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The committee appointed to consider a letter of Mr. Alexander Sheppard, reported. 'The report was accepted, and is as follows, viz. :
The committee appointed to take under consideration the letter from Mr. Sheppard, beg leave to report, by way of resolve, as follows, viz. : Resolved, that it be, and it hereby is recommended to Mr. Alexander Sheppard, jun., that he retain in his hands all the plans he hath of the
(1) The letter of General Ward related to supplies of arms and provisions for the soldiers in camp.
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province of Maine, and that he do not suffer them to go out of his possession, to any person, upon any consideration, until the further order of this, or some future Congress, or House of Representatives.
Ordered, That part of the resolve, relative to the light-houses, which empowered the selectmen and committees of correspondence to remove and secure the lamps and oil from the light-house at the entrance of Boston harbor, be reconsidered, and that Mr. Crane, Capt. Holmes, and Deac. Washburn, be a committee to consider at large, on some measures for removing and securing the lamps and oil aforesaid.
Ordered, That Mr. Bancroft, Mr. Fox, and Mr. Lothrop, be a com- mittee to consider a letter from Mr. James Lyon, dated Machias, June 17, 1775.1
Afternoon.
The committee appointed to consider the state of the donations for the poor of Boston, reported. The report was recommitted, and Mr. Batchelder added to the committee, in the room of Capt. Stone, absent.
The committee appointed to bring in a resolve, for the purpose of calling the general assembly together, at any time sooner than the 19th instant, if occasion should require, [reported.] The report was ac- cepted, and is as follows, viz. :
Whereas, this Congress, pursuant to the recommendation of the General Congress of this continent, have sent out their letters to the several towns in this colony, desiring that representatives might be elected and returned by them, to serve in a great or general court, or assembly, to be convened, held, and kept, for the service of this colony, at Watertown, on the 19th day of July current; and whereas, such unforeseen events may take place, between this time and the said 19th day of July, as may render the convening of such general court or as- sembly, at Watertown aforesaid, at the time aforesaid, very improper and unsafe ; therefore, Resolved, that Henry Gardner, Esq., Mr. Gill, Deacon Cheever, Mr. White of Brookline, and Capt. Thatcher, be a committee, in case they, or the major part of them should judge it im- proper and unsafe, that such general assembly should be convened at the said Watertown, at the time aforesaid, to agree upon, and deter- mine, at what other place in this colony, the said general assembly should be convened; and the said committee, or the major part of them, are hereby fully empowered to determine at what place it shall be most expedient, that the said general assembly should be convened,
(1) James Lyon, chairman of the committee of safety, informs Congress, that the people of the town had determined to arm a sloop, captured from the enemy, to defend their harbor, and express- ing deep sense of " their own weakness," applied " for advice and support."
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and to give notice thereof to the several persons who have been, or may be chosen to serve in such assembly, in such way and manner as they shall judge most expeditious and effectual.
Ordered, That Doct. Church, Col. Bowers, and Mr. Bayley, be a committee to confer with General Washington, on the subject of fur- nishing his table, and know what lie expects relative thereto, and that they sit forthwith.
Ordered, That the committee appointed to procure necessary furni- ture for the house provided for General Washington, complete the business of their commission by purchase, or by borrowing.
Ordered, That Mr. Wheeler, Col. Grout, and Mr. Durfee, be a committee to consider a letter from Mr. James Winthrop.1
A letter from Benjamin Greenleaf, Esq. of Newburyport, was read, accompanying sundry letters brought by Capt. Folger, from London,2 a jacket enclosed to Major Sill, of the 63d regiment ; also, tliree maps enclosed to said Major Sill, viz. : one of New England, one of Vir- ginia and Maryland, and one of New York; whereupon, Ordered, that the jacket be committed to the care of the secretary, till further orders of Congress, and that the maps be put into the hands of the committee of supplies, and they are directed to get them framed for the use of the colony.
