JUNE 24-Committee to consider the expediency of stationing a part of Col. Phin-

ney's regiment in the counties of Cumberland and Lincoln,

Committee respecting the bills of credit of the colony,

Establishment for surgeons of the army,

.383, 386

383

384

Resolve for appointing a day of fasting and prayer,

384

Report of the committee on the petition of James Kirkwood,

386

Resolve respecting Bridget Phillips,

387

Report relative to a building for a hospital,

387

Letter to the governor of Connecticut, respecting an augmentation of the

army,.

Report of the committee relative to stationing Col. Phinney's regiment,

Report of the committee relative to the desertion of Lieut. Cox, .

Committee to consider measures for the reception of Gen. Washington,

Report upon the services and compensation of Capt. John Lane,

Committee to prepare a model for a spear,

Committee to consider the subject of stationing a company at Nashaun

"25-Committee to procure spades and shovels for the army,

Commission of lieutenant for Mr. Andrew Gilman,

Letter from the committee of Machias, respecting the capture of a king's

Mr. Holmes appointed of the committee for making the notes of the col-

ony a currency,

396

"26-Order for an inquiry into the conduct of Capt. Thompson, at Falmouth,

397

Committee to make a list of the officers who have been commissioned,

Committee to inquire into the state of the towns' stock of ammunition,

Order relative to commissions for officers of the train,

Report of the committee on the reception of Gen. Washington,

398

Committee to prepare letters to the New England colonies for a reenforce-

ment of men, not to prepare one for New Hampshire,

399

Committee to bring in a resolve relative to the examination of suspected

Committee to meet Generals Washington and Lee at Springfield,

400

JUNE 26-General Whitcomb commissioned as major general,

400

Letter from Plymouth, respecting the removal of the troops from 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,

Report and resolve respecting the distribution of the small arms,

Committee to consider the state of the sea coasts,

.

Four members added to the committee of supplies,

Report of the committee to consider the conduct of Col. Thompson, at

Falmouth,

"27-Letter from the committee of Albany, and committee thereon,

Report of the committee on Gen. Ward's letter read and recommitted,

Committee relative to permitting provisions to be carried to prisoners in

Boston,

Mr. Bigelow appointed to inquire for blank commissions,

Col. William Henshaw chosen adjutant general,

Committee to prepare a letter to the Continental Congress, and also to

402

403

403

404

404

404

404

404

404

Mr. Ezekiel Cheever appointed store keeper of the ordnance,

Committee to examine Ensign Robert Campbell, a prisoner,

405

405

Committee to prepare an address to the towns, respecting supplying the

army with powder,

405

Mr. Edes ordered to print three hundred blank commissions,

Petition from Jonathan Hicks and Josiah Jones, prisoners in Concord,

Letter respecting fitting out armed vessels,

405

405

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,

Committee to report on measures for preventing the spreading of the small

pox,

Report of the committee to examine Ensign Robert Campbell,

407

Committee to consider what quantity of powder should be drawn from the

several towns,

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,

Committee to consider a list of deputy commissaries,

Committee to proportion the pay of the officers to that of the soldiers,

Resolve to prevent the waste of provisions in the army,

Committees to station the troops in the counties of Essex and Yo ́k,

Committee to give out enlisting orders,

JUNE 28-Resolve for defending the towns on the sea coast,

Committee on the petition of Robert Shillaber for leave to export fish,

Committee to devise means for supplying the soldiers on the sea coast

with provisions,

Committee to consider the petition of several officers relative to their
rank and the organization of the regiments,

.

Report of the committee relative to absconding soldiers, .

