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Letter from the Newburyport Committee to the Portsmouth, New-Hampshire Committee. Report of an Action Between the Troops at Boston and the People. Men Are Setting Off Immediately for Boston. [1775-04-19] Massachusetts, Newburyport Committee of Correspondence. [S4-V2-p0359] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from Boston to a Gentleman in New-York. The Troops Left Boston Last Night, Lexington They Fired on the People, Marched to Concord, Engagement There, Re-enforcements Sent from Boston. The Troops Retreated from Concord to Charlestown. [1775-04-19] Anonymous. [S4-V2-p0359] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from Boston to a Gentleman Near Philadelphia. 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 Under Earl Percy, are Driven by the Militia Back to Boston. [1775-04-20] Anonymous. [S4-V2-p0359] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
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. [1775-04-20] Anonymous. [S4-V2-p0360] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
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. [1775-04-20] Anonymous. [S4-V2-p0361] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from Newport, Rhode-Island, to the New-York Committee. Our Brethren of Massachusetts are Attacked by a Body of the Regular Troops, and Many Friends Slain. [1775-04-21] Anonymous. [S4-V2-p0361] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from Weathersfield, in Connecticut, to a Gentleman in New-York. We Are All in Motion Here, One Hundred Men, With Twenty Days' Provisions and Sixty-Four Rounds Left Yesterday, The Neighbouring Towns All Arming and Moving, By Night We Shall Have Several Thousands from This Colony on Their March. The Eyes of America are on New-York, The Ministry Have Been Promised That Your Province Would Desert Us. You Must Now Declare One Way or the Other, That We May Know Whether We Are to Go to Boston or to New-York, If You Desert, Our Men Will as Cheerfully Attack New-York as Boston. [1775-04-23] Anonymous. [S4-V2-p0362] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Express from T. Palmer, Watertown, Received in New-York. [1775-04-19] Palmer, T.. [S4-V2-p0363] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Express from Ebenezer Williams. [1775-04-20] Williams, Ebenezer. [S4-V2-p0363] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from New-York to a Gentleman in Philadelphia. Information Received Yesterday, (Sunday,) of the Attack of the King's Troops on the People of Massachusetts, Sent Immediately by Express to Philadelphia. The People Unloaded Two Vessels Filled with Flour for the Troops at Boston, and Seized the City Arms. [1775-04-24] Anonymous. [S4-V2-p0364] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from New-York to a Gentleman in Philadelphia. A Reconciliation between Us and Great 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. [1775-04-24] Anonymous. [S4-V2-p0364] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded by Express to Charlestown in South-Carolina. [1775-04-24] Lockwood, James; Beers, Isaac. [S4-V2-p0365] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to New-Haven. [1774-04-24] Edwards, Pierpont. [S4-V2-p0365] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Fairfield. [1774-04-24] Burr, Thaddeus; Rowland, Andrew; Abel, Elijah. [S4-V2-p0365] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Norwalk. [1775-04-24] Cannon, John; Betts, Thaddeus; German, Samuel. [S4-V2-p0365] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Stamford. [1775-04-24] Hait, John, Jr.; Hutton, Samuel; Webb, David; Gray, Daniel; Warring, Jonathan, Jr.. [S4-V2-p0365] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Greenwich. [1775-04-25] Mead, Amos. [S4-V2-p0365] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to New-York. [1775-04-25] Low, Isaac. [S4-V2-p0365] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Elizabethtown. [1775-04-25] Hampton, Jonathan; Ross, George; Blanchard, John. [S4-V2-p0365] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Woodbridge. [1775-04-25] Heard, Nathaniel; Parker, Samuel; Clawson, Jonathan. [S4-V2-p0365] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to New-Brunswick. [1775-04-25] Oake, William; Neilson, James; Dunham, Azariah. [S4-V2-p0366] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Princetown. [1775-04-26] Wiggin, Thomas; Baldwin, Jonathan. [S4-V2-p0366] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Trenton. [1775-04-26] Tucker, Samuel; Smith, Isaac; Hunt, Abraham. [S4-V2-p0366] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Philadelphia. [1775-04-26] Cadwalader, Lambert; Bradford, William; Pryor, Thomas; Malcher, Isaac. [S4-V2-p0366] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Chester. [1775-04-26] Johnston, Francis; Eyre, Isaac; Fairlamb, Samuel. [S4-V2-p0366] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to