The committee appointed to prepare a letter to General Washing- ton, enclosing a resolution of Congress relative to the sick and wound- ed, reported. The report was accepted, and is as follows, viz. :
[ To his Excellency General Washington :]
This Congress ordered the enclosed resolution to be prepared, and sent to Generals Ward and Thomas; but by the agreeable event of your excellency's appointment to the chief command of the American army, and arrival at camp, the propriety of that step ceases. We mean not to dictate to your excellency, but presume, that to secure the health of the army, and [to afford] relief for the sick, will naturally engage your attention. Every thing in the power of this Congress [to do] to enable you to discharge, with ease, the duties of your exalted and important station, will be, by us, attended to, with the greatest
(I) James Winthrop, Esq., Postmaster of Cambridge, represented that the income of the office was insufficient for his support, that he had no other business to add by its profits to his revenue, and tendered his resignation.
(2) The letters enclosed in the communication of Benjamin Greenleaf, Esq., were principally of domestic character, from the relatives, connexions, and friends of soldiers and officers of the royal troops in Boston.
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alacrity. If the enclosed resolution has that tendency, we attain the end intended by transmitting to you the same, and are, with respect, Your Excellency's most humble servants.
Ordered, That Doct. Taylor, Mr. Pitts, and Mr. Lothrop, be a com- mittee to count and sort the votes for a member of the committee of supplies in the room of Mr. Partridge. The committee having attend- ed that service, reported, that Mr. Lothrop was chosen.
Resolved, That the resolve, directing the committee of supplies to get the three maps framed, be reconsidered, and that the secretary be directed to take care of them, as they are for the use of the colony.
The report of the committee appointed to consider how the soldiers should be provided with coats, was again read and accepted, and is as follows, viz. :
Resolved, That thirteen thousand coats be provided, as soon as may be, and one thereof given to each non-commissioned officer and soldier in the Massachusetts forces, agreeably to the resolve of Congress, on the 23d day of April last; and in order to facilitate their being pro- cured :
Resolved, That the said thirteen thousand coats be proportioned im- mediately on all the towns and districts in this colony, except the towns of Boston and Charlestown, [in proportion] as they paid to the last provincial tax ; which towns and districts are desired to cause them to be made of good plain cloth, preference to be given to the manufac- tures of this country, and to be delivered to the committee of supplies, without buttons, on or before the first day of October next, and sooner if possible. That for every yard of such cloth of seven-eighths of a yard wide, they shall be allowed and paid the sum of five shillings four pence, and in that proportion for cloth of a greater or less width, and the sum of four shillings for making each and every coat ; and the se- lectmen of each town and district, respectively, are directed to lay their accounts before the committee of supplies, who are ordered to draw on the receiver general for the payment thereof.
Resolved, That each coat be faced with the same kind of cloth of which it is made; that the coats be made in the commnon plain way, without lappels, short, and with small folds, and that the selectmen cause a certificate to be sewed to the inside of cach coat, purporting from what town it came, and by whom the coat was made, and if the cloth was manufactured in this country, by whom it was manufactur- ed.
Resolved, That the committee of supplies be, and they are hereby
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directed, immediately, to proportion the coats on the several towns and districts as aforesaid, inform theni of their proportion, and assure them that the coats they supply shall be delivered to the men of their town respectively, so far as circumstances will admit, and enclose to them a sample of the goodness of the cloth of which the coats are to be made, with a copy of this and the foregoing resolves, and to desire those towns and districts who cannot supply the whole of their proportion of the coats as aforesaid, and also those who can supply more than their proportion, to give them information what number they can supply, on, or before the tenth day of August next.
Resolved, 'That the committee of supplies be, and they are hereby directed to provide all the coats proportioned on such towns and dis- tricts as give information to then as aforesaid, that they cannot supply them, and they are to cause all the coats to be buttoned with pewter buttons, and that the coats for each regiment, respectively, have but- tous of the same number stamped on the face of them.
[The committee reported the following schedule of the apportion- ment of coats, which was accepted. ]1
[Suffolk County .- Roxbury, 182; Dorchester, 96; Milton, 56; Brain- tree, 108; Weymouth, 66 ; Hingham, 88; Dedham, 104 ; Medfield, 42; Wrentham, 105; Brookline, 43; Needham, 43; Stoughton, 82; Stoughtonham, 37; Medway, 43; Bellingham, 29; Hull, 21; Walpole, 33; Chelsea, 31; Cohasset, 30.
