Chester, the 7th day of April, 1780: D. sir, At a meeeting [sic] of a few of us to consider the necessary steps preparitory [sic] to the next election, we find, that inhabitants here are generally strong on our side, so that I have reason to hope, that Yates will carry it
Paris, May 18, 1778: Gentlemen, Certain intelligence having been received, that eleven British ships of war ... are in the road of St. Hellens, near Portsmouth, bound for North-America
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Franklin, Benjamin ; 1706-1790 ; Adams, John ; 1735-1826 ; Thomson, Charles ; 1729-1824 ; United States ; Continental Congress.
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At an adjourned town meeting, holden at Norwich, in Connecticut, on the 29th day of March, 1779: We, the freemen and other inhabitants of this town, having for a long time conceived the mode of taxation in this state to be unequal, have once and again petitioned the Honorable General Assembly to change the present for a mere equal mode of drawing from their constituents, money to defray the public exigencies
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Norwich (Conn.) ; Selectmen.
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At a General Assembly of the governor and Company of the English colony of Connecticut: ... holden at Hartford, on the second Thursday of May ... 1776. Whereas the article of salt is of great importante [sic] and necessity ... it is therefore judged necessary to encourage the manufacturing thereof in this colony
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Connecticut ; General Assembly.
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To the public. The Provincial Congress of New-York, yesterday passed a resolve in the following words: to wit, "That no military officer in the pay of the Continental Congress, or the Congress of this colony, ought to be eligible to a seat in the Congress of this colony ... In Provincial Congress, New-York, the ninth day of June, 1776. To John Morin Scott, Esquire, Greeting: Whereas the Continental Congress by their resolutions ... appoint you, the said John Morin Scott, provincial brigadier general
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Scott, John Morin ; 1730-1784 ; New York (Colony) ; Provincial Congress
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By the United States of America, in Congress assembled, March 22d, 1783: On the report of a committee to whom was referred a motion of Mr. Dyer, together with the memorial of the officers of the army
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United States ; Continental Congress.
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Providence, July 26, 1779. Sir; By the annexed vote of the town of Providence, you will perceive the anxious desire they possess of having the purposes therein expressed carried into execution
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Providence (R.I.) ; Committee of Correspondence. ; Bowen, Jabez ; 1739-1815 ; Carter, John ; 1745-1814
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A new touch on the times: Well adapted to the distressing situation of every sea-port town ; Our best beloved they are gone
By the United States in Congress assembled, April 7, 1781: Be it ordained and it is hereby ordained, by the United States in Congress assembled, that the following instructions be observed by the captains or commanders of private armed vessels, commissioned by letters of marque or general reprisals, or otherwise by the authority of the United States in Congress assembled
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United States ; Continental Congress. ; Thomson, Charles ; 1729-1824 ; Claypoole, David C. ; 1757?-1849
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Committee of Safety, New-York, January 27, 1776: Instructions to the colonels, and other officers, for inlistment of four new battalions in the Continental service, for the defence of the colony of New-York ; Committee of Safety, New York, January 27, 1776
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New York (State) ; Committee of Safety. ; Loudon, Samuel ; 1727?-1813 ; Gaine, Hugh ; 1726 or 7-1807 ; Varick, Richard ; 1753-1831 ; Forbes, William A. ; Van Hook, Arondt ; d. 1798? ; Fairley, J. S. ; Woodhull, Nathaniel ; 1722-1776
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State of the troops, British and German, under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton, at New-York, and posts depending, October 1, 1777 ; Return of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, commanded by the Earl of Drogheda, master-general, for the month of November, 1777
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Great Britain ; Army. ; Clinton, Henry ; 1738?-1795 ; Paterson, J.
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In Congress, September 16, 1776: Resolved, that eighty-eight battalions be enlisted as soon as possible, to serve during the present war, and that each state furnish their respective quotas in the following proportions, viz
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United States ; Continental Congress. ; Hancock, John ; 1737-1793 ; Dunlap, John ; 1747-1812
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In Council of Safety, for the state of New-York, Kingston, August 13, 1777: Whereas many people have taken the benefit of the late act of grace, merely to avoid the punishment of their crimes ... Resolved therefore, that every person, who has heretofore taken the oath of allegiance to this state ... who shall hereafter be convicted of having done any act contrary to the tenor of such oath, shall be deemed guilty of felony, without benefit of clergy
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New York (State) ; Council of Safety. ; Van Cortlandt, Pierre ; 1721-1814 ; Holt, John ; 1721-1784
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The following return of the prisoners, taken at Forts Montgomery and Clinton, are published for the satisfaction of the public, and particularly for the benefit of their relations; who are requested to deliver such supplies, as they mean to send for the use of the prisoners, to col. Taylor, at Newburgh, who is empowered to forward the same to New-York
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Great Britain ; Army. ; Loring, Joseph.
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State of Connecticut, General Assembly, October 23, 1777. In the Lower House, ordered, that the articles of convention between Major General Gates, and Lieutenant-General Burgoyne, be printed and dispensed to the several towns in this state ; Articles of convention between Lieutenant-General Burgoyne and Major-General Gates
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Connecticut ; General Assembly. ; Burgoyne, John ; 1722-1792 ; Gates, Horatio ; 1728-1806
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To the electors of this city at large: Fellow-citizens! "There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood leads on to fortune." If ever this author's words merited attention, it is in the present conjuncture of our affairs
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Cincinnatus. ; Loudon, Samuel ; 1727?-1813 ; McDougall, Alexander ; 1732-1786
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Die Repräsentanten der Vereinigten Staaten von America, im Congress versammelt, an das Volk überhaupt, und an die Einwohner Pennsylvaniens und der angrenzenden Staaten insbesondere
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United States ; Continental Congress. ; Hancock, John ; 1737-1793 ; Miller, John Henry ; 1702-1782
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Philadelphia. In Congress, May 21, 1776: Resolved, that all persons taken in arms on board any prize, be deemed prisoners, to be taken care of by the supreme executive power in each colony to which they are brought, whether the prize be taken by vessels fitted out by the Continent, or by others ; In Congress, May 21, 1776
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United States ; Continental Congress. ; Thomson, Charles ; 1729-1824 ; Dunlap, John ; 1747-1812
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By His Excellency William Tryon, Esq; captain general and governor in chief, in and over the province of New-York ... A proclamation: Whereas the General Assembly of this province stands prorogued to the first day of February ... I do ... dissolve the said General Assembly ... Given under my hand and seal, at arms, in the city of New-York, the second day of January, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six
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New York (Colony) ; Governor (1771-1780 : Tryon). ; Tryon, William ; 1729-1788 ; Gaine, Hugh ; 1726 or 7-1807
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Whereas, many persons, at and below the White-Plains, in the county of West-Chester, by reason of the ravages of the enemy, are greatly distressed for want of provision to support their families: ... I do hereby authorize ... permission to any person or persons ... to carry or drive to their respective dwellings, the necessary provisions for their families
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United States ; Continental Army. ; McDougall, Alexander ; 1732-1786 ; Loudon, Samuel ; 1727?-1813