New-Castle. [1775-04-26] Leuvenigh, Z. V.; Spencer, Stephen. [S4-V2-p0366] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Christeen Bridge. [1775-04-26] Patterson, S.. [S4-V2-p0366] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Charlestown. [1775-04-27] Rudulph, Tobias; Gilpin, Joseph. [S4-V2-p0366] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Baltimore. [1775-04-27] Boyd, John. [S4-V2-p0356] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Annapolis. [1775-04-28] Maryland, Committee of Correspondence; Tilghman, Matthew; Carroll, Charles, of Carrollton; Carroll, Charles; Hall, J.; Johnson, Thomas, Jr.; Chase, Samuel. [S4-V2-p0366] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Alexandria. [1775-04-28] Ramsay, William. [S4-V2-p0366] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Dumfries. [1775-04-30] Carr, William. [S4-V2-p0366] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Fredericksburgh. [1775-04-30] Mercer, James; Thornton, George; Page, Mann, Jr.; Mercer, Hugh. [S4-V2-p0366] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to King William. [1775-05-01] Braxton, Carter. [S4-V2-p0366] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Surry County. [1775-05-02] Cocke, Allen. [S4-V2-p0366] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Williamsburgh. [1775-05-02] Virginia, Williamsburgh Committee; Nicholas, Ro. C.. [S4-V2-p0367] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Smithfield. [1775-05-03] Smith, Arthur; Burune, Nathaniel. [S4-V2-p0367] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Nansemond. [1775-05-03] Virginia, Nansemond County Committee; Ridduh, Willis; Ceowper, Willis. [S4-V2-p0367] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Chowan County. [1775-05-03] North-Carolina, Chowan County Committee. [S4-V2-p0367] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Edenton. [1775-05-04] North-Carolina, Edenton Committee of Correspondence; Blount, Joseph; Jones, Thomas; Bondfield, Charles; Green, Jonathan; Bennett, William; Hamilton, Jonathan; Hardy, Robert; Smith, Robert; Dickinson, S.. [S4-V2-p0367] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Beaufort County. [1775-05-06] North-Carolina, Beaufort County Committee; Osmond, Roger; Brown, William. [S4-V2-p0367] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Bath. [1775-05-06] North-Carolina, Beaufort County Committee; Osmond, Roger; Brown, William. [S4-V2-p0367] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Onslow County. [1775-05-06] North-Carolina, Craven County Committee; Smith, Samuel; Cogdell, B.; Green, John; Tisdale, William; McLin, Thomas; Nash, Abner; Leech, Joseph; Fonvielle, John; Stanly, William; Coor, James. [S4-V2-p0367] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Wilmington. [1775-05-07] Onslow County, North-Carolina, North America. [S4-V2-p0368] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to New River. [1775-05-07] Cray, William. [S4-V2-p0368] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Brunswick. [1775-05-08] North-Carolina, Wilmington Committee; Harnett, Cornelius; Ash, John, Colonel. [S4-V2-p0368] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Boundary. [1775-05-09] Quince, Richard. [S4-V2-p0368] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Boundary. [1775-05-08] Howe, R.. [S4-V2-p0368] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Little River. [1775-05-09] Marion, Isaac. [S4-V2-p0368] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Benjamin Young. [1775-05-10] Young, Benjamin. [S4-V2-p0368] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from James Lockwood, Wallingford, Connecticut, Forwarded to Georgetown. [1775-05-10] South-Carolina, Georgetown Committee; Trapier, Paul; Wragg, S.; Trapier, P., Jr.; Bonneau, Anthony. [S4-V2-p0368] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