Essex County .- Salem, 380; Danvers, 116; Ipswich, 204; Newbury, 177; Newburyport, 184; Marblehead, 265; Lynn, 93; Andover, 189; Beverly, 112; Rowley, 89; Salisbury, 77; Haverhill, 113; Gloucester, 163; Topsfield, 43 ; Boxford, 54; Almsbury, 69; Brad- ford, 63; Wenham, 41; Middleton, 34; Manchester, 33; Metlu- en, 54.
Middlesex County .- Cambridge, 118; Watertown, 49; Woburn, 81 ; Concord, 73; Newton 66; Reading, 77; Marlborough, 89; Bille- rica, 61 ; Framingham, 71; Lexington, 49; Chelmsford, 55; Sher- burne, 36; Sudbury, 95; Malden, 45; Weston, 45; Medford, 60; Littleton, 44 ; Hopkinton, 45; Westford, 51; Waltham, 44; Stow, 41; Groton, 69; Shirley, 25; Pepperell, 37; Townsend, 30;
(1) The schedule of apportionment emitted in the journal, was printed in connexion with the re- solves, in handbills, and is copied from the publication made at the time of its acceptance.
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Ashby, 12; Stoneham, 16; Natick, 23; Dracut, 39; Bedford, 31 ; Holliston, 38; Tewksbury, 31; Acton, 37; Dunstable, 33; Lin- coln, 33; Wilmington, 29.
Hampshire County .- Springfield, 71; Wilbraham, 36; Northampton, 81 ; Southampton, 29; Hadley, 33; South Hadley, 25; Amherst, 38; Granby, 17; Hatfield, 37; Whately, 13; Williamsburg, 9; Westfield, 57; Deerfield, 41 ; Greenfield, 26; Sherburne, 16; Con- way, 17; Sunderland, 25; Montague, 20; Northfield, 30; Brim- field, 48 ; South Brimfield, 30; Monson, 26; Pelham, 27; Green- wich, 27; Blanford, 20; Leverett, 5; Palmer, 28; Granville, 47; New Salem, 25; Belchertown, 31; Colrain, 17; Ware, 14; War- wick, 12; Bernardston, 16; Murrayfield, 17; Charlemont, 12; Ashfield, 14; Worthington, 7; Shutesbury, 16; Chesterfield, 26 : Southwick, 23; West Springfield, 72; Ludlow District, 23.
Plymouth County .- Plymouth, 100; Scituate, 125; Duxbury, 44; Marshfield, 54; Bridgewater, 188; Middleborough, 160; Roches- ter, 86; Plympton, 56; Pembroke, 66; Kingston, 38; Hanover, 37; Abington, 46; Halifax, 24; Wareham, 30.
Barnstable County .- Barnstable, 94; Sandwich, 74; Yarmouth, 66; Eastham, 49; Harwich, 60; Wellfleet,.38; Chatham, 26; Truro, 33; Falmouth, 53.
Bristol County .- Taunton, 105; Rehoboth, 147; Swanzey with Shawamet, 67; Dartmouth, 244; Norton, 55; Mansfield, 35; At- tleborough, 88 ; Dighton, 49; Freetown, 58; Raynham, 37; Easton, 41; Berkley, 29.
York County .- York, 114; Kittery, 125; Wells, 89; Berwick, 134; Arundel, 41; Biddeford, 46; Pepperellborough, 34; Lebanon, 9; Sanford, 10; Buxton, 10.
Dukes County .- Edgartown, 36; Chilmark, 44; Tisbury, 32.
Nantucket County .- Sherburne, 174.
