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Committee to make a commission for General Heath, -
363
Committee to consider a recommendation of Mr. John Wiley as captain of a company of artillery, - 364, 373
Committee on a petition of Robert Haskell, - 364, 368 -
Form of a return of the choice of representatives, .
- 364
Letter to the Continental Congress, relative to the battle of Bunker hill, Letter to Gen. Ward relative to drawing off part of the forces at Roxbu- ry to Cambridge, .
365
" 21-Commission of William Heath as major general, - 367
Committee to consider the expediency of calling Col. Glover's regiment from Plymouth to Cambridge,
368 368
Committee to consider a petition of Robert Twining, and report, 368
Resolve relative to the estates of the refugees, 368
Committee to bring in a resolve for the purpose of calling a general as- sembly, if the exigency should require,
369
Committee to inquire where materials for making paper can be found, - 369
Committee to take charge of the plates for the colony notes, - 369,375
369
Committee to inquire into the reason of the want of discipline in the army, - - -
370
Joseph Fry, Esq. chosen a major general, -
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370
Report and reply to the address of the Penobscot Indians, - 371
Letter from Gov. Trumbull enclosing a letter from the president of the New York Congress to Maj. Gen. Wooster, - -
Đ 372
Orders for commissions to officers of the train of artillery, . Committee to consider the petition of Briant Morton, 374 - - . sioned, 374
373
" 22-Committee to make a list of officers of the army who have been commis-
- Order for supplying the town of Townsend with powder, - 374
357
Report relative to ordering the regiment from Marblehead to Cambridge,
Address from the chief of the Penobscot Indians, - Order for delivering out several commissions, 370
361
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JUNE 22-Petition of Col. Paul Dudley Sergeant, . . 374
Doet. Francis Kittredge appointed a surgeon to the hospital, 374
The colonels of the regiments ordered to recommend suitable persons for surgeons, . 374, 377 Committee on the petition of George Vincent, relative to the exportation of fish, and report of the committee, . . 375, 377 Committee to provide a hospital for the camp at Roxbury, · 375
Committee on Mr. Paul Revere's account, 375 Committee on the state of Col. Phinney's regiment, and report thereof, .375, 378 Order for commissioning certain officers in Col. Prescott's regiment, 375 Committee of safety directed to prepare lists of persons fit to be eommis- sioned in the several regiments, 376 ·
. Resolve for supplying the town of Townsend with powder, 376
Report of committee, and letter to Gen. Ward, relative to ordering the companies of Col. Thomas' and Col. Cotton's regiments at Plymouth to Cambridge, . 376
Resolve for supplying the inhabitants of Belfast, and other towns on the Penobseot river, with provisions, ·
377
" 23-Committee to fill up commissions, . 377 ·
Order for commissioning the officers of Col. Glover's regiment, . ·
377
Order respeeting the pay and commissions of ensigns, 377
Order respecting Bridget Phillips, wife of a British officer, . 378, 387
Commission as chief engineer ordered to be given to Col. Gridley, 378
378
Order for printing the hand bills for the observance of the Lord's day, Committee on the account of Mr. John Lane, 378
378
Report of the committee appointed to procure a hospital in Roxbury, Gen. Ward requested to nominate an adjutant general, .
379
Committee to draw up the form of a warrant for the staff officers, ·
379
Report of the committee upon the state of Col. Phinney's regiment, 379 Report and resolve respecting the price of blankets, 380
Letter from Stephen Hooper, relative to a donation to the poor of Bos- ton,
380
Daniel Noyes appointed postmaster of Ipswich, . 380 .
Committee to inquire into the state of the regiment moved from Marble- head to Cambridge, 380
Mr. Nye appointed to number the notes, . 380 ·
Committee upon the petition of the town of Malden, 381
Committee to consider the eireumstanees of the Rev. Doct. Langdon, 381 Committee to consider expedients to augment the army, . 381
Mr. Holmes appointed in place of Mr. Nye to number the notes, 381 .
Report on the account of Capt. John Lane, .
381
Report on the letter of Stephen Hooper of Newburyport, 381
Report on the petition of the town of Malden, 38% Resolve for the payment of Capt. Lane's aceount, ,
382
Resolve respeeting the removal of the library and apparatus of Harvard College, 382 38% Resolve allowing the exportation of certain fish from Gloucester, . Vote for paying £100 to the Rev. Doet. Langdon, 383
Report of the committee on the petition of Robert Haskell, 383
" 24-Committee to consider some method for regulating trade with the In- dians, . 383
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JUNE 24-Committee to consider the expediency of stationing a part of Col. Phin-
ney's regiment in the counties of Cumberland and Lincoln, . . 383, 386
Committee respecting the bills of credit of the colony,
383
Establishment for surgeons of the army, .
