Ordered, That Colonel Foster be, and hereby is appointed to countersign the Twenty Shilling, Fourteen Shilling, and Six Shilling Notes.

Ordered, That Mr. Pickering, Mr. Philips, and Mr. Goodwin, be appointed to number the Notes which are preparing for advance pay for the Soldiers: Mr. Pickering to number the sheets struck off on the first plate; Mr. Philips those of the second, and Mr. Goodwin those of the third.

Ordered, That the Letter from Governour Trumbull just received and read, be committed to the Committee, of Safety and the Committee appointed to confer with them.

Ordered, That Colonel Foster bring in a Resolve, appointing some persons to examine, and inspect the Mineral Earth brought by him to this place.

Colonel Foster brought in a Resolve accordingly; which was accepted, and is as follows:

Resolved, That Doctor Whiting, Deacon Baker, and Colonel Grout, be a Committee to inquire into the nature and quality of the said Mineral Earth; and in such inquiry to consult the Honourable Joseph Warren, Esq., and Mr. Professor Sewall, and such other persons as they may think proper, and report to this Congress as soon as may be.

Ordered, That Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Greenleaf, Mr. Partridge, Colonel Cushing, and Mr. Edwards, be a Committee to hold a conference with the General Officers of the American Army, and to inquire of them whether there is any thing this Congress can do to preserve the health of said Army.

A Petition signed by Philip Hubbard and others, was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

Ordered, That Mr. Sullivan, Colonel Cushing, Captain Holmes, Mr. Partridge, and Mr. Currier, be a Committee to consider what order it would be proper for this Congress to take relative to any Letters which have been or may be intercepted.

Ordered, That Mr. Edwards, and Mr. Stone of Lexington, be appointed to inquire what is become of a Letter said to be sent by the Stockbridge Indians to this Congress.

The Committee appointed to bring in a Resolve respecting intercepted Letters, reported. The Report was read and accepted, and is as follows, viz:

Whereas, it has been represented to this Congress, that several Letters and packets of Letters, of publick concernment, wrote to and by the avowed enemies of this Country, have fallen into the hands of sundry persons in this Colony; and whereas, it appears absolutely necessary that all such Letters should be immediately laid before this Congress for their consideration: therefore,

Resolved, That all persons who now are or shall here-after be possessed of such Letters, shall lay them as soon as may be before this or some future Congress for their advisement thereon.

Afternoon.

Resolved, That the Resolve which passed this Congress relative to accommodating the Reverend Mr. Emerson with one of the horses taken from the Regulars, be so far reconsidered as that it be recommitted for a plainer description of the horse intended to be, delivered to him; and that Captain Batchelder and Colonel Dwight be added to the Committee, in the; room, of Doctor Taylor and Colonel Bowers, who are absent.

Ordered, That Commissions be delivered to the Officers of Colonel Nixon’s Regiment, agreeable to the list by him exhibited.

Ordered, That Mr. Fisher, Colonel Barrett, Captain Holmes, Colonel Bowers, and Colonel Sawyer, be a Committee to consider the proposal of Captain Foster, relative to removing the Poor and the Goods of the Poor of the Town of Boston into the country.

Resolved, That the Committee of Supplies be directed to lay before this Congress, in writing, an account of their proceedings with respect to the memorandum of General Ward for sundry military stores, committed to them by the last Congress.

Ordered, That Captain Stone, Captain Smith, and Colonel Goodrich, be a Committee to inquire of the Committee of Supplies if they have sent to New-York for any of the Powder which it is said is lately arrived there.

Ordered, That Mr. Fisher, Captain Holmes, Mr. Sawyer, Colonel Grout, and Mr. Webster, be a Committee to bring in a Resolve, in addition to the Resolve of the last Congress, respecting the Poor of the Town of Boston, passed the first ultimo, which shall extend to such of the Poor of said Town (sufferers by the Boston Port Bill) as were removed out of that Town before the date of the said Resolve.

The Committee appointed to inquire into the nature and qualities of the Mineral Earth brought by Colonel Foster from Brookfield, reported, that it was their opinion, and the opinion of those with whom they conversed with thereon, that it contains a matter useful for the production of Nitre, but that there was too small a quantity for an experiment. Whereupon,

Ordered, That this Committee be directed to appoint some suitable person to repair to BrooKfield to make some experiment with the Mineral Earth which is said to be there in large quantities.

Ordered, That the Honourable Mr. Dexter Colonel Otis, Colonel Porter, Captain Stone of Oakham, and Captain Stone of Framingham, be a Committee to bring in a Resolve for the purpose of giving a currency to the Bills of Credit of all the Governments on the Continent.

The Committee appointed to bring in a Resolve descriptive of the Horse designed for Mr. Emerson, reported. The Report was read and accepted, and is as follows:

Whereas, in a Resolve of this Congress passed on the 1st instant, the horse appointed for the use of the Rev. Mr. Emerson, of Concord, was not so fully described as that Thomas Reed, of Woburn, the keeper of said horse, could with safety deliver him to said Emerson: Therefore,

Resolved, That said Reed be, and hereby is directed to deliver a certain Sorrel Horse that was taken by the Guards at Roxbury from an officer of General Gage’s Troops, on the 20th of April last, to said Emerson, he paying a reasonable sum for the keeping said horse; and said Mr. Emerson is hereby permitted to Keep and use said, horse until the further order of this Congress.

Ordered, That Colonel Porter, Captain Stone of Oakham, Captain Partridge, Colonel Otis, and Deacon Baker, be a Committee to consider the Letter from Mr. Gridley to the Committee of Safety, and to confer with them thereon; and also on the state of the Artillery in general.

Resolved, That the four Prisoners brought to this Congress by Sergeant John Parker, be committed to the custody of the guard which is appointed to guard the publick stores in Watertown, till the further order of this Congress; and that the Commissary be directed to provide what provisions they may stand in need of till to-morrow morning.

Ordered, That Mr. Sullivan bring in a Resolve for the purpose of discouraging and preventing persons from taking any Notes or Bills of Credit of the other Colonies, under the value specified therein.

The Committee appointed to bring in a Resolve for giving currency to the Notes of the other Governments, reported as follows, viz:

Whereas, the Officers and Privates of the Regiments, from the adjoining Colonies have brought with them some of the Notes and Bills of Credit of the respective Colonies to which they belong, with which they may have occasion to purchase articles for their support and comfort:

Therefore, Resolved, That it, be, and it hereby is recommended to all the good people of this Colony to give a ready currency to such Notes and. Bills, of Credit, as It will be for the benefit of the Army, and tend to a continuance of the happy union at present subsisting sting among the Colonies; and any person who shall ask discount on such Notes and Bills, shall be deemed inimical to his Country.

The Report was ordered to lie on the table till Mr. Sullivan had brought in the Resolve, for which he was just now appointed.

Ordered, That Col. Cutt, Captain Parker, Mr. Page, Captain Morton, and Captain Stone of Oakham, be a Committee to make some Establishment for an allowance of Provisions; for the Soldiers of the Massachusetts Army.