Worcester County .- Worcester, 93; Lancaster, 116; Mendon, 88; Brookfield, 112; Oxford, 41; Charlton, 41; Sutton, 111; Leices- ter, 41; Spencer, 37; Paxton, 24; Rutland, 53; Oakham, 16;
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Rutland District, 46; Hubbardston, 8; New Braintree, 37; South- borough, 54; Westborough, 43; Northborough, 30; Shrewsbury, 79; Lunenburgh, 57; Fitchburg, 13; Uxbridge, 55; Harvard, 56; Dudley, 37; Bolton, 55; Upton, 23; Sturbridge, 51 ; Leominster, 43; Hardwick, 61 ; Holden, 30; Western, 38; Douglass, 24; Graf- ton, 42; Petersham, 43; Royalston, 9; Westminster, 37; Athiol, 23; Templeton, 28; Princeton, 24; Aslıburnham, 12; Winchen- don, 10.
Cumberland County .- Falmouth, 146; Cape Elizabeth, 53; North Yarmouth, 54 ; Scarborough, 52; Brunswick, 27; Harpswell, 26; Gorliam, 27; Windliam, 10; Piersontown, 5; New Boston, 3; New Gloucester, 20.
Lincoln County .- Pownalborough, 25; Georgetown, 50; Woolwich, 15; Newcastle, 13; Topsham, 13; Booth-Bay, 14; Bristol, 20; Bowdoinham, 3; Medumcook, 3; Hallowell, 4; Broad-Bay, 10; Vassalborough, 3; St. Georges, 10; Winthrop, 3; Winslow, 3; Gardinerston, 7.
Berkshire County .- Sheffield, 61 ; Great Barrington, 37; Stockbridge, 29; Pittsfield, 37; New Marlborough, 34; Egremont, 14; Richmond, 26; Lenox, 16; Tyringham, 14; Lanesborough, 37; Sandisfield, 26; Williamstown, 23; Becket, 10; Gageborough, 12; Partridge- field, 7; East Hoosuck, 11; Jericho, 5; Plantation, No. 5, 7; Plantation, No. 7, 7.
Suffolk, 1189; Essex, 2553; Middlesex, 1778; Hampshire, 1204; Plymouth, 1054; Barnstable, 493; Bristol, 953; York, 612; Dukes County, 112; Nantucket, 174; Worces- ter, 1846; Cumberland, 423; Lincoln, 196; Berkshire, 413; 13,000]
Resolved, That Mrs. Dorothy Coolidge be allowed and paid out of the public treasury of this colony, the sum of £7 15s &d, in full of her account, and the receiver general of this colony, is hereby ordered to pay the aforesaid sum of £7 15s 8d, to the said Dorothy Coolidge, or order, accordingly.
Adjourned to eight o'clock, tomorrow morning.
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THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1775.
Ordercd, That Mr. Johnson and Doct. Jones, be of the committee to answer the letter from the Congress of New Hampshire, in the room of Doct. Church and Mr. Hopkins.
Ordered That the committee of safety be directed to supply Gener- al Washington with some faithful, expeditious person, to go on express to Philadelphia.
Ordered, That the committee of safety be a committee to desire General Washington to let them know if there is any house at Cam- bridge, that would be more agreeable to him and General Lee than that in which they now are; and in that case, the said committee are directed to procure such house, and put it in proper order for their re- ception.
The committee of safety, by Col. Palmer, reported a resolve relative to a new emission of bills of credit, the consideration whereof was re- ferred to 3 o'clock, P. M.
Ordered, That Col. Farley, Mr. Durfee, and Capt. Holmes, be a committee to consider a letter from Mr. Joseph Hallett, dated New York, June 26, 1775, relative to a quantity of flour forwarded to Nor- wich, &c., for the army.
Resolved, That the committee of supplies be, and hereby are em- powered and directed, to impress, for the service of the colony, the saw mill at said Watertown, belonging to Mr. John Cook, or any other mill which they have occasion for, for the public service.
Ordered, That Col. Tyng and Mr. Fox, be added to the committee who were appointed to consider the accounts that might be transmit- ted to Congress by the committee of safety, in the room of Mr. Loth- rop and Deacon Fisher.
Ordered, That the committee of supplies, be directed to forward to Newport, the letter to Lieut. Governor Cook, received by this Con- gress in a letter from the Continental Congress.
A letter from John Fenton, Esq., was read [and] ordered to sub- side.1
Ordered, That Major Hawley, Doct. Taylor, and Col. Grout, be a committee to prepare a vote of thanks to the committee of this Congress this day returned from their embassy to Ticonderoga.