384
Resolve for appointing a day of fasting and prayer, .
384
Report respecting the wages of Capt. John Lane,
385
Committee on the petition of Edward Parry, .
386
Resolve for the payment of £100 to Doct. Langdon,
. 386
Committee to consider the surplus bills, .
386
Report of the committee on the petition of James Kirkwood, 386
Resolve respecting Bridget Phillips,
387
Report relative to a building for a hospital,
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387
Letter to the governor of Connecticut, respecting an augmentation of the army,
387 390
Committee to consider the desertion of Lieut. Cox,
Report of the committee relative to stationing Col. Phinney's regiment, . 390
Report of the committee relative to the desertion of Lieut. Cox, . 390 Committee to consider measures for the reception of Gen. Washington, . 391 Report upon the services and compensation of Capt. John Lane, 391 391
Committee to prepare a niodel for a spear, .
Resolve for the payment of Andrew Gilman, .
392
Blacksmiths to work on the Sabbath in finishing the spears, .
392
Resolve for furnishing supplies to the Penobscot Indians, .
392
Committee to consider the subject of stationing a company at Nashaun Island, 392
Proclamation of the Continental Congress for a fast, .
392
Rev. Mr. Gordon chosen to preach the election sermon, 339 .
" 25-Committee to procure spades and shovels for the army, .
393 393
Resolves respecting Capt. John Lane, .
394 394
Resolve respecting Lieut. Andrew Gilman,
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Resolve for the protection of the Elizabeth Islands, 394
Order for delivering out certain commissions, 395 395
Letter from the committee of Machias, respecting the capture of a king's cutter,
Mr. Holmes appointed of the committee for making the notes of the col- ony a currency,
396 397
" 26-Order for an inquiry into the conduct of Capt. Thompson, at Falmouth, . Committee to make a list of the officers who have becu commissioned, . Committee to inquire into the state of the towns' stock of ammunition, . Order relative to commissions for officers of the train, Order respecting the handles to the spears, .
397 397 397 397
Committee to consider how the arms shall be distributed, . .
397
Report of the committee on the reception of Gen. Washington, .
398
Committee to prepare letters to the New England colonies for a reenforce- meut of men, not to prepare one for New Hampshire, 399
Committee to bring in a resolve relative to the examination of suspected persons, 399 .
Report of the committee on the letter from Machias, 399
. Order for delivering certain commissions, . ·
399 400 . Committee on a letter from Gen. Ward, . Committee to meet Generals Washington and Lee at Springfield, . 400
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Commission of lieutenant for Mr. Andrew Gilman, .
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JUNE 26-General Whitcomb commissioned as major general,
400
1.etter from Plymouth, respecting the removal of the troops fromn that town, and committee thereon, . 400
Orders for commissioning officers in Colonels Little's, Gerrish's and Pres- cott's regiments, . 401
Two companies to be joined to Col. Patterson's regiment, . 400, 401
Report and resolve respecting the distribution of the small arms, . 402 Committee to consider the state of the sca coasts, 402
Report of the committee to consider the conduct of Col. Thompson, at Falmouth, 402
" 27-Letter from the committee of Albany, and committee thereon, ·
403
Report of the committee on Gen. Ward's letter read and recommitted, 403
Committee relative to permitting provisions to be carried to prisoners in Boston, 404
Mr. Bigelow appointed to inquire for blank commissions, . 404
Four members added to the committee of supplies, 401
Col. William Henshaw chosen adjutant general, . 401
Committee to prepare a letter to the Continental Congress, and also to Connecticut, for supplies of powder, . 404
Mr. Samuel Brewer appointed an adjutant general, 401 .
Mr. Ezekiel Cheever appointed store keeper of the ordnance, 405 . Committee to examine Ensigu Robert Campbell, a prisoner, 405
Committee to prepare an address to the towns, respecting supplying the army with powder, 405
Mr. Edes ordercd to print three hundred blank commissions, 405
Petition from Jonathan Hicks and Josiah Jones, prisoners in Concord, . 405 Letter respecting fitting out armed vessels, 405
Committee on the petition of several eastern towns for supplies of provis- ions and ammunition, . 405
Committee to bring in a resolve that the pay of the officers and soldiers shall commence at the time of their enlistment, 406
Committee to report on measures for preventing the spreading of the small pox,
406
Resolve relative to the distribution of fire-arms, 406
Report of the committee to examine Ensign Robert Campbell,
407
Committee to consider what quantity of powder should be drawn from the several towns, .
