1775.
Feb.
9, | Committee to bring in a Resolve empowering the Committee of Safety to take possession of the Warlike Stores of the Province, 1334 |
| | Committee to bring in a Resolve directing how the Ordnance in the Province shall be used, 1334 |
| | Committee to make a return of the Officers and number of the Militia, and Minute Men, to report, as soon as possible, 1334 |
| | Committee to prepare for publication the Names of the Mandamus Counsellors who have refused to resign, 1334 |
| | Inhabitants of the Province requested to preserve all their Linen and Cotton Rags, to aid an Establishment for making Paper, 1334 |
| 10, | Committee to observe the motion of the Troops said to be on their road to Cambridge, 1334 |
| | Committee to sit in the recess of the Congress, with power to regulate the Constitutional Army which may be raised in the Province, 1335 |
| | Committee to revise the Commission of the Committee of Safety, 1335 |
| | The Secretary directed to publish the Names of the Mandamus Counsellors now in Boston, 1335 |
| | Petition from the Delegates of the several Towns in the Counties of Hampshire and Berkshire, 1336 |
| 11, | Committee of Safety authorized to appoint a Commissary to deliver Warlike Stores to the Constitutional Army when they take the field, 1337 |
| | Committee of Safety requested to possess themselves of all Bayonets and other implements of war, purchased at the expense of the Province, and not now in their possession, 1337 |
| | Committee appointed to report a Resolve, expressing the determination of the People, coolly and resolutely: to support their Rights and Privileges, at all hazards, 1337 |
| 13, | Committee appointed to inquire into the state of the Militia, 1337 |
| | Committee to inquire what is necessary to encourage the making of Saltpetre, 1337 |
| 14, | Report of the Committee on the state of the Militia, 1338 |
| 15, | Committee of Correspondence of Boston directed to open and establish an intimate correspondence and connection with the inhabitants of Quebeck, 1339 |
| | Resolutions for the encouragement of the manufacture of Saltpetre in the Province, 1339 |
| | Committee to bring in a Resolve holding up to the People the imminent danger they are in from the present disposition of the British Ministry, 1339 |
| | Inhabitants of the Province requested not to trade with Pedlars, 1340 |
| | John Whitcomb elected a General Officer, 1340 |
| | Militia and Minute Men earnestly requested to spare neither time, pains, nor expense, in perfecting themselves, forthwith, in Military Discipline, 1340 |
| | Conduct of the Committees of Correspondence of Plymouth, and other Towns, approved, 1341 |
| | Conference with a Committee from Connecticut, 1341 |
| 16, | Committee appointed to correspond with the neighbouring Governments, 1342 |
| | Day of Fasting and Prayer throughout the Province appointed, 1342 |
| | Injunction of Secrecy on the Members removed, 1343 |
| | Adjourned to March 22d, to meet at Concord, 1343 |
March 22, | Met conformable to adjournment, and the Rev. Mr. Emerson appointed Chaplain, 1343 |
| | Debates and Resolutions to be kept an entire secret. 1344 |
| | Committee to receive the Returns of the Officers of the Milita, 1344 |
| 24, | Any relaxation in putting the Colony in a complete state of Defence will be attended with the utmost danger to the Liberties of the Colony, and of all America, 1344 |
| 27, | Rules and Regulations for a Constitutional Army reported. 1345 |
| 28, | Considered and recommitted, 1345 |
| 29, | Consideration resumed; recommitted for additions, 1345 |
| 30, | Report from Committee on the state of the Province relative to what movement of the Troops should make it fit to call the Militia together to act on the defensive, 1345 |
March 30, | On notice for assembling the Forces of the Colony, the Members of this Congress to repair without delay to the place to which they shall be adjourned, 1345 |
| | Committees to sit immediately, that the Congress may adjourn to-morrow, 1345 |
| 31, | Mandamus Counsellors who have refused to publish a renunciation of their Commissions, 1346 |
| | Report of Committee appointed to receive Returns from the several Colonies, recommitted, 1346 |
| | Constables and Collectors required to pay Publick Moneys immediately to the Receiver General, 1346 |
April 1, | Committee appointed to prepare Rules for the Provincial Army, report. Report passed, and afterwards recommitted, 1347 |
| | Address to the Stockbridge Indians who have enlisted as Minute Men, 1347 |
| | The Towns and Districts requested to choose Delegates to a Provincial Congress, to meet on the last Wednesday of May, if Precepts are not issued by General Gage, calling; a General Assembly to meet on that day, 1348 |
| 3, | Committee on the state of the Province to collect the late intelligence from Great Britain, relative to sending reinforcements to General Gage, and report to the Congress what is best to be done, 1348 |
| | Immediate attendance of all absent Members required, 1343 |
| 4, | Letter to the Reverend Mr.Kirkland, with an Address to the Mohawks, 1349 |
| 5, | Rules and Regulations for the Massachusetts Army, 1350 |
| | Committee on the application of the Committee from Boston, and others, report that the Papers lie for further consideration at some future day, 1356 |
| 6, | Letter to the Committee of Inspection of the County of Bristol, advising them to keep the Militia, and especially the Minute Men, in the best posture of defence; but that they act on the defensive only, until the further direction of the Provincial Congress, 1356 |
| | Application from Billerica, and from the Committee of Boston, again committed, 1357 |
| 7, | Conference with Governour Hopkins, on the present state of Publick Affairs, 1357 |
| | Letter to the Selectmen of Billerica, Approve their conduct in relation to the assault on Thomas Ditson, 1357 |
| | Letter to the Committee of Correspondence for Boston and other Towns. Request that the Militia and Minute Men act only on the defensive, until the further order of the Provincial Congress, 1357 |
| 8, | Committee on the state of the Province report relative to raising and establishing an Army; and that Committees repair to Connecticut, Rhode-Island, and New-Hampshire, to desire their co-operation, 1358 |
| | Committee to draught a Letter to each of the Colonies, 1358 |
| | Committee to consider what number of Men should be raised by the four New-England Governments, for their general defence, 1358 |
| 10, | Letter to the Colonies of Connecticut, Rhode-Island, and New-Hampshire, 1359 |
| 11, | Instructions to the Delegates appointed to repair to the neighbouring Governments, 1359 |
| | Committee to take into consideration the particular state of the Town of Boston, appointed, after a long debate on the propriety of advising the Inhabitants to be moved from thence, 1360 |
| 12, | County Committees appointed to report a true state of their respective Towns and Districts, with respect to their having observed the Resolutions of the Continental and Provincial Congresses, 1361 |
| | Report of the Committee on the state of the Province, relative to exercising the Minute Men in Battalions, and paying them for the time they spend in that service; after long debate, rejected, 1361 |
| 13, | Committee of Safety directed to form six Companies of Artillery, to be in readiness to enter the service of the Colony when the Army shall be raised, 1362 |