Ordered, That Mr. Baker be added to the committee to examine Major Barber's account.
(1) Mr. Fenton, a prisoner at Medford, desired to be removed to head quarters, and to have a trial.
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Ordered, That Col. Tyng, Doct. Taylor, and Mr. Bliss, be a com- mittee to consider an account exhibited by Doct. Church and Mr. Gill, of the expense of entertaining and escorting Generals Washington and Lee, from Springfield to head quarters.
Ordered, That Mr. Langdon, Major Bliss, and Mr. Jewett, be a committee to consider the report of the committee this day returned from Ticonderoga, and the papers accompanying it, and also the rolls made up by Capt. Noble and Capt. Herrick.
Afternoon.
A letter from General Green was read, and committed to Col. Davis, Col. Tyng, and Mr. Reed.1
Ordered, That Col. Davis, Mr. Fessenden, and Capt. Page, be a committee to consider a petition of Josiah Capen.
Ordered, That Mr. Whittemore, Major Bliss and Col. Dwight, be a committee to consider the account of Mr. Allen Gray, and report.
Ordered, That Mr. Gill, Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Sullivan, be a com- mittee to consider the services of the secretary, and report what grant they think is adequate thereto.
Ordered, That the Hon. Major Hawley, Mr. Sullivan and Doct. Taylor, be a committee to bring in a resolve explanatory of the sense of Congress expressed in a resolve of the 31st ultimo, relative to the estates of refugees.
The committee appointed to consider the account of Doct. Church and Mr. Gill, reported verbally, that they had examined the account, and found it well vouched, and thought it ought to be allowed.
Thereupon, Resolved, that the receiver general be, and he hereby is directed, to pay Doct. Benjamin Church and Mr. Moses Gill, or their order, the sum of twenty-eight pounds, five shillings, ten pence, lawful money, in discharge of an account by them exhibited, of the expenses of escorting and entertaining Generals Washington and Lee from Springfield to the camp at Cambridge.
Resolved, That the committee appointed by a resolve of this Con- gress of the first instant, to agree with such teamsters as they may employ to convey the poor of the town of Charlestown to certain towns in the county of Worcester, be directed to pay them a sum not exceeding one shilling per ton, per mile, for such service, instead of nine pence, the price fixed in said resolve, and that said committee be
(1) General Green requested, that Congress would interfere to restrain the sale of spirituous liquors in the camp, the health, discipline, and morals of the troops being impaired by unlicensed indulgence. ·
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likewise directed and empowered to remove the inhabitants of the town of Boston in like manner.
The report of the committee of safety, relative to a new emission of bills of credit, was taken into consideration, and recommitted to Mr. Spooner, Major Hawley, Doct. Taylor, Capt. Stone and Mr. Wheeler, who are directed to consider the sum of the bills already impressed and the propriety of striking off more from the same plates.
Resolved, That the committee of supplies be directed to pay the selectmen of the several towns and districts in the colony, for the blankets they have respectively furnished the soldiers with, any resolve of Congress to the contrary notwithstanding.
The committee appointed to consider the report of the committee [sent on an embassy] to Ticonderoga, reported. The report was re- committed, and the last mentioned committee are directed to lay be- fore the committee first mentioned, a state of their account, debt and credit.
The committee appointed to prepare a vote of thanks to the com- mittee who have been on an embassy to Ticonderoga, reported. The report was accepted, and is as follows, viz. : Whereas, Walter Spooner, Jedediah Foster and James Sullivan, Esquires, a committee of this Congress, lately ordered on a commission to the important posts of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, for divers purposes expressed in their instructions, have this day returned and made their report in writing, and it appearing upon full consideration thereof, that the said committee have executed the various branches of their instructions, with ability, fidelity and despatch, and that their services had been at- tended with much fatigue and danger, therefore, Resolved, that the services of said committee do merit the express approbation and thanks of Congress, and they do hereby testify and render the same to them, and each of them.