407
Report of the committee relative to supplying the wounded persons in cap- tivity in Boston, with provisions, 408
" 28-Resolve relative to the committee of supplies, 408
Letter to the committee of Albany, containing an account of the battle of the 17th instant, 408
Resolve for paying Messrs. Fish and Tobey the expenses of bringing Robert Campbell to Cambridge, 410
Committee to inquire into the conduct of Francis More, . 403, 410
Committee to bring in a resolve for saving provisions in the army, 410
Committee to consider a list of deputy commissaries, 410
Petition from John Obrian, of Machias,
411
Committee to proportion the pay of the officers to that of the soldiers, 411
Resolve to prevent the waste of provisions in the army, . 411
Committees to station the troops in the counties of Essex and Yck, .
411
Committee to give out enlisting orders, 411
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JUNE 28-Resolve for defending the towns on the sea coast, 412
Committee on the petition of Robert Shillaber for leave to export fislı, . 413 Committee to devise means for supplying the soldiers on the sea coast with provisions, 413
Committee to consider the petition of several officers relative to their rank and the organization of the regiments, . .
414
Report of the committee relative to absconding soldiers, . 414
Committee to consider the best method for providing each soldier with a coat,
414
Form of warrant for the surgeons, . 415
Committee to bring in a resolve to prevent the unnecessary expenditure of gunpowder,
415
Report on the petition of Mr. Obrian, 415
Report of the committee relative to making the bills and notes of this and the other colonies, a tender, 415
Committee to bring in a resolve recommending to the governor and com- pany of the colony of Connecticut to permit provisions to be carried from that colony to the inhabitants of the eastern parts of this, . 416, 417
Resolve for forwarding a letter to the Continental Congress, .
416
Committee to examine the conduct of the commissary general, . 416
Resolve relative to the commencement of the pay of the officers and sol- diers of the army, 417
Committee to consider a proposal of Doct. Whiting relative to saltpetre, 417 " 29-Committee on a petition of John Calef, 417 .
Letter from the committee of Northfield, ·
417
Report on the petitions of the eastern towns for provisions, .
418
Committee to prepare an address to Generals Washington and Lee, on their arrival, . 418
Report on the petition of several officers in the army relative to rank, 418 . Report of the committee on the subject of the manufacture of saltpetre, , 418
Report of the committee on the subject of supplying the soldiers on the sea coasts with provisions, .
418
Committee to see that the military stores are properly guarded, .
419
Report on the petition of John Calef, 419
Committee to consider in what manner enlisting orders and commissions should be given to the officers of companies on the sea coasts, 419
Resolves authorizing the person and goods of Ensign Campbell to be searched,
. 419, 420
Committee to consider a resolve of Congress relative to the purchase of guns, 419
Committee to examine certain letters brought from England, . 420, 427
Address to the towns in the counties of Worcester and Hampshire, rela- tive to supplying the army with powder, 420
Committee to procure powder from the above counties, 421
Committee to inquire where safe and convenient stores may be had for storing gunpowder, 421 .
Committee on a petition of Mr. Ichabod Goodwin, 421
Doct. William Whiting appointed to procure from New York directions for making saltpetre, 421
Resolve authorizing Robert Shillaber to export fish, 421
Committee to prepare instructions to the committee appointed to procure . powder, 422
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JUNE 29-Report on the account of Mr. Ichabod Goodwin, · 422
" 30 -. Report relative to the supernumerary sheets of colony notes, ·
422 Letter from the committee of safety of Portsmouth, 422 Order for paying the expenses of Doct. Whiting's mission to New York, 423 Committee to consider a resolve of the committee of safety relative to ar- tificers' accounts, 423
Resolve for procuring powder from the counties of IIampshire and Wor- cester reconsidered and recommitted, . 423 Committee to bring in a resolve making provision for the poor of Charles- town, 423 .
Committee to inquire into the state of the light-houses, .
423 Resolve relative to a further emission of notes or bills of credit, . 424 . Form of a warrant for surgeons of the hospital, . .
424 . Commissions ordered to be delivered to certain officers, . . . 424, 425 Resolve for the payment of the expenses of persons appointed to pro- cure powder, 425
Form of commissions for the officers appointed for the defence of the sea coast, . 425 · .
Forın of beating orders for companies to defend the sea coasts, ·
.
426
Form of enlistment for soldiers for the defence of the sea coasts, . . 426
Resolve for publishing the foregoing blank forms, . . 427
Committee to consider how crimes by the officers and soldiers on the sea coasts shall be punished, . 427, 433
Resolves relative to the dates of warrants and commissions, 427
Report of the committee for procuring stores for the gunpowder, .
