants of New-York and Philadelphia, though inclined to cooperate with Boston, unwilling to enter into a General Non-Importation and Non-Exportation Agreement. A Congress has been proposed, but whether it will take place is uncertain  ●  1774

Franklin, William, Governour of New-Jersey  ●  Letter from Governour Franklin, Burlington, to the Earl of Dartmouth. Transmits a copy of the Resolutions adopted at the Meeting in Essex County. Has refused to convene the Assembly in August. The other Counties are expected to follow the example of Essex, but it is doubtful whether they will agree to a general Non-Importation. Their principal aim seems to be a Congress  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Answer of the Governour  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Answer of the Governour  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Answer of the Governour  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Answer of the Governour  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Answer of the Governour to the Committee  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Committee of the Council presented the Address to the Governour. The Chairman not permitted to read it through, Message of Governour Gage to the Council. His reason for refusing to receive the Address. Considers it an insult to the King, and an affront to himself  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Governour Gage's Answer  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Governour's Speech to both Houses. Informs them that after the first of June, in compliance with the King's particular commands, the General Court will be held at Salem  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Letter from General Gage to Governour Trumbull. Informs him of his appointment as Governour of Massachusetts, and expresses his readiness to co-operate for the good of his Majesty's service  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Letter from General Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth. Occurrences at Boston, on his arrival. The Committee from Boston to Salem and Marblehead received little encouragement. The Port Bill has staggered the most presumptuous. The Assembly may be more inclined to comply with the King's expectation at Salem, where they will be moved after the first of June  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Letter from Governour Gage to Governour Trumbull. Encloses him affidavits relating to the treatment of Mr. Green. Expects the accused persons will be apprehended and brought to trial  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Letter from Governour Gage to Peyton Randolph, in reply to the Letter from the Congress, of the 10th of October  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Letter from Governour Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Letter from Governour Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Letter from Governour Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Letter from Governour Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Letter from Governour Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth. Additional Troops expected from Quebeck, New-York, and Newfoundland. Despairs of any overtures for paying for the Tea, unless recommended by the Continental Congress  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Letter from Governour Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth. Doubtful whether the other Colonies will give Boston any thing but good words. The violent seem to break, and the People to fall off from them. The Assembly hurrying through their business, to avoid meeting at Salem, were suddenly adjourned by him to meet there on the 7th of June. The Officers of the Customs leave Boston to-morrow, and the Admiral has stationed his Ships. No design has yet appeared of opposing the Act. Many wish for the arrival of the Troops, People will speak openly then, which they now dare not do  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Letter from Governour Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth. Merchants have not repeated their attempts to comply with the Port Bill, with the spirit he hoped for. Some disaffected persons in Charlestown, have sent some Rice for the support of Boston, and a few Sheep have been sent from some other places. When the Congress assembles, the Boston Faction will probably pay the other Colonies the compliment of taking their advice. The virulent party at New-York is routed. Philadelphia is moderate. The Fast Day appointed by the Faction was kept as generally in Boston, as if it had been appointed by authority  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Letter from Governour Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth. State of the Colonies much changed since Mr. Hutchinson left America. Several of the Counsellors have been obliged to seek protection under the Troops in Boston. Some have been maltreated many have resigned. He intended to send Troops to Worcester, to protect the Superiour Court and the Courtsellers, but ascertained that no Court could proceed on business there. In Boston the Judges met, but could get no Juries. The Counsellors were afraid to proceed to Salem he was, therefore, compelled to assemble them in Boston. Proposes to send to New-York, Philadelphia, and Quebeck, for the Troops there. Civil Government is near its end. He will avoid any bloody crisis as long as possible  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Letter from Governour Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth. The Carpenters in New-York refuse to come to Boston to build the Barracks, but the Boston Artificers have undertaken the work. Nothing but extravagances and military preparations heard of from Boston to New-York. The support Massachusetts receives from the other Colonies, is beyond conception.The disease is now so universal that there is no knowing where to apply a remedy  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Letter from Governour Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth. The Country People are exercising in Arms. In Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, and threaten to attack theTroops in Boston, to which place the friends of Government are daily resorting for protection. The Commissioners of the Customs afraid to remain in Salem, have come to Boston, where the Governour is also obliged to reside  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Letter from Governour Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth. The General Court dissolved by Proclamation outside of the door. Several Gentlemen, encouraged by the late Resolutions of Government, are endeavouring to procure a compliance with the Boston Port Bill. Neither New-York, Philadelphia, nor Boston will agree to a Non-Importation, though a Congress of some sort may be obtained. The arrival of Troops has given spirits to the friends of Government  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Letter from Governour Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth. The Proceedings of the Continental Congress astonish and terrify all considerate men. Though many of their Resolves neither can nor will be observed, it is to be feared they will be generally received. Barracks have been provided for the Troops and by various means, Provisions for six months have been obtained  ●  1774

Gage, Thomas, General  ●  Letter from Governour Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth. The Provincial Congress, it is reported, had in agitation the embodying of fifteen thousand Men, to be ready, at a moment's warning, add to be supported by the neighbouring Provinces. It is the intention of the Congress to assemble the old Council at the next meeting, to form as complete a Government as possible for the Province  ●  1774