A compiler's note

The New America Times

The week's papers, in plain English

Sunday, November 3, 1776 · the papers of Monday 28 October to Saturday 2 November

This is not a number of the paper. It is a plain-English list, made now, of what each paper of the past week reported, in the order that paper gave it: its first sections, one line each. Where a report concerned something that had happened on an earlier day, that day is given, because news travelled slowly. Nothing here says what came next. Each line rests on one item in one paper and links to it; the paper's own words for each line are at the foot of the page.

The paper of Monday, October 28, 1776

  1. The Northern Department. The Gentleman at Albany's account: a second engagement of five glasses on the run towards Crown Point; the American fleet almost totally ruined; Arnold runs the Congress ashore and burns her; Waterbury strikes in the sinking Washington galley …
  2. In Council of Safety. The Council of Safety pays for salt, gun-locks, pork, rifles and firelocks for the Flying Camp, pays Alexander Boyle for summoning the Bucks and Chester election judges, and calls the officers of the three late Provincial Battalions to Philadelphia event of 26 October
  3. Convention of New-York. The New-York Committee of Safety refers the Albany Committee's letter and the Peabody and Allen depositions to its Albany committee; orders Alexander Stewart, a self-declared subject of the King, disposed of as a prisoner of war … event of 23 October

The paper of Tuesday, October 29, 1776

  1. The Northern Department. Extract of a letter from Ticonderoga of 20 Oct: the enemy are in possession of Crown-Point; fourteen boats or birch canoes with Indians seen by the guard-boats five miles from Ticonderoga; an attack expected every moment
  2. In Congress. Congress, informed that persons are engrossing articles necessary for the army, names Wythe, Gerry and Rutledge to enquire; the Council of Safety to be asked to sell Matthew Irwin as much salt for the army as it can spare … event of 28 October
  3. From the Southward. Inhabitants of Caroline County march into Dorchester County, enter houses and carry away the inhabitants' Salt, some of Dorchester joining them

The paper of Wednesday, October 30, 1776

  1. In Congress. Timothy Dod, sent express from Boston to Congress, has his despatches from General Washington stolen from him at Bristol
  2. In Council of Safety. The Pennsylvania Council of Safety resolves to appoint, on 4 November, the Captains and subalterns of the eleventh Pennsylvania battalion, to be commanded by Col. Richard Humpton event of 26 October
  3. Philadelphia, In Brief. The publishers of the city's weekly newspapers (the Bradfords, Dunlap, Humphreys, Hall and Sellers) give notice that the advance in the price of paper and materials obliges them to raise the price to fifteen shillings a year from 1 January event of 29 October

The paper of Thursday, October 31, 1776

  1. In Congress. Congress, on its committee's report, tells the Maryland convention that its resolutions to pay ten dollars in lieu of the 100 acres of land promised to soldiers enlisting for the war would prove extremely detrimental, refuses to rescind the land bounty, and asks the convention … event of 30 October
  2. In Council of Safety. The Pennsylvania Council of Safety pays Captain Samuel Boyd for fifteen stand of Arms and for twenty-five stand taken from Non-Associators; discharges Samuel Kerr from his parole as friendly to the cause, to return to Edentown, North-Carolina … event of 30 October
  3. The Army at New-York. Washington's General Orders approve the Court-Martial's sentence that Lieutenant Sickles of General Scott's Brigade be cashiered and order him dismissed the service … event of 27 October

The paper of Friday, November 1, 1776

  1. In Congress. Congress hears its committee report that no traces of the despatches lost at Bristol can be found and that the express does not clear himself; commits Timothy Dod to the custody of Mr. Jewell, keeper of the public prison … event of 31 October
  2. In Council of Safety. The Pennsylvania Council of Safety, on application from inhabitants of York-Town, resolves that Doct. John Kearsley, a prisoner in York jail, be removed to the jail in Carlisle … event of 31 October
  3. The Northern Department. General Orders of the Northern Army: the General returns his thanks to General Arnold and the officers, seamen and marines of the fleet for their defence against the great superiority of the enemy's force event of 14 October

