| Description | "a vessel is this very moment arriv'd at our Quay in 28 days from Philadelphia and brings letters from thence", these letters are replete with exultation on their success against the Fort of Ticonderoga, Congress is determined that all American ports should be shut on the 20 Jul and New York and North Carolina had determined not to avail themselves of the privilege granted them by Parliament, universal armament in America and the colonies unanimous in defence of American freedom |