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. [1775-04-20] Johannes in Eremo (pseudo.). [S4-V2-p0369] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from Richard Devens to the Members of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, Requesting Them to Assemble at Concord. [1775-04-20] Devens, Richard. [S4-V2-p0369] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from the Committee of Safety of Massachusetts 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. [1775-04-20] Massachusetts, Committee of Safety. [S4-V2-p0370] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from Dr. Warren to General Gage, Requesting Arrangements May be Made for Removing the Tories Into Boston, and the Whigs Out of Boston. [1775-04-20] Warren, Dr.. [S4-V2-p0370] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from Adam Babcock to Governour Trumbull, Requesting Permission to Ship Twelve Oxen to the West-Indies. [1775-04-20] Babcock, Adam. [S4-V2-p0371] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Gunpowder Removed from the Magazine at Williambsurgh, 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 Return the Powder Now, but Pledges His Honour, that in Case of an Insurrection, it Shall be Returned in Half an Hour. [1775-04-21] Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia; Randolph, Peyton. [S4-V2-p0371] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Cumberland County, Virginia, Committee, Consider and Approve the Proceedings of the Late Convention at Richmond. [1775-04-21] Virginia, Cumberland County Committee; Carrington, George. [S4-V2-p0372] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from the Connecticut Committee of Safety to John Hancock. Every Preparation is Making 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 Accounts as May Go from the Army and Navy. [1775-04-21] Connecticut, Committee of Correspondence. [S4-V2-p0372] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
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. [1775-04-21] Massachusetts, Newburyport Committee of Correspondence; Greenleaf, Benjamin. [S4-V2-p0373] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from the Committee of Safety of Massachusetts to the Provincial Congress of New-Hampshire. [1775-04-22] Massachusetts, Committee of Safety. [S4-V2-p0373] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Benjamin Greenleaf to the Committee of Correspondence in Hampton. [1775-04-22] Massachusetts, Newburyport Committee of Correspondence; Greenleaf, Benjamin. [S4-V2-p0374] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from the Committee of Safety to the Inhabitants of Boston. An Arrangement Has Been Made with General Gage for the Removal from Boston of the Men, Women and Children, and Their Effects. [1775-04-22] Massachusetts, Committee of Safety. [S4-V2-p0374] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from a Committee of the Town of Boston to Dr. Joseph Warren, Enclosing the Agreement Between General Gage and the Town of Boston. [1775-04-23] Massachusetts, Boston Committee of Correspondence. [S4-V2-p0374] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Meeting of the Freeholders and Other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, Called in Consequence 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. [1775-04-22] Massachusetts, Boston Town Meeting; Bowdoin, James. [S4-V2-p0375] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Committee Report that General Gage Agrees to 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, 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, General Gage Agrees to the Request of the Committee, 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. [1775-04-23] Massachusetts, Boston Town Meeting. [S4-V2-p0376] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Further Report of the Committee to the Town Meeting of the Final Arrangements. The People Have Surrendered Their Arms, and Are to Commence Removing Tomorrow Morning, The Meetings 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. [1775-04-27] Massachusetts, Boston Town Meeting; Alline, Henry, Jr.. [S4-V2-p0377] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts to the Provincial Congress of New-Hampshire. The Provincial Congress Having Unanimously Resolved That it is Our Duty Immediately to Establish an Army for the Maintenance of Our Rights, and That Thirty Thousand Men Should be Raised in New-England, the Concurrence of New-Hampshire is Earnestly Requested. [1775-04-23] Massachusetts, Provincial Congress; Warren, Joseph. [S4-V2-p0377] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from Jedediah Foster to the Massachusetts Congress. Has Seen Governour Trumbull, Who Had Previously Received the Tragical Narrative from Colonel Palmer, He Will Convene the Assembly Immediately. [1774-04-23] Foster, Jedediah. [S4-V2-p0378] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Letter from Major McClary to the New-Hampshire 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 Wanted, This Has Caused much Uneasiness Among the Remaining Troops. [1775-04-23] McClary, Andrew, Major. [S4-V2-p0378] [Document Details][Complete Volume]