Ordered, That Mr. Hemmenway, Mr. Whittemore and Capt. Par- ker, be a committee to consider what allowance is proper to be made to Mr. Edmund Fowle, for the use of his house by the committees of this and the former Congress.
The committee appointed to consider the accounts transmitted to Congress by the committee of safety, reported on the account of Ebenezer White and others. The report was accepted, and is as fol- lows, viz. :
Whereas, Messrs. Ebenezer White, Daniel Hemmenway, Col. Simeon Spaulding and Benjamin Ely, were appointed to collect a number of fire-arms for the use of this colony, and have delivered said
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arms, as appears by receipt from the committee of safety, or clerk of the ordnance stores, and have exhibited their accounts to Congress, which accounts appear to be reasonable : Therefore, Resolved, that there be paid out of the public treasury, to the several persons em- ployed in collecting arms as aforesaid, the following sums, and the re- ceiver general is accordingly ordered to pay the said sums, viz. : to Ebenezer White, the sum of ££1 19s .; to Daniel Hemmenway, £4 8s. ; to Col. Simeon Spauding, £4 7s .; to Benjamin Ely, £13 10s. 11d .- £24 4s. 11d.
Ordered, That Capt. Holmes be added to the committee last men- tioned.
Adjourned to eight o'clock, to-morrow morning.
FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1775.
Capt. Stone, of Framingham, was appointed, in the room of Major Bliss, on the committee, which were chosen to prepare an answer to the letter from the Congress of New Hampshire.
Resolved, That Mr. Shillaber have leave to bring in a resolve, recommending to the committee of the city of Philadelphia to permit him to export from thence a quantity of flour.
Ordered, That Deacon Bayley, Major Brooks, Mr. Baker, Col. Grout and Doct. Taylor, be a committee to consider a resolve of the committee of safety, recommending to this Congress the seizing the crown officers.
In compliance with a resolve of the committee of safety, recom- mending that a committee be appointed to draw up, and transmit to Great Britain, a fair and impartial account of the late battle at Charlestown, as soon as possible : Ordered, that the said cominittee of safety be a committee for that purpose, and that they likewise be a standing committee for that and the like purposes.
Ordered, That Mr. Wheeler, Capt. Batchelder and Doct. Taylor, be a committee to consider the petition of Mr. Daniel Murray, and a letter from Mr. Joseph Reed, secretary to General Washington, on the subject thereof.1
Ordered, That Deacon Nichols, Mr. Glover and Col. Mitchell, be a committee to consider a resolve of the committee of safety, relative to the appointment of a master workman for the blacksmiths.
(1) Daniel Murray, son of Col. Murray, of Rutland, in Worcestor county, applied to Goncral Washington for permission to join his refugoc friends in Boston, with the females of his father's family. Mr. Secretary Rood transmittod the request to Congress, with the opinion of Genoral Washington, that tho subject was more peculiarly within tho jurisdiction of that body than in his own discretion.
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The committee appointed to consider the services of the secretary, reported. The report was recommitted, and the committee directed to consider, in particular, his extra services to this time, and the ex- pense of his clerks, and the said secretary is directed to lay before this Congress, or some future assembly of this colony, an account of his future services.
Ordered, That a warrant be made out for Doct. Isaac Foster, as surgeon of the hospital at Cambridge, and another to Doct. Isaac Rand, as surgeon of the hospital at Roxbury.
Mr. Shillaber, agreeably to order, presented the following resolve, which was accepted, viz .: Mr. William Shillaber, of Danvers, a member of this Congress, having represented to this Congress, that he has a vessel now at Philadelphia, having there disposed of her cargo, a schooner called the William, commanded by Samuel Tucker, and that he apprehends, from such instructions as he has [given] and will give the said master, that the vessel, if laden with flour, or partly so, might arrive safe at some port in this colony, and having' applied for the approbation of this Congress, and set forth that he is willing to risk the same: therefore, Resolved, that this Congress do approve thereof, and it is hereby recommended to the committee of inspection at Philadelphia, that they permit the said Capt. Tucker to lade his vessel as above desired, and sail from that port : provided the same be not against the resolution of the American Congress, or any resolu- tion formed in that colony.
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