Committee to consider the best method for providing each soldier with a

coat,

412

413

413

414

414

414

Committee to bring in a resolve to prevent the unnecessary expenditure of

gunpowder,

415

Report on the petition of Mr. Obrian,

415

415

Report of the committee relative to making the bills and notes of this and

the other colonies, a tender,

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 castern parts of this,

Resolve for forwarding a letter to the Continental Congress,

Committee to examine the conduct of the commissary general,

Resolve relative to the commencement of the pay of the officers and sol-

diers of the army,

Committee to consider a proposal of Doct. Whiting relative to saltpetre,

Committee to prepare an address to Generals Washington and Lee, on

their arrival,

Committee to see that the military stores are properly guarded,

Report on the petition of John Calef,

Committee to consider in what manner enlisting orders and commissions

should be given to the officers of companies on the sea coasts,

Resolves authorizing the person and goods of Ensign Campbell to be

searched,

Committee to consider a resolve of Congress relative to the purchase of

guns,

Committee to examine certain letters brought from England,

Address to the towns in the counties of Worcester and Hampshire, rela-

tive to supplying the army with powder,

Committee to procure powder from the above counties,

Report on the petition of several officers in the army relative to rank,

Report of the committee on the subject of the manufacture of saltpetre,

Report of the committee on the subject of supplying the soldiers on the

sea coasts with provisions,

418

418

418

419

419

419

. 419, 420

419

. 420, 427

420

421

Committee to inquire where safe and convenient stores may be had for

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

JUNE 29-Report on the account of Mr. Ichabod Goodwin,

"30-Report relative to the supernumerary sheets of colony notes,

Letter from the committee of safety of Portsmouth,

422

422

422

.

Order for paying the expenses of Doct. Whiting's mission to New York,

Committee to consider a resolve of the committee of safety relative to ar-

tificers' accounts,

423

423

Resolve for procuring powder from the counties of Hampshire 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,

coast, .

Commissions ordered to be delivered to certain officers,

Resolve for the payment of the expenses of persons appointed to pro-

cure powder,

Form of commissions for the officers appointed for the defence of the sea

Form of beating orders for companies to defend the sea coasts,
Form of enlistment for soldiers for the defence of the sea coasts,
Resolve for publishing the foregoing blank forms, .

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,

Report of the committee for procuring stores for the gunpowder,

Report of the committee relative to procuring powder from the towns in

JULY 1-Resolves for removing certain poor of Charlestown to the towns in the

Committee to consider a resolve of the committee of safety respecting

whale boats,

431

Committee respecting putting electrical points on the powder magazines,

Committee on the petition of eighteen Stockbridge Indians,

Petition from James Fry, that his son may be appointed a deputy com

Resolve for reading the rules and regulations of the army at the head of

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

hospital,

JULY 1-Committee to bring in a resolve for removing the sick and wounded to the

Gentlemen appointed to administer oaths to the soldiers,

436

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,

Committee to draw up a resolve to be prefixed to the addresses to Gene-

rals Washington and Lee,

.

437

437

Address to his excellency George Washington,

His reply,.

Address to Major General Charles Lee, and his reply thereto,

Committee to devise means of supporting the poor of Boston and Charles-

town to their places of destination,

Order for providing necessaries for Generals Washington and Lee,

Order and resolve relative to paying Mr. Paul Revere for printing the

colony notes,

Report of the committee relative to securing sundry whale boats,

"2-Report of the committee relative to securing the lamps of the light

houses,

Committee to write to Mr. Russell respecting the money due from him to

the treasury,

442

442

443

Petition of Joseph Barrell relative to his loss by a fire in Boston,
Report of the committee for devising means for supporting the poor of
Boston and Charlestown to their places of destination,

"3-Resolve ordering the rules and regulations of the army to be read month.
ly, reconsidered,

Resolve for paying Mr. Josiah Stevens for his services in bringing letters

from London,

Committee to confer with the gentlemen from New Hampshire,
Committee on the petition of Thomas Morton for leave to export fish. Re-

Committee on the petition of the selectmen of Abington, .

Resolve for furnishing the non-commissioned officers with clothing and

blankets, who lost theirs on the 17th of June, .

414

"4-Committce to prepare a letter to Gov. Trumbull, .

445

Committee to inform Gen. Washington of the provision for the sick and

Committee to consider the matter of donations to the poor of Boston,

Committee to consider the account of the persons to procure arms for the

colony army,

445

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,

445

Resolve that no more commissions be delivered at present,

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,