1The New York Provincial Congress to the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety, 16 August 1775: résumé (Franklin Papers)
Text printed in Samuel Hazard et al. , eds., Pennsylvania Archives (first series; 12 vols., Philadelphia, 1852–56), IV , 643–4. <New York, August 16, 1775: A ship we sent for powder some three months ago has not returned, and our small stock is exhausted by supplying the camp before Boston with 1655 pounds and Ticonderoga with 300; all we could procure in this city has gone to eastern Long...
2The New York Provincial Congress to the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety, 17 August 1775: résumé (Franklin Papers)
Text printed in Samuel Hazard et al. , eds., Pennsylvania Archives (first series; 12 vols., Philadelphia, 1852–56), IV , 644 <New York, August 17, 1775: The intelligence contained in the enclosed paragraph of a letter from General Washington should be communicated to the various Pennsylvania committees. Addressed to Franklin and the other members of the committee and signed by P. V. B....
3The New York Provincial Congress to the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety, 18 August 1775: résumé (Franklin Papers)
Text printed in Samuel Hazard et al. , eds., Pennsylvania Archives (first series; 12 vols., Philadelphia, 1852–56), IV , 645–6. <New York August 18, 1775: Reconsidering the paragraph of General Washington’s letter that we forwarded yesterday has given us too much reason to think that the British troops are bound for New York. No pains should be spared to make the city as strong as possible,...