The paper of Saturday, November 2, 1776

  1. The Army at New-York. A letter from the American camp, written at two in the afternoon, reports the enemy advancing toward the lines in view of Head-Quarters, a body dispersed by the artillery, and a warm engagement on the right with McDougall's brigade (Webb's, Ritzema's, Smallwood's, Haslet's and Brooks's … event of 28 October
  2. In Congress. Congress resolves to raise money by a lottery for the next campaign, to be drawn at Philadelphia, and directs the committee to prepare its plan; orders the Board of Treasury to report weekly on the last emission … event of 1 November
  3. In Council of Safety. The Pennsylvania Council of Safety appoints Herculas Courtney Captain-Lieutenant of artillery; pays George Spangler for riding into Chester County to summon Inspectors of an election; draws orders for James Forrest for his nephew James Shanks and a servant, and for Brown, Mitchel, Proctor and Donaldson … event of 1 November

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Every line above is one entry in the paper's event register — the same record the map is drawn from — and each entry names the paper, the section and the words in the paper it rests on. Those words are given here. The sources behind the paper's own words are in that day's bibliography, linked from each entry.

  1. 1. Monday, October 28, 1776 · The Northern Departmentengagement commenced, which lasted five glasses, most of the time in musket shot, very warm andRegister confidence: medium · the paper · its bibliography
  2. 2. Monday, October 28, 1776 · In Council of SafetyThe Council of Safety this day directed Mr. John M. Nesbitt to pay Captain John Lightburn 842l. 5s.,Register confidence: high · the paper · its bibliography
  3. 3. Monday, October 28, 1776 · Convention of New-YorkOn the Memorial of Andrew Bostwick, an insolvent debtor confined for near eighteen months in the JailRegister confidence: high · the paper · its bibliography
  4. 4. Tuesday, October 29, 1776 · The Northern Department"The enemy are in possession of Crown-Point, and we expect they may fancy this ground in a day orRegister confidence: medium · the paper · its bibliography
  5. 5. Tuesday, October 29, 1776 · In Congress"Congress, being informed that certain persons were busy in monopolizing and engrossing the articlesRegister confidence: high · the paper · its bibliography
  6. 6. Tuesday, October 29, 1776 · From the Southwardmarched down into Dorchester County, and committed sundry depredations in the said County, byRegister confidence: high · the paper · its bibliography
  7. 7. Wednesday, October 30, 1776 · In CongressHouse, has had his despatches from General Washington, stolen from him at Bristol, in this state,Register confidence: high · the paper · its bibliography
  8. 8. Wednesday, October 30, 1776 · In Council of SafetyIn COUNCIL of SAFETY, Philadelphia, October 26, 1776.Register confidence: high · the paper · its bibliography
  9. 9. Wednesday, October 30, 1776 · Philadelphia, In BriefThe publishers of the several weekly news-papers in this city, Wm. and Thomas Bradford, JohnRegister confidence: high · the paper · its bibliography
  10. 10. Thursday, October 31, 1776 · In Congress"Resolved, That the president write to the convention of Maryland, and inform them, that theirRegister confidence: high · the paper · its bibliography
  11. 11. Thursday, October 31, 1776 · In Council of SafetyAt the Council of Safety this day, Mr. Nesbitt was directed to pay Captain Samuel Boyd 35l. 5s. forRegister confidence: high · the paper · its bibliography
  12. 12. Thursday, October 31, 1776 · The Army at New-YorkLieutenant Sickles, of General Scott's Brigade, tried by a Court-Martial, whereof Colonel HolmanRegister confidence: high · the paper · its bibliography
  13. 13. Friday, November 1, 1776 · In Congress"Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed to prepare an effectual plan for suppressing theRegister confidence: high · the paper · its bibliography
  14. 14. Friday, November 1, 1776 · In Council of Safety"Upon application from some inhabitants of York-Town, Resolved, That Doct. John Kearsley, now aRegister confidence: high · the paper · its bibliography
  15. 15. Friday, November 1, 1776 · The Northern DepartmentIn the General Orders of the Northern Army of the 14th instant, the General "returns his thanks to GeneralRegister confidence: high · the paper · its bibliography
  16. 16. Saturday, November 2, 1776 · The Army at New-Yorklatter attacked several of our regiments on the right, when a warm engagement began, and nowRegister confidence: medium · the paper · its bibliography
  17. 17. Saturday, November 2, 1776 · In CongressCongress this day took into consideration the report of the committee on the ways and means ofRegister confidence: high · the paper · its bibliography
  18. 18. Saturday, November 2, 1776 · In Council of SafetyAt the Council of Safety this day, present Thomas Wharton, Jun., President, and others, it wasRegister confidence: high · the paper · its bibliography
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