1775.
April 13, | Report from the Committee to consider the propriety of removing the Inhabitants from Boston; after long debate, recommitted, 1362 |
| 14, | Committee of Donations of Boston recommended to afford to any poor persons desirous of removing from Boston, such assistance as may enable them to do it. 1362 |
| | Committee of Safety directed to apply to a suitable number of persons to be in readiness to enter the service of the Colony as Field Officers, when an Army shall be raised, 1363 |
| 15, | Day of Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer, appointed, 1363 |
| | The Members, on their return to their respective Towns, ordered to use their influence to promote the Military Discipline, 1364 |
| | Adjourn to Wednesday, the 10th of May next, to meet at Concord, 1364 |
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COMMITTEE OF SAFETY OF MASSACHUSETTS. |
1774.
Nov.
2. | Committee of Supplies requested to procure and deposite Provisions at Worcester and Concord, 1365 |
| 8, | Committee of Supplies requested to procure all the Arms and Ammunition they can, in the neighbouring Provinces on the Continent, 1365 |
| 15, | Committee to get seven large pieces of Cannon out of Boston, to some place in the country, in such manner as they may think most prudent, 1365 |
Dec. 20, | Committee of Supplies to procure certain Military Stores, 1366 |
| | Committee to examine the Commissary's Store in Boston, and report what Surgeons' Stores, and Stores of other kinds, are there, 1366 |
1775.
Jan. 5, | Deacon Cheever authorized to receive Cannon and Mortars, 1366 |
| 25, | All the Cannon, Mortars, Cannon Ball, and Shells, to be deposited in Worcester and Concord, in the same proportion as the Provisions, 1366 |
Feb. 3, | Committee of Supplies directed to report to the Provincial Congress their transactions since their appointment, 1367 |
| 13, | Committee of Supplies desired to purchase all the Powder they can. 1367 |
| | Committee to receive from Colonel Robinson four brass Field-Pieces, and four brass Mortars, which, in case of a rupture with the Troops, shall be for the use of the Artillery Companies of Boston and Dorchester, 1367 |
| 21, | Committee of Supplies directed to procure ten tons of Brimstone, and all kinds of Warlike Stores, sufficient for an Army of fifteen thousand Men to take the field, 1367 |
| | The Powder now at Concord, to be removed to Leicester, 1368 |
| 22, | Committee of Supplies directed to procure one hundred Bell Tents for Arms, one thousand Field Tentsfor Soldiers, ten tons of Lead Balls and to have thirty rounds of Cartridges for fifteen thousand Men, made, 1368 |
| | On arrival of more Troops, the Province Arms, at Cambridge, to be removed to Worcester, 1368 |
| | On intelligence of the arrival of more Troops, the Provincial Congress to be assembled iminediately, 1368 |
| 23, | Committee to direct the Commanding Officers of the Militia and the Minute Men, throughout the Province, to assemble one fourth part of the Militia forthwith, 1369 |
| 24, | Hospital Stores to be procured and sent to Concord, 1369 |
March 7 | Receiver General to pay to Doctor Warren and Doctor Church, five hundred Pounds, for the purchase of such articles for the Provincial Chests of Medicine, as cannot be got on credit, 1370 |
| 14, | Watch to be constantly kept at the places where the Provincial Magazines are stored, 1370 |
| | Watch to be kept at Charlestown, Cambridge, and Roxbury, and Couriers to be forwarded to the Towns where the Magazines are placed, when sallies are made from the Army by night, 1370 |
| 23, | Ton of Musket Bullets now arrived at Concord, to be lodged with Colonel Barrett, 1370 |
April 1 | The Stores at Concord and elsewhere, not to be removed without written orders from the Committee of Safety, 1370 |
| | Considerations on the Measures carrying on with respect to the British Colonies in North America, 1369 |
| | Address of the People of Great Britain to the Inhabitants of America, 1413 |
| | Taxation no Tyranny. An Answer to the Resolutions and Address of the American Congress, 1431 |
| | An Answer to a Pamphlet, entitled "Taxation no Tyranny;" addressed to the Author, and to persons in power, 1449 |
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PROCEEDINGS OF PARLIAMENT ON THE ADDRESS OF THANKS TO THE KING. |
House of Lords. |
1774.
Nov.
29, | Meeting of the Fourteenth Parliament, 1461 |
| | State of Parties in England in relation to America, (Note,) 1461 |
| | House of Commons required to attend immediately, 1461 |
| | Lord Chancellor's Speech to both Houses. Commons directed to choose a Speaker, 1462 |
| 30, | Sir Fletcher Norton presented to the King as Speaker, by the House of Commons, 1464 |
| | Informed by the Lord Chancellor, that the King approves the choice made by the Commons, 1464 |
| | Address of the Speaker, claiming the Privileges of the Commons, 1464 |
| | Reply of the Lord Chancellor, in the name of the King. Allows them ail their Privileges, 1465 |
| | King's Speech to both Houses. Informs them that a most daring spirit of resistance and disobedience to the law, still prevails in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, 1465 |
| | Address of Thanks to the King, moved by the Earl of Hillsborough, 1466 |
| | Amendment offered by the Duke of Richmond, 1466 |
| | Opposed by Lord Lyttelton, 1466 |
| | Supported by Lord Camden, 1467 |
| | Amendment rejected, 1467 |
| | Protest on rejection of the amendment, 1467 |
| | Earl of Hillsborough's motion agreed to, 1468 |
| | Committee to prepare the Address, 1468 |
| | Address reported and agreed to, 1468 |
Dec. 1, | Address presented to the King, at his Palace, at St. James's, 1469 |
| | The King's Answer, 1469 |
| 6, | Address and Answer ordered to be published, 1469 |
House of Commons. |
Nov, | 9,House formed, 1469 |
| | Sir Fletcher Norton chosen Speaker, 1470 |
Dec, | 5, The King's Speech, reported to the House, by the Speaker, 1471 |
| | Address of Thanks to the King, moved by Lord Beauchamp, 1471 |
| | Amendment offered by Lord John Cavendish, 1472 |
| | Debate—Lord North, 1473 |
| | | | Mr. R Montague, 1473 |
| | | | Governonr Johnstons, 1473 |
| | | | Mr. Charles J. Fox, 1473 |
| | | | Mr. Hartley, 1473 |
| | | | Colonel Barré, 1473 |
| | | | Sir George Macartney, 1473 |
| | | | Lord Carmarthen, 1473 |
| | | | Sir William Mayne, 1473 |
| | | | General Smith, 1473 |
| | | | Mr. T. Townshend, 1474 |
| | | | Mr. Edmund Burke, 1474 |
| | | | Mr. Van, 1474 |
| | | | Mr. Wedderburn,1474 |
| | Amendment rejected, 1474 |
| | Lord Beauchamp's motion agreed to, 1474 |
| | Committee to draw up the Address, 1474 |
| 6, | Address reported and agreed to, 1474 |
| 7, | Presented to the King, 1476 |
| | King's Answer to the Address, 1476 |
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ON SUPPLIES FOR THE YEAR 1775. |
House of Commons. |
Dec. 7, | The King's Speech considered, 1475 |
| 8, | House in Committee on the motion to grant a Supply to his Majesty, 1475 |
| 9, | Committee of the Whole report that a Supply be granted, 1475 |
| 12, | House in Committee to consider of the Supply granted to his Majesty, 1476 |