THURSDAY JULY 6, 1775.

Ordered, 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 General 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 Cambridge, 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 reception.

The committee of safety, by Col. Palmer, reported a resolve relative to a new emission of bills of credit, the consideration whereof was referred 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 Norwich, &c., for the army.

Resolved, That the committee of supplies be, and hereby are empowered 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 transmitted to Congress by the committee of safety, in the room of Mr. Lothrop and Deacon Fisher.

Ordered, That the committee of supplies, be directed to forward to Newport, the letter to Lieut. Governor Cook, received by this Congress in a letter from the Continental Congress.

A letter from John Fenton, Esq., was read [and] ordered to subside.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.

Ordered, That Col. Tyng, Doct. Taylor, and Mr. Bliss, be a committee 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 committee 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 Congress 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.

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 recommitted, and the last mentioned committee are directed to lay before the committee first mentioned, a state of their account, debt and credit.

The committee appointed to prepare a vote of thanks to the committee 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 attended 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. Parker, 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 follows, 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

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 employed in collecting arms as aforesaid, the following sums, and the receiver 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 mentioned,

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, recommending 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 committee 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 Worcester county, applied to General Washington for permission to join his refugee friends in Boston, with the females of his father's family. Mr. Secretary Reed transmitted the request to Congress, with the opinion of General Washington, that the subject was more peculiarly within the jurisdiction of that body than in his own discretion.

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 expense 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.

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Ordered, That a warrant be made out for Doct. Isaac Foster, 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 resolution formed in that colony.

The committee appointed to consider the resolve of the committee of safety relative to a new emission of bills of credit, reported. The report was accepted, and is as follows, viz.: Whereas, several persons have been employed in the service of this colony, and several have supplied small articles, whose accounts amount severally to small sums only, and it appearing to this Congress, that the plates engraved for impressing or striking off the bills for the payment of the soldiers in the service of this colony are still sufficient for the striking off a number of impressions on each plate; therefore, Resolved, that there be impressed, or struck off, on the plate containing the engraving for notes of ten shillings, eighteen shillings and twelve shillings, six hundred and sixty-seven sheets, and no more; and that there be impressed, or struck off, on the plate for notes of sixteen shillings, fifteen shillings and nine shillings, six hundred and sixty-seven sheets, and no more; and also on the plate for twenty shillings, fourteen shillings, and six shillings, that there be impressed, or struck off, five hundred and forty sheets, and no more: which last number, together with one