that His Subjects in the different Colonies in North America have been induced, upon the grounds stated in their different Resolutions, to nominate Deputies to meet in general Congress at Philadelphia. If the Object of this Congress be humbly to represent to the King any Inconveniences they conceive themselves to lie under, or any Propositions they may have to make on the present State of America, such Representations would certainly have come from each Colony, with greater Weight in its Separate Capacity, than in a Channel, of the Propriety & Legality of which there may be much doubt. I fear however the Measure has gone too far to encourage any hope that it has been retracted, & I can only express my Wish that the result of their Proceedings may be such as not to cut off all Hope of that Union with the Mother Country which is so essential to the Happiness of both. I am &ca DARTMOUTH. Circular letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to all the Governors in America, relative to arresting and securing any gunpowder, arms or ammunition which might be imported from England to the Colonies without license. [From New York Colonial Documents, Vol. VIII, p. 509.] (Circular) WHITEHALL 19th October 1774. His Majesty having thought fit, by His Order in Council this Day, to prohibit the Exportation from Great Britain of Gunpowder, or any sort of Arms or Ammunition, I herewith inclose to you a Copy of the Order, and it is His Majesty's Command that you take the most effectual measures for arresting, detaining and securing any Gunpowder, or any sort of arms or ammunition, which may be attempted to be imported into the Province under your Government, unless the Master of the Ship having such Military Stores on Board shall produce a Licence from His Majesty, or the Privy Council, for the exportation of the same from some of the Ports of this Kingdom. I am &ca DARTMOUTH. Letter from Committee of Correspondence at Boston to the Committee of Monmouth County. Gentlemen, [From New Jersey Historical Society Manuscripts.] BOSTON, October 21st, 1774. You Will be Informed by Our Committee for Donations of the Receipt of Your generous present to the Sufferers in this town by the Operation of the Cruel and Detested Port bill. Such Charities not only Serve to Shew the Union and tender Sympathy of the Colonies with and for Each other, but will fix an Everlasting brand of infamy upon a Ministry whose Conduct with Respect to this devoted town has made Such Large and Extensive Charities so absolutely necessary. We are Extremely Obliged to you for the favorable Sentiments Respecting the Behavior of the Inhabitants of Boston in their endeavours to ward off that Slavery and ruin which the Venal Ministry of a Venal Nation have long meditated for these once happy Colonies.' As for this we are now more Immediately Suffering under the heavy Rod of power and have Reason to Expect an increase of punishment, may our future Conduct be such as will no ways derogate from our 1 See Minutes Provincial Congress, etc., 1775, 21-4. Character as men and as Christians. Happy as we are that Our Opposition to the late Edicts of a british parliament has not only been approved by the Several towns and provinces, but by the Continental Congress who Consider our Sufferings as the Common Cause of America, there are yet Some in Every Colony who may pertinently Compare to Moles both as to Sight and Dirty Grovelling. Of such a Cast is a Writer in Rivington's Gazetteer, who, in order to deny the Charities for our poor, Asserted, with more boldness than truth, that this town had voted to Expend the Collections in paving Our Streets. The Inclosed account of that Committee's prudence will show you how these Charities are applied: and as to the necessity of their Continuance you may Judge when I assure you that without exaggeration and the least Design to Lessen Our Obligations to Our worthy and Generous Donors, that this town Suffers in One Month a Greater Loss than the whole of those Brotherly Donations have amounted to. The particular State of the town and the Late accounts from England with Respect to the present Measures You'll find in the Newspaper herewith under the Boston head. I intended to have been more particular, but am this Moment Called to attend the provincial Congress at Cambridge. Our best Respects to Our worthy and patriotic Brethren of the County of Monmouth. I am, Gentlemen, your Most Humble Serv't, WILLIAM COOPER, Letter from Governor Franklin to the Earl of Dartmouth, transmitting a pamphlet published by the Congress at Philadelphia. [From P. R. O. America and West Indies, Vol. 195.] NEW YORK Oct! 29th 1774. Right Honble the Earl of Dartmouth My Lord. Having Occasion to come to this Place on some private Business, I have just met with a Pamphlet published by the Congress at Philadelphia, containing their Resolutions, &c. which, as there is a Vessel to sail in a few Minutes for England, I have procured in order to forward to your Lordship, that you may have as early Intelligence as possible of their Proceedings. It is the only one that has as yet got to this City, and is probably the only one that will get here in Time to go by this Opportunity. I have not had leisure to read it through, but from what I have heard of its Contents, and of the Sentiments of People in Trade here, I much doubt its being generally approved by the Inhabitants of this Colony, even if it should be by those of the other Provinces. It is said that there will be a further Publication by the Congress this Week, containing a Letter to the Inhabitants of Canada, &c. I have not Time to add further than that I am, with the greatest Respect & Regard, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient & most humble Servant W FRANKLIN Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to Gov. Franklin, approving his conduct in transmitting papers. Sir [From P. R. O. America and West Indies, Vol. 177 (195).] WHITEHALL 2 Nov! 1774 Governor Franklin. Your Attention in transmitting to me the papers which accompanied your dispatch of the 6th of September No 15 is approved by the King. In the present State of North America every Information must be useful; it is the duty of persons in your Station to communicate without Reserve such Intelligence as can be procured of every public Transaction, and you may with Confidence rely upon any Intelligence of the Nature of that you have sent me being kept most Secret, and communicated only to the King's Confidential Servants. I am &ca DARTMOUTH Report of the Surveyors of the Boundary Line between New York and New Jersey. 66 [From N. Y. Col. MSS., in Secretary of State's Office, Albany, Vol. CI., p. 35.] In pursuance of an Act of Assembly of the Colony of New York entitled "an Act for establishing the Boundary or Partition Line between the Colonies of "New York & Nova Casaria or New Jersey & for "Confirming Titles & Possessions." And of one other Act of Assembly of the Colony of New Jersey entitled "An Act for Establishing the Boundary or Partition "Line between the said Colonies of New York and "Nova Casaria or New Jersey & for Confirming the "Titles and Possessions." We William Wickham & Samuel Gale two of the Commissioners in the first of |