take place, from whence it may be absolutely necessary that this Congress should meet sooner than the day above mentioned, notwithstanding the adjournment aforesaid:

It is further Resolved, That the Members of this Congress for the Towns of Charlestown, Cambridge, Brookline, Roxbury, and Dorchester, or a majority of them, be, and they are hereby authorized, in case they should judge it necessary, to give notice to the several Members of this Congress, in such way as they shall think proper, to meet at Concord aforesaid, at any earlier day than the abovesaid 10th day of May, which shall be by them appointed; and it is further recommended to the Members of this Congress, that they conform themselves to such notice.

Ordered, That the thanks of this Congress be presented to the Honourable John Hancock, Esquire, for his constant attendance and faithful discharge of the duty of President, during the several sessions hereof.

The business being finished, the President declared the Congress adjourned until Wednesday, the 10th day of May next; conformably to the preceding Resolve.

MASSACHUSETTS COMMITTEE OF SAFETY.

At a Meeting of the Committee of Safety, at the house of Captain Stedman, in Cambridge, Wednesday, November 2d, 1774, Present:

Honourable John Hancock, Esquire, Chairman, Colonel Orne, Mr. Watson, Colonel Palmer, Mr. Devens, Captain Heath, Doctor Warren, Doctor Church, Captain White, and John Pigeon.

Voted, That John Pigeon be Clerk of this Committee.

Voted, That it be recommended to the Committee of Supplies, to procure as soon as may be, three hundred and fifty-five barrels Pork, seven hundred barrels Flour, fifty tierces Rice, three hundred bushels Peas; and that there be deposited of them in Worcester, two hundred barrels of Pork, four hundred barrels Flour, one hundred and fifty bushels Peas; and at Concord, one hundred and fifty-five barrels Pork, three hundred barrels Flour, fifty tierces Rice, and one hundred and fifty bushels of Peas.

Adjourned to meet next Tuesday, ten o'clock, at Captain Stedman's.

At a Meeting of the Committees of Safety and Supplies, at the house of Captain Stedman, Tuesday, the 8th of November, 1774, Present:

COMMITTEE or SAFETY.—Dr. Warren, Dr. Church, Captain White, Captain Heath, Mr. Devens, Col. Palmer, Mr. Watson, and John Pigeon.

COMMITTEE OF SUPPLIES.—Col. Lee, Deacon Cheever, Mr. Gill, Mr. Hall, and Colonel Lincoln.

Voted unanimously by the Committee of Safety, that the Committee of Supplies be advised to procure all the Arms and Ammunition they can in the neighbouring Provinces on the Continent; and that it is recommended that the Committee of Supplies do, and may with safety, engage the pay for the same on the arrival here of said Arms and Ammunition.

Voted, That the Committees adjourn to Mr. Whittemore's, in Charlestown, to meet next Tuesday, at ten o'clock.

At a Meeting of the Committees of Safety and Supplies, at Mr. Whittemore's, of Charlestown, on Tuesday, 15th of November, 1774, Present:

COMMITTEE OF SAFETY.—Doctor Warren, Dr. Church, Colonel Palmer, Mr. Devens, Mr. Watson, Colonel Orne, Mr. White, and John Pigeon.

COMMITTEE OF SUPPLIES.—Colonel Lee, Colonel Lin coln, Deacon Cheever, and Mr. Gill.

Voted unanimously, That Mr. Gill be directed to apply to Mr. William Powell, to get seven large pieces of Can non, on the best terms he can; and that said Gill and Mr. Benjamin Hall, be directed to get them out of Boston, to some place in the country, in such manner as they may think most prudent.

At a Meeting of the Committees of Safety and Supplies, at the house of Mr. Whittemore, of Charlestown, on Tuesday, 20th of December, 1774, Present:

COMMITTEE OF SAFETY.—John Hancock, Esquire, Col. Orne, Colonel Heath, Captain White, Doctor Church, Doctor Warren, Mr. Watson, Colonel Palmer, and John Pigeon.

COMMITTEE OF SUPPLIES.—Col. Lee, Deacon Cheever, Mr. Gill, and Mr. Hall.

Voted, That the Committee of Supplies endeavour to procure the following articles, viz: two hundred Spades, one hundred and fifty Pick-Axes, two hundred Bill-Hooks, one hundred and fifty Iron Shovels, one thousand Six-Quart Iron Pots, one thousand Wooden Mess Bowls, one Tenant Saw, Sieves, Cartridge Paper, Tin Cases, Tubes, Drills, Hand-Mallets, Drawing Knives, Gunner's Quad rants and Fuses; as much as they think necessary of each of those articles to which the quantity is not annexed.

Voted unanimously, That Doctor Warren, Dr. Church, and the Honourable John Hancock, Esquire, be a Committee to inspect the Commissary's Store in Boston, and report what Surgeons' Stores, and Stores of other kind are there.

Voted unanimously, That the Honourable John Han cock, Esquire, Doctor Warren, and Mr. Gill, be a Committee to write a Letter to Henry Gardner, Esq., directing him to draught a Letter to the Collectors and Constables, requesting them to make immediate payments of the Taxes for 1773, and 1774, and all other Province money in their hands.

Voted, That the Committees adjourn to meet next Wednesday, at eleven o'clock, at Mr. Whittemore's, in Charlestown.

At a Meeting of the Committees of Safety and Supplies, at the house of Mr. Whittemore's, of Charlestown, on Thursday, the 5th of January, 1775, Present:

COMMITTEE OF SAFETY.—John Hancock, Esquire, Dr. Warren, Mr. Watson, Colonel Heath, and John Pigeon.

COMMITTEE OF SUPPLIES.—Colonel Lee, Mr. Gill, Deacon Cheever, Mr. Hall, and Colonel Lincoln.

Voted, That the last vote at the Meeting on the 20th ultimo, wherein a Committee was appointed to write a Letter to Henry Gardner, Esquire, directing him to write to the Collectors and Constables, requesting immediate payment of the Taxes for 1773, and 1774, and all other Province Debts, be reconsidered; which was done, and voted, that it subside, and that said Gardner receive the Taxes, &c., when brought to him.

Voted, That Doctor Warren be desired to wait on Col. Robinson, to desire him to deliver to any person Deacon Cheever shall send, two brass Cannon, and two seven-inch Mortars and Beds; and that Mr. William Daws be desired to deliver to said Cheever, one pair brass Cannon, and that the said Cheever procure Carriages for said Cannon, or any other Cannon that require them; that the Battering Can non Carriages be carried to the Cannon at Waltham, and that the Cannon and Carriages remain there till further orders.

Voted, That the Committees adjourn, and meet at this place on the last Wednesday in this month, at eleven o'clock; but if stormy, the next fair day.

At a Meeting of the Committees of Safety and Supplies, at the house of Mr. Whittemore, of Charlestown, on Wednesday, the 25th of January, 1775, Present:

COMMITTEE OF SAFETY.—Doctor Warren, Mr. Watson, Colonel Palmer, Mr. Devens, Captain White, Colonel Orne, and John Pigeon.

COMMITTEE OF SUPPLIES.—Mr. Gill, Deacon Cheever, Mr. Hall, and Colonel Lincoln.

Voted, That all the Cannon, Mortars, Cannon Balls, and Shells, be deposited in the Towns of Worcester and Concord, in the same proportion as the Provisions are to be deposited.