privileges of his countrymen, so far as we are able to discover, upon strict inquiry into his late conduct.

SETH POMEROY, General, of Northampton.
THOMAS LEGATE, Colonel, of Leominster.
ELISHA PORTER, Colonel, of Hadley.
JOHN PATTERSON, Colonel, of Lenox
HENRY HERRICK, Colonel, of Beverly.
LEVI SHEPHARD, Major, of Northampton.
JONATHAN W. AUSTIN, Major, of Chelmsford.
THOMAS WILLIAMS, Captain, of Stockbridge.
EBENEZER SAYER, Colonel, of Wells.
JESSE LEAVENWORTH, of New-Haven.

N. B. Whereas a report has been unjustly spread abroad that it was not the Regulars but our people who took the goods lost out of my house; this is to certify to all good people, that the said report is false, and never came from me, and that I am certain my house was not only shot at but plundered by the Regulars.

EBENEZER BRADISH.

May 11, 1775.

ORDERS TO BENEDICT ARNOLD.

In Committee of Safety, Cambridge, May 3, 1775.

BENJAMIN CHURCH, Chairman Com. of Safety.

By order:

WM. COOPER, Secretary.

To Benedict Arnold, Esquire, Commander of a body of Troops on an expedition to subdue and take possession of the Fort of Ticonderoga, &c.

Weymouth, May 3, 1775.

To the Honourable Committee of Safety now sitting at CAMBRIDGE, the Petition of the Selectmen of BRAINTREE, WEYMOUTH, and HINGHAM, humbly showeth:

That the several Towns to which they respectively, belong are in a defenceless state, and, as we apprehend, in great danger of an attack from the Troops now in Boston, or from the Ships in the harbour, more especially as they are now or soon will be in want of fresh provisions. That we have been at the trouble and expense of keeping up a military watch in each Town for this fortnight past, an expense which we are by no means able to bear, and which is no real defence to us; besides all that has been said, the inhabitants of said Towns have been, and are still likely to be in our present situation, almost constantly kept in a tumult and disorder, and unable to keep about their business, to their great damage.

Your Petitioners, therefore, humbly pray your Honours to take our distressed state into your wise and serious consideration, and grant us at least the return of those men that have enlisted in the service from our several Towns, or such other relief and protection as in your wisdom you shall think fit; and your Petitioners, as in duty bound, shall ever pray.

New-Castle, May 3, 1775.

To the Honourable JOHN HANCOCK, Esquire, President, and the Honourable the other Members of Congress for the Province of the MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, in CONCORD assembled, the Petition of JAMES CARGILL humbly showeth:

That your Petitioner was chosen yesterday to take command of the Liberty-men in New-Castle, and on viewing their state finds them almost destitute of ammunition, and chiefly unable to supply themselves, as their greatest dependance was on lumber trade, which is now stopped; and we find there is no town stock to supply them, and those of them that would gladly buy for themselves know not where it is to be had. Therefore prays that you would take our condition into your wise consideration, and if in your wisdom you should judge it best to grant us any supply out of the publick stock, that you would send it to us by the bearer, Lieutenant John Farley; and your Petitioner, as in duty bound, shall ever pray, &c.

JAMES CARGILL.

To the Honourable Provincial Congress of MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, in Congress assembled, May, 1775: May it please your Honours:

The Association in Eastham (which, at present, consists of about ninety persons, and is increasing) finding the Town of Eastham (though urged thereto) have not complied with the Resolve made and passed in Provincial Congress, at Concord, the 31st of March, 1775, in regard to paying in their money to the Receiver-General, immediately called a meeting of the Association, voted to hire what money was not collected of the Association, and have accordingly paid in the whole of our part of the Province Tax to the Constables, viz: Captain Job Crocker, who was Collector for the year 1774, and Mr. Jonathan Linnelye, the third, who is Collector for the present year. As they are both members of this Association, they have engaged to transmit the same to Henry Gardner, Esquire, of Stow, without delay.

N. B. It is voted by the Association, as their desire, that the Orders, Resolves, and Recommendations of the Provincial Congress for this Town may be directed in future to some one of this Committee, as they are not always made publick if they fall into the hands of some men in this Town. Per order of the Association:

PROVINCIAL CONGRESS OF MASSACHUSETTS TO THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS.

[Read in Congress, May 11, 1775.]

To the Honourable American Continental Congress, to be convened at PHILADELPHIA on the tenth of MAY instant.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HONOURS: The Congress of this Colony, impressed with the deepest concern for their Country, under the present critical and alarming state of its publick affairs, beg leave, with the most respectful submission whilst acting in support of the cause of America, to request the direction and assistance of your respectable Assembly.

The enclosed packet, containing the copies of Depositions which we have despatched for London, also an Address to the Inhabitants of Great Britain, and a Letter to our Colony Agent, Benjamin Franklin, Esq., are humbly submitted to your consideration.

The sanguinary zeal of the Ministerial Army to ruin and destroy the inhabitants of this Colony, in the opinion of this Congress, hath rendered the establishment of an Army indispensably necessary. We have accordingly passed an unanimous resolve for thirteen thousand six hundred men to be forthwith raised by this Colony, and proposals are made by us to the Congress of New-Hampshire, and Governments of Rhode-Island and Connecticut Colonies, for furnishing men in the same proportion.

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