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Letter from General Washington to John Augustine Washington: Retreat from Long-Island, and the subsequent movements of the Army
Title
Letter from General Washington to John Augustine Washington: Retreat from Long-Island, and the subsequent movements of the Army
Genre
documents (object genre)
Date
1776-09-22
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S5-V2-P01-sp07-D0663
Argumentative part of the Instructions (Note)
Title
Argumentative part of the Instructions (Note)
Genre
documents (object genre)
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V1-P03-sp18-D0013
Instructions of the Freeholders of Buckingham County, Virginia, to their Delegates in Convention: They are as far as their voices will contribute to cause a total and final separation from Great Britain to take place as soon as possible
Title
Instructions of the Freeholders of Buckingham County, Virginia, to their Delegates in Convention: They are as far as their voices will contribute to cause a total and final separation from Great Britain to take place as soon as possible
Genre
documents (object genre)
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V5-P01-sp19-D0138
Queries offered to the Freeholders and People of Virginia at large
Title
Queries offered to the Freeholders and People of Virginia at large
Genre
documents (object genre)
Date
1776-04-13
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V5-P01-sp15-D0004
Letter from Colonel Howe to Lord Dunmore: Explains the intention of the Convention, the difference in the rank of Officers, and proposes an equitable exchange
Title
Letter from Colonel Howe to Lord Dunmore: Explains the intention of the Convention, the difference in the rank of Officers, and proposes an equitable exchange
Genre
documents (object genre)
Creator
Howe, Robert, Colonel
Date
1775-12-27
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V4-P01-sp14-D0063
Letter from General Washington to Governour Cooke: He is convinced of the inpracticability of recruiting the Army by voluntary inlistments, but this is not a time for trifling, and the emergency of affairs calls aloud for vigorous exertions
Title
Letter from General Washington to Governour Cooke: He is convinced of the inpracticability of recruiting the Army by voluntary inlistments, but this is not a time for trifling, and the emergency of affairs calls aloud for vigorous exertions
Genre
documents (object genre)
Creator
Washington, George
Date
1775-12-05
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V4-P01-sp06-D0104
General Orders, from November 12 to November 19
Title
General Orders, from November 12 to November 19
Genre
documents (object genre)
Creator
Washington, George
Date
1775-11-12
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V3-P01-sp32-D0040
Letters and Papers from the Massachusetts Congress, submitted by Mr. Hancock, Letter from the provincial Congress of Massachusetts to the American Continental Congress, dated May 3
Title
Letters and Papers from the Massachusetts Congress, submitted by Mr. Hancock, Letter from the provincial Congress of Massachusetts to the American Continental Congress, dated May 3
Genre
documents (object genre)
Creator
Continental Congress
Date
1775-05-03
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V2-P01-sp51-D0021
Letter from General Greene to Samuel Ward: The King is determined, at all hazards, to carry his plan of despotism into execution, in his late Speech to both Houses of Parliament, he breathes revenge, and threatens us with destruction. We have consult
Title
Letter from General Greene to Samuel Ward: The King is determined, at all hazards, to carry his plan of despotism into execution, in his late Speech to both Houses of Parliament, he breathes revenge, and threatens us with destruction. We have consult
Genre
documents (object genre)
Creator
Greene, Nathaniel, General
Date
1776-01-04
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V4-P01-sp16-D0068
Letter from London to a Gentleman in New-York. The scheme of the Ministry is now to deceive and divide the New-Yorkers, since they find mere force like to answer no valuable end
Title
Letter from London to a Gentleman in New-York. The scheme of the Ministry is now to deceive and divide the New-Yorkers, since they find mere force like to answer no valuable end
Genre
documents (object genre)
Date
1775-07-09
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V2-P01-sp46-D0051
Petition and Memorial of the Assembly of Jamaica to the King, laid before the Convention. The President directed to transmit the thanks of the Convention to the Assembly of Jamaica, for their patriotick conduct, Committee to prepare a plan for embody
Title
Petition and Memorial of the Assembly of Jamaica to the King, laid before the Convention. The President directed to transmit the thanks of the Convention to the Assembly of Jamaica, for their patriotick conduct, Committee to prepare a plan for embody
Genre
documents (object genre)
Creator
Virginia, Convention
Date
1775-03-23
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V2-P01-sp06-D0004
Instructions to the Delegates of Anne Arundel County, in the Maryland Convention
Title
Instructions to the Delegates of Anne Arundel County, in the Maryland Convention
Genre
documents (object genre)
Date
1776-08-19
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S5-V1-P01-sp06-D1788
Letter from General Washington to the Assembly of Massachusetts, giving a statement of his situation in consequence of the refusal of the Connecticut Troops to continue in service at this critical time, and expressing his fears that their example wil
Title
Letter from General Washington to the Assembly of Massachusetts, giving a statement of his situation in consequence of the refusal of the Connecticut Troops to continue in service at this critical time, and expressing his fears that their example wil
Genre
documents (object genre)
Creator
Washington, George
Date
1775-12-05
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V4-P01-sp06-D0101
The Constitution of Pennsylvania
Title
The Constitution of Pennsylvania
Genre
documents (object genre)
Date
1776-09-28
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S5-V2-P01-sp01-D0101
Caractacus on Standing Armies
Title
Caractacus on Standing Armies
Genre
documents (object genre)
Creator
Caractacus (pseudo.)
Date
1775-08-21
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V3-P01-sp05-D0014