1777; three thousand Pounds by the 20th of December, 1778; two thousand Pounds by the 20th of December, 1779.

And the said Notes shall be printed off with printing types, under the care and direction of the Hon. Meshech Weare, Esq., and Captain Pierce Long, being a Committee appointed by this Congress for that purpose.

Eight thousand Pounds of which first mentioned to carry interest the same with those already emitted, and to be of the following denominations, viz:

Three thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Pounds, to be in bills of three Pounds each; two thousand and one Pounds, in bills of thirty Shillings; nine hundred and ninety Pounds fifteen Shillings, in bills of fifteen Shillings; six hundred and sixty-seven Pounds, in bills of ten Shillings; three hundred and thirty-three Pounds five Shillings, in bills of five Shillings; making, in the whole, the said eight thousand Pounds.

The form of said Notes to be in the following words, with such other devices as may be ordered by the Congress or Committee, viz:

“Colony of New-Hampshire, No.—.

“The possessor of this Note shall be entitled to receive, out of the Treasury of this Colony, the sum of ..... Shillings, lawful money, on the 20th of December, 177–, with interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum; and this Note shall be received in all payments at the Treasury at any time after the date hereof, for the principal sum, without interest, if paid before the said 20th day of December, A. D. 177–.

“E. T.

N. G.”

And the Treasurer or Committee who shall number the same, shall fill the blank left for time of payment, in a number of bills sufficient to complete two thousand Pounds, with the figure 6; and a number to complete three thousand, with the figure 7; and three thousand Pounds, with the figure 8. The remaining two thousand Pounds to be small bills, of the following denominations, without interest, viz:

One hundred Pounds, in bills of six Pence; one hundred and fifty Pounds, in bills of nine Pence; three hundred Pounds, in bills of one Shilling and six Pence; three hundred, and fifty Pounds, in bills of one Shilling and nine Pence; five hundred Pounds, in bills of two Shillings and six Pence; six hundred Pounds, in bills of three Shillings, making, in all, the said sum of two thousand Pounds. The bills to be in the following form:

“The possessor of this Note shall be entitled to receive, out of the Treasury of this Colony, the sum of . . . ., lawful money, on the 20th of December, 1779; and this Note shall be received in all payments at the Treasury at any time after the date hereof.

“E. T.

N. G.”

And all the above Notes, when redeemed, shall be consumed to ashes, in the presence of the Representatives of this Colony, or a Committee appointed by them for that purpose.

Adjourned to three o’clock, afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

Received a Petition from a number of gentlemen at Portsmouth, respecting the removing of the several Records from the Town of Portsmouth to Exeter; which being read and considered,

Voted, That the Vole be not reconsidered, as desired by the petitioners.

Voted, That two Companies, not exceeding sixty-six men each, including officers, be raised of the inhabitants of this Colony, to be commissioned by the Committee of Safety; and that they be stationed as this Congress or Committee of Safety shall think proper.

Voted, That Colonel Meshech Weare be of the Committee of Safety.

Voted, That the Honourable Meshech Weare, Esq., be President pro tempore.

Voted, That the Committee at Newburyport have the loan of two 24-pound, or 32, or 6-pound Cannon; and the Reverend Mr. Stearns and Mr. Webster be a Committee to acquaint them of the same.

Voted, That it be, and hereby is recommended to the Selectmen or Committee, to take an exact list of all the Fire-Arms fit for use in their respective Towns and Parishes in this Colony; also, of what are wanting in each Town and Parish, and lay the same before this Congress at their next meeting, by their Delegates.

Voted, That this Congress be adjourned to eight o’clock to-morrow.

Thursday, July 6, 1775.

Met according to adjournment.

Voted, That the Plate which was used in striking off the ten thousand and fifty Pounds, be altered, by erasing the date and disfiguring the devices upon the plates; and that Ebenezer Thompson and George Frost, Esquire, be a Committee to see it done, and then deliver the said Plates to the Receiver-General, for the purpose of keeping the same safe.

Voted and Resolved by this Convention, That any persons who may be detected in counterfeiting and passing any of the Treasurer’s Notes of this Colony, shall, upon full conviction of the crime before this or any future Convention of this Colony, be deemed an enemy or enemies to their Country, and punished according to the discretion of the said Convention before which he or they may be so tried and convicted.

Adjourned till three o’clock, P. M.

Met according to adjournment.

Voted, That the following Receipt be entered into this, book’s record:

“ Exeter, July 4, 1775.

“Received by virtue of the above Vote of the Provincial Congress, from the Committee, the sum of fifteen hundred and eleven Pounds two Shillings and eight Pence, Proclamation money; received into the Province Treasury.”

NICHOLAS GILMAN, Receiver-General, ”

Voted, That Captain John Parker have orders to enlist one. of the Companies last voted to be raised in this Colony, and that Asa Pattee be recommended for his Lieutenant.

Voted, That Captain James Osgood have orders to enlist the other of said Companies, and that Captain Matthew Thornton be recommended for his Lieutenant.

Voted, That Captain Pierce Long be excused as a Committee-man, to take the care and direction of printing off the Notes ordered by this Congress to be printed; and that Samuel Cutts, Esquire, be, and hereby is chosen and appointed for that purpose, in the room and stead of said Captain Long.

Voted, That this Congress be adjourned till to-morrow, 7 o’clock, A. M.

Friday, July 7, 1775.

Met according to adjournment.

The Committee appointed to remove the publick Records, &c., make the following Return, viz:

That they proceeded to Portsmouth the 4th and 6th instant, received and brought to Exeter, and deposited in the several places ordered by Congress, all the Records and Rolls from the several offices (mentioned in their instructions which were shewn to them, excepting some books of Charters, which the Hon. Secretary Atkinson informed the Committee that Governour Wentworth had sent for a few days since.

Whereas, this Congress have resolved it as their opinion, that all the publick Records of this Colony were, in time of danger, unsafe in the Town of Portsmouth, and that the same should be removed to the Town of Exter; all which Records have, in consequence thereof, been removed by a Committee appointed for that purpose, as far as came to their knowledge, except the books of Charters of the several Towns, kept in this Colony : Therefore, it is now

Resolved, That the Honourable Theodore Atkinson, Esq., Secretary of this Colony, is accountable to the people for said Records, and that he ought, without delay, to deliver the same to the said Committee.

Whereas, by a Vote of this Congress, of the 28th of June last, the publick Records were ordered to be removed to Exeter, as a place of safety; and as the real intent of the Vote may be mistaken, or not understood, it is now

Resolved, That it Was the sole intent and meaning of