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Proclamation by Lord Dunmore, appointing the first Thursday in next month for the meeting of the General Assembly
Title
Proclamation by Lord Dunmore, appointing the first Thursday in next month for the meeting of the General Assembly
Genre
documents (object genre)
Creator
Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia
Date
1775-05-12
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V2-P01-sp23-D0003
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
Address of the Noblemen, etc., of the County of Forfar, to the King. They see with indignation the insidious arts by which the American Colonies have been deluded into an unlawful and unjuust desire of Independency
Title
Address of the Noblemen, etc., of the County of Forfar, to the King. They see with indignation the insidious arts by which the American Colonies have been deluded into an unlawful and unjuust desire of Independency
Genre
documents (object genre)
Date
1775-11-13
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V3-P01-sp30-D0022
Address of the Mayor, etc., of the Corporation of Maidenhead, in the County of Berks
Title
Address of the Mayor, etc., of the Corporation of Maidenhead, in the County of Berks
Genre
documents (object genre)
Date
1775-11-14
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V3-P01-sp30-D0041
The Crisis, No. 3. To the King
Title
The Crisis, No. 3. To the King
Genre
documents (object genre)
Creator
Moore, William?
Date
1775-02-04
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V2-P01-sp01-D0065
Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of Essex County, in Virginia
Title
Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of Essex County, in Virginia
Genre
documents (object genre)
Creator
Virginia, Essex County Freeholders
Date
1774-07-09
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V1-P03-sp15-D0028
Speech intended to have been spoken at the Meeting of the North American Merchants, at the King's Arms Tavern
Title
Speech intended to have been spoken at the Meeting of the North American Merchants, at the King's Arms Tavern
Genre
documents (object genre)
Creator
England, American Commerce Meeting
Date
1775-01-04
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V1-P03-sp40-D0105
Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of Morris, in the Province of East New-Jersey
Title
Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of Morris, in the Province of East New-Jersey
Genre
documents (object genre)
Creator
New-Jersey, Morris County Meeting
Date
1774-06-27
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V1-P03-sp11-D0139
Letter from a Pennsylvanian to Gen. Burgoyne
Title
Letter from a Pennsylvanian to Gen. Burgoyne
Genre
documents (object genre)
Creator
A Pennsylvanian (pseudo.)
Date
1775-06-16
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V2-P01-sp32-D0345
Debate -- Mr. Hartley, Sir George Savile, Lord North, Mr. Burke, Lord John Cavendish, Mr. Sawbridge, Lord North, Governour Johnstone, Colonel Morris, Motion rejected: Yeas 21, noes 123, Other motions made by Mr. Hartley
Title
Debate -- Mr. Hartley, Sir George Savile, Lord North, Mr. Burke, Lord John Cavendish, Mr. Sawbridge, Lord North, Governour Johnstone, Colonel Morris, Motion rejected: Yeas 21, noes 123, Other motions made by Mr. Hartley
Genre
documents (object genre)
Date
1775-12-07
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V6-P01-sp16-D0001
Letter from Colonel Huntington to Governour Trumbull. All appearances of a reconciliation between this Country and Great Britain, commonly, though erroneously, called the Mother Country, are vanished out of sight
Title
Letter from Colonel Huntington to Governour Trumbull. All appearances of a reconciliation between this Country and Great Britain, commonly, though erroneously, called the Mother Country, are vanished out of sight
Genre
documents (object genre)
Creator
Huntington, Jedediah, Colonel
Date
1775-10-19
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V3-P01-sp24-D0028
Address to the Governour in answer to his Speech
Title
Address to the Governour in answer to his Speech
Genre
documents (object genre)
Creator
Virginia, House of Burgesses
Date
1775-06-05
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V2-P01-sp38-D0008
Common Sense-- I. Of the Origin and Design of Government in general, with concise Remarks on the English Constitution. II. Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession. III. Thoughts on the present state of American Affairs. IV. Of the present ability of Am
Title
Common Sense-- I. Of the Origin and Design of Government in general, with concise Remarks on the English Constitution. II. Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession. III. Thoughts on the present state of American Affairs. IV. Of the present ability of Am
Genre
documents (object genre)
Date
1776-02-29
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V4-P01-sp16-D0206
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
Address to the Inhabitants of New-Jersey. This Country was settled for the sole purpose of Trade, and an absolute submission to the Laws of the Mother Country was one of the terms under which our forefathers settled. Under these terms they lived and
Title
Address to the Inhabitants of New-Jersey. This Country was settled for the sole purpose of Trade, and an absolute submission to the Laws of the Mother Country was one of the terms under which our forefathers settled. Under these terms they lived and
Genre
documents (object genre)
Date
1774-08-23
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V1-P03-sp23-D0046