427
Report of the committee relative to procuring powder from the towns in the counties of Worcester and Hampshire, · 428
Committee to examine the accounts of Major Barber, · Committee on a letter from the town of Biddeford, 430
430
JULY 1-Resolves for removing certain poor of Charlestown to the towns in the county of Worcester, . 430
Committee on two letters from Rev. John Murray, .
431
Committee on the account of Jabez Matthews, 431
Committee to consider a resolve of the committee of safety respecting whale boats, .
431
Committee respecting putting electrical points on the powder magazines, 431
Committee on the petition of eighteen Stockbridge Indians, .
431 431
Deputy commissaries in the Massachusetts army, .
·
432
. Gen. Ward directed to order two companies to Plymouth, .
433 Resolves før the punishment of criminals on the sea coasts,
433
Petition from James Fry, that his son may be appointed a deputy com- missary, 434 434 Committee on a petition of Josiah Stearns, . .
Committee on a petition from the town of Sandwich, ·
434
. Committee to consider letters from London, 434
Resolve for reading the rules and regulations of the army at the head of each corps,
435
Letter to the governor and company of Connecticut relative to supplying the province of Maine with provisions, 435
Resolve for paying Jabez Matthews the expense of his embassy to Can- ada, 436
Report relative to Thomas Neat, a prisoner, .
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JULY 1-Committee to bring in a resolve for removing the sick and wounded to the hospital, 436
Gentlemen appointed to administer oaths to the soldiers, . 436 Resolve directing the receiver general to pay out the bills of credit of the other colonies, 437 Report of the committee relative to the better accommodation of the sick and wounded of the army, 437
Committee to draw up a resolve to be prefixed to the addresses to Gene- rals Washington and Lee,
437 438
Address to his excellency George Washington, .
His reply, 439
Address to Major General Charles Lee, and his reply thereto,
440
Committee to devise means of supporting the poor of Boston and Charles- town to their places of destination, 441 441
Order for providing necessaries for Generals Washington and Lee,
Order and resolve relative to paying Mr. Paul Revere for printing the colony notes, . 441
Report of the committee relative to securing sundry whale boats, 441
" 2-Report of the committee relative to securing the lamps of the light houses,
442
Committee to write to Mr. Russell respecting the money due from him to the treasury,
Petition of Joseph Barrell relative to his loss by a fire in Boston,
442 442
Report of the committee for devising means for supporting the poor of Boston and Charlestown to their places of destination, 443
" 3-Resolve ordering the rules and regulations of the army to be read month- ly, reconsidered, 443
Resolve for paying Mr. Josiah Stevens for his services in bringing letters from London, 4.14
Committee to confer with the geutlemen from New Hampshire, · . 444, 446
Committee on the petition of 'Thomas Morton for leave to export fish. Re- port thercon, . 444, 449 Committee on the petition of the selectmen of Abington, . 444
Resolve for furnishing the nou-commissioned officers with clothing and blankets, who lost theirs on the 17th of Juue, . 414
" 4-Committee to prepare a letter to Gov. 'Trumbull, . 445 Committee to inform Gen. Washington of the provision for the sick and wounded of the army, 445 .
Committee on the account of Ephraim Fenno, .
445
Committee to consider the matter of donations to the poor of Boston,
445
Committee to consider the account of the persons to procure arms for the colony army, . 445
Committee to consider a resolve relative to the goods of Thomas Hutch- inson,
445
Committee to consider the expediency of making a draw bridge of the bridge at Cambridge, . . Resolve that no more commissions be delivered at present, ·
445
445
Committee to consider in what manner the late inhabitants of Boston may choose members to represent that town in the next general as- sembly, 446
· Resolve for supplying the chaplain with a horse, . .
446
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JULY 4-Committee to report an establishment for the commissary of medical stores, . .
446
Capt. Partridge chosen a member of the committee of supplies, . 446
Order respecting a quorum of the committee of supplies, 446 . Committee to consider the sufferings of Abraham Nimliam, 446 .
Committee to consider the conduct of the people of Nantucket, . .
447
Committee to answer the letter from New Hampshire, &c. .
447
Order for paying the account of Mr. William White,
·
447
Letter to Gov. Trumbull of Connecticut, . .
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447
Committee to consider a letter relative to the plans of the eastern parts of the sea coasts, .
448
Andrew Craigie appointed commissary of medical stores, .
448
Report of the committee on the loss of the Indian Nimham, . Resolve relating to the estates of the refugees ordered to subside, .
