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Total number of men, 505. In Committee of Safety, Cambridge, June 22, 1775. The above Officers being approved of by this Committee, are recommended to the honourable Congress to be commissioned. N. CUSHING, per order. In Provincial Congress, June 23, 1775. Ordered, That the Officers in the above list be commissioned, except Captain William Lee, his Lieutenant, and Ensign. SAM. FREEMAN, Secretary. COLONEL NIXON’ S REGIMENT.
JOHN NIXON Colonel. In Committee of Safety, Cambridge, June 16, 1775. The above Officers are approved of, and recommended to the honourable Congress to be commissioned. BENJAMIN WHITE, Chairman. In Provincial Congress, June 15, 1775. Ordered, That Commissions be delivered out to the above named Officers, in Colonel Nixon’s Regiment Attest: SAM. FREEMAN, Secretary. In Provincial Congress, June 16, 1775. Ordered, That Commissions be delivered to the following Officers in Colonel Nixon’s Regiment, viz: Ebenezer Winship, Captain; William Warren, Lieutenant; Richard Buckminster, Ensign. SAM. FREEMAN, Secretary. COLONEL JONATHAN BREWER’S REGIMENT. William Buckminster, Lieutenant-Colonel; Nathan. Cudworth, Major.
Total number of men, 371. J. BREWER, Colonel. In Committee of Safety, Cambridge, June 17, 1775. Colonel Jonathan Brewer having satisfied this Committee that there are three hundred and twenty-one men in the eight Companies mentioned above, it is recommended to the honourable Provincial Congress that said Brewer’s Regiment may be commissioned accordingly. WM. COOPER, Secretary. In Provincial Congress, June 17, 1775. Ordered That a Commission be delivered to each of the Officers within named, except Capt. Joseph Stebbins, who has but twenty-one men in his Company. SAM, FREEMAN, Secretary. COLONEL ROBINSON ’S REGIMENT.
Total, rank and file, 466. COLONEL DAVID BREWER’S REGIMENT, JUNE 17, 1775. Rufus Putnam, Lieutenant-Colonel; Nathaniel Danielson, Major; Thomas Weeks, Adjutant; Ebenezer Washburn, Quartermaster,
DAVID BREWER, Colonel. In Committee of Safety, Cambridge, June 17, 1775. These certify the Honourable Congress, that Colonel David Brewer has satisfied this Committee that there are in the nine Companies mentioned near five hundred men. It is therefore recommended to Congress that said Brewer’s Regiment be commissioned accordingly. WM. COOPER, Secretary. In Provincial Congress, June 17, 1775. Ordered, That Commissions be delivered to the several Officers above mentioned. SAM. FREEMAN, Secretary. COLONEL GERRISH’S REGIMENT, JUNE 22, 1775. Loammi Baldwin, Lieut. Colonel; James Wessen, Major; Christian Febiger, Adjutant; Michael Farley, Quartermaster; David Jones, Surgeon.
SAMUEL GERRISH, Colonel. In Committee of Safety, Cambridge, June 22, 1775. It is recommended to the honourable Congress that the above mentioned Officers in Colonel Gerrish’s Regiment, not already commissioned, may now receive their Commissions. WILLIAM COOPER, Secretary. COLONEL MOSES LITTLE’S REGIMENT, JUNE 26, 1775. Isaac Smith, Lieutenant-Colonel; James Collins, Major.
Total number of men, 582. In Committee of Safety, June 26, 1775. This Committee recommend to the honourable the Provincial Congress that the above named Officers, in Colonel Little’s Regiment, may be commissioned. WM. COOPER, Secretary. In Provincial Congress, June 27, 1775. Ordered, That Commissions be delivered to the Officers of Colonel Little’s Regiment, agreeable to the above list. Attest: SAM. FREEMAN, Secretary. Cambridge Camp, June 30, 1775. To the Honourable Provincial Congress at WATERTOWN: Mr. Stephen Jenkins and Mr. Thomas Hodgkins are recommended, the former for Adjutant, and the latter for Quartermaster, in the Regiment of which I have the command, and the honourable Congress are prayed to appoint those gentlemen to said offices accordingly. MOSES LITTLE, Colonel. Accepted and passed.
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