Received a Letter from Continental Congress, dated June 20, 1775, with a Resolve of said Congress enclosed.—Filed.

June 28, 1775.—Wrote General Folsom per Stephen Piper of Stratham.

June 29, 1775.—Received a Letter from General Folsom, dated 25th of June, 1775.—Filed.

In Committee of Safety, Exeter, June 30, 1775.

To the Committee of Supplies:

GENTLEMEN: Inasmuch as you may find many things necessary for the use of the Army which do not come within the limits of any particular directions from this Committee, the procuring which articles may not admit so much delay as to afford time for an application to the Committee of Safety; you are therefore desired, according to your best judgment, and with the strictest attention to economy, to procure such necessary articles, rendering an account for allowance to the Committee of Safety at least once in ten days of all articles so furnished.

By order of the Committee:

MATTHEW THORNTON, Chairman.

NEW-HAMPSHIRE PROVINCIAL CONGRESS.

Tuesday, June 27, 1775.

Met according to adjournment.

Voted, That two of our 24-pound Cannon, and two other smaller Cannon, be forthwith fitted with carriages and sent to our Army at Medford; and that Ezekiel Worthen and Joseph Scius, Esquire, Captains Gawin and Wingate, be a Committee to fit up the aforesaid Cannon with proper implements for their use, and send them to the Army with all possible despatch.

Voted, That General Folsom be desired to apprehend Messrs. Jason Russell and John Tarbell, of Mason, a complaint being exhibited to this Congress of their being guilty of theft, and send them to the Committee of Safety in Mason, in order that they may be tried, and, if convicted, punished for so heinous a crime.

Adjourned to three o’clock.

Wednesday, June 28, 1775.

Met according to adjournment.

Voted, That all the Provincial and County Records that are now kept in the Town of Portsmouth, be removed to some place of more safety.

Voted, That the Records be removed to Exeter, and that Messrs. Samuel Brooks, John McClary, and Noah Emery, Esq., be a Committee to look out a place or places in Exeter to put the Records in.

Adjourned to eight o’clock to-morrow.

Thursday, June 29, 1775.

Met according to adjournment.

The Congress heard Colonel Stark’s complaint, and dismissed the same.

Voted, That Joseph Welsh and Samuel Hobart, Esqrs., be, and hereby are appointed Paymasters of the Troops now employed by this Colony in the American Army, and that they proceed, as soon as may be, to the Army, and pay one month’s wages to the Officers and Soldiers; and previous to the paying of the Soldiers, that they receive of the Captain, or the Commanding Officer of each Company, a complete Muster-Roll of their respective Companies, upon oath, and return the same to this Congress, or to the Committed of Safety; and that they take a receipt for all the rnoney paid from each Officer and Soldier; and further, that they pay no Officer or Soldiers who have not taken the oaths, and have been or shall be mustered by the Muster-Master as able-bodied, effective men; also, that Joseph Welsh, Esquire, assist the Muster-Master in mustering the men unmustered at the Army; and also, that they pay no more than ten Companies in a Regiment, of sixty-six men in a Company, including Officers.

Adjourned till three o’clock, P. M.

Met according to adjournment.

Voted, That whereas it is necessary that the Officers and Soldiers raised and to be raised in this Colony for the preservation and defence of this and the other Colonies in America should be fully acquainted with their duty, and that the Articles, Rules, and Regulations be made as plain as possible; and having great confidence in the honour and publick virtue of the inhabitants of this Colony, that they will readily obey the Officers chosen and appointed by this Congress, and will cheerfully do their duty when known, without any such severe articles and rules, and cruel punishments (excepting in capital cases) as are usually practised in Standing Armies, and will submit to all such rules and regulations as are founded in reason, honour, and virtue : It is, therefore,

Resolved, That the following Rules, Articles, and Regulations, for our said Forces, be, and hereby are earnestly recommended to be strictly adhered to by all Officers and Soldiers, and others concerned, as they regard their own honour and the publick good, The Rules and Articles of War voted, are those voted in the Massachusetts Colony, from No. 1 to 53, inclusive, and now printed.

Voted, That Colonel John Fenton is not a friend to this Country.

Voted, That the Records and Files of the Secretary’s Office, and Clerk’s Office of the Superiour Courts, be kept at John Rice’s, Esq.; the Register of Deeds’ Office to be kept at Deacon Samuel Brooks’s; Register of Probates Office to be kept at William Parker’s Jun., Esq.; Inferiour Courts and Quarter Sessions Offices, Records, &c., to be kept at Noah Emery’s, Esquire.

Voted, That Messrs. Samuel Brooks, Captain Stephen Evans, Major Weeks, Samuel Dudley, Esq., and Lieut. Thomas Bartlett, be a Committee to remove the Records to the above-mentioned places, as soon as may be.

Voted, That the Secretary, the Clerk of the Superiour Court, the Register of Deeds, the Register of the Court of Probates, and the Clerk of the Inferiour Court and Quarter Sessions, be requested to accompany the Committee, with the several Records, to Exeter, and to keep them, agreeable to a Resolve of this Congress, until further, directions from said Congress; and in case those gentlemen refuse to go to Exeter and keep their respective offices there, then the Committee are empowered to receive and give receipt for the Records.

Adjourned to eight o’clock to-morrow.

Friday, June 30, 1775.

Met according to adjournment.

Voted, That General Folsom’s Commission be dated the 24th of May, and that he rank as a Major-General

Whereas, the Committee of Safety have appointed Alexander Scammel to be a Brigade-Major:

Voted, That he have pay accordingly, which is to be agreeable to what is paid in the Massachusetts Colony to such an officer

Voted, That Mr. Samuel Brooks be of the Committee of Supplies, instead of Colonel Nicholas Gilman.

Voted, That a Committee be appointed to take out of the custody of Colonel John Fenton the Files and Records of the Courts of Common Pleas, General Sessions of the Peace, Courts of Probate for the County of Grafton; and that the same be delivered for safe keeping to Colonel John Hurd; and that Colonel Bedel, Israel Morey, Esq., Mr. Abel Webster, Capt. Matthew Thornton, and Capt. Weston, be a Committee for the purpose mentioned above.

Voted, That it be, and hereby is recommended to the Justices of the several Courts of Common Pleas, Courts of Judicature, and Quarter Sessions for the several Counties in this Colony, that they adjourn their respective Courts by Proclamation, or otherwise, to the first day of the next term of each of the said Courts, respectively, till further advice of this Congress.

Adjourned till three o’clock.

Met according to adjournment.

Voted, That Captain Samuel Langdon have forty-two pounds of the Colony Powder for his Company at Portsmouth, they paying for the same.

Voted, That the Committee of Safety, and they only, shall draw orders on the Treasurer or Receiver General, for all any sum or sums of money that shall be or is already voted for the supplies of our Forces, and for the payment of any necessary charges, as the said Committee