443
" 5-Committee to inform Gen. Washington of the intention of Congress to rise, · 449
List of surgeons approved of, and ordered to receive warrants, · 449 .
Form of warrant for a medical commissary, .
450
Committee to procure 200 axes for the army,
450
Report of the committee appointed to consider in what way the late in- habitants of Boston shall choose representatives, 450
Letter to Hon. James Russell, respecting public money in his hands, 451
Committee to consider some method to prevent intelligence and provis- ions being carried to our enemies,
451
Report and resolve relative to making a draw bridge at Cambridge, · Committee on a petition from Jonathan Brewer, relative to recruits for his regiment, . Committee to distribute depositions relative to the battle of Lexington, . Resolve for paying the accounts of the committee appointed to procure fire-arms,
452 452
Committee to consider a letter from Gen. Ward, relative to supplies of arms and ammunition, . .
453 453
Report of the committee on the petition of the Stockbridge Indians, . Report of the committee on a letter of Mr. Alexander Sheppard, relative to plans of the province of Maine,
453
Committee to consider measures for removing and seeuring the lamps and oil from the Boston light-house, 451 · Committee on a letter of James Lyon of Machias, 454 · Resolve for convening the assembly in any extraordinary emergency, 454 · Committee to confer with Gen. Washington relative to furnishing his ta- ble and providing furniture, . 455
Letter from James Winthrop, postmaster at Cambridge, and committee · thercon, . · Order respecting sundry letters and maps from England, . .
455
. Letter to Geu. Washington, relative to the sick and wounded, .
455
. Mr. Lothrop chosen a member of the committee of supplies, . Report of the committee and resolve relative to providing eoats for the army, . . 456
456
Resolve for paying the account of Mrs. Dorothy Coolidge, .
459
" 6-Orders relative to providing accommodations for Gen. Washington, . Committee to consider a letter relative to a quantity of flour forwarded to Norfolk for the army, . 460
460
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451
452
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448
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JULY 6-Resolve relative to impressing a saw mill, 460
Committee to prepare a vote of thanks to the committee just returned from Ticonderoga, 460 Committee on the account of expenses of entertaining and escorting Gen. Washington from Springfield, . 460
Committee on the report of the gentlemen returned from Ticonderoga, ·
461
Letter of Gen. Green respecting the sale of spirituous liquors, .
461
Committees on several private petitions and accounts,
461
Committee to bring in a resolve relative to the estates of the refugees, 461 Resolves for paying the expenses of entertaining and escorting Gen- erals Washingtou and Lce to Cambridge, 461
Committee relative to a new emission of notes, 462
Resolve for paying the towns for the blankets furnished by them, 462
Vote of thanks to the committee sent on an cmbassy to Ticonderoga,
462
Committee to consider what allowance should be made for the use of a house by the committees of the Congress, .
462
Resolve for making compensation to the committee appointed to procure fire arms,
462
7-Mr. Shillaber ordered to bring in a resolve recommending to the commit- tee of Philadelphia to permit the exportation of flour, . Committee to consider the subject of seizing the crown officers, . 463
463
. Committee of safety to draw up and transmit to Great Britain a fair ac- count of the battle of Charlestown, . 463 463
Committee on a petition of Daniel Murray of Rutland,
Committee to consider a resolve relative to the appointment of a master workman for the blacksmiths, .
463
Report of the committee to consider the services of the secretary, made and recommitted, · 464 .
Order for making out warrants for two surgeons, .
464
Resolve relative to William Shillaber's lading a vessel with flour for this colony, .
464
Report of the committee relative to a new emission of bills of credit, 464
Committee to agree with some person for striking off the bills, . 465
. Report on the petition of Daniel Murray, . · Walter Spooner, Esq. appointed to swear the soldiers in Bristol, . 465
465
Report of the committee on the report of the gentlemen who have been on an embassy to Ticonderoga, 465
Committee to consider the expense of procuring spears for the army, 466
Committee to procure a steward for Gen. Washington, 466
Report on the petition of Joseph Hallet, . ·
467
· Committee to procure store houses for depositing fish,
467
Committee to consider what provision is made for supplying the army with clothing, . 467
Committee to prepare a letter to Col. Easton, relative to the payment of the money for the advance pay to his soldiers, 467
468
Orders relative to supplying the tables of Generals Washington and Lee, Report of the committee to consider what compensation should be made to the secretary, · Letter to Col. Easton at Ticonderoga, 468 468
Report of the committee to consider some method to prevent supplying our enemies with provisions, .
469
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JULY 7-Report of the committee relative to the expense of providing spears for the army, 469
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