Ordered, That Captain Brown, Captain Parker, and Mr. Richmond, be a Committee to sort and count the votes for a Member of the Committee of Supplies, in the room of Major Vote; and Captain Partridge was chosen in the room of Major Vose.

Ordered, That the Committee for making out Commissions be directed to make out a Commission for Samuel Brewer, as Adjutant-General, and date it the day of his appointment.

The Committee appointed to write a Letter to Governour Trumbull, reported. The Report was read, and ordered to be recommitted for additions and amendments.

Ordered, That any three of the Committee of Supplies, of which Mr. Gill to be one, in the absence of Mr. Cheever, be a quorum to do business.

The Committee upon the Letter relative to the Indian’s having a Horse, reported. The Report was accepted, and is as follows, viz:

Resolved, That a small Horse, taken by Henries Vomhavi from Noddle’s Island, be granted to the said Henries for his own use, to encourage his further brave conduct and good behaviour in camp.

Ordered, That Col. Spaulding, Mr. Woodbridge, and Mr. Johnson, be a Committee to take under consideration the sufferings of Abraham Nimham.

Ordered, That Mr. Glover, Doctor Taylor, and Col. Grout, be on the Committee of Conference with the Members from New-Hampshire, in the room of Mr. Pitts, Col. Lincoln, and Captain Bragdon.

Ordered. That Mr. Bent be on the Committee for the Abington Petition, in the room of Doctor Jones.

Ordered, That the President, Mr. Langdon, and Major Bliss, be a Committee to take into Consideration the conduct of the people of Nantucket, and report what is expedient to be done with respect to them.

Ordered, That Mr. Wheelock, with Letters from the Congress of New-Hampshire, be admitted upon the floor.

Ordered, That Doctor Church, Mr. Hopkins, and Major Bliss, be a Committee to introduce Mr. Wheelock; and also to deliver a copy of the Letter from New-Hampshire to his Excellency Gen. Washington; and also to draw an Answer to the Letter from New-Hampshire, which is as follows:

“Exeter, July 3, 1775.

“GENTLEMEN: We take the earliest Opportunity to Communicate to you some intelligence we have just received from Canada, by the way of Mr. Dean, a Missionary”, lately come from that country. We enclose copies of two letters from Doctor Wheelock, and a Committee in Hanover. Mr. Wheelock and Colonel Beetle, who will take charge of this, will be able to give you, perhaps, some further particulars.

“We wish to have, as soon as possible, your judgment on the matter, and shall probably defer acting until we hear from you. If any plan of operation towards, or in Canada, is suitable, we wish to act in concert with you and the other Colonies in the neighbourhood.

“We trust we shall not be backward in exerting ourselves in the common defence; but would act with caution in a matter pf importance.

“We are, with respect, gentlemen, your friends and brothers in the common cause.

“In the name and by order of the Congress:

“MATTHEW THORNTON, President.

“To the Honourable Congress of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay.”

The Report of the Committee Upon the Account of Mr. White, was accepted, and is as follows, viz:

The Committee appointed to consider Accounts transmitted to this Congress by the Committee of Safety, beg leave to report by way of Resolve, that William White be paid the sum of six Pounds, lawful money, for service done by said William White by order of the Committee of Safety; and that the Receiver-General be directed to pay said sum to the said William White.

The Committee appointed to write to Governour Trumbull, reported. The Report was read and accepted, and is as follows, viz:

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HONOUR: Your favour of the 27th June we received, and heartily thank you for the information therein given us. The arrival of the flour from New-York to Norwich, gives us great pleasure, as we stand in need of large supplies of that commodity. We request your Honour to give orders that the same may be forwarded as soon as possible to our Committee of Supplies at Watertown; and any further quantities that may arrive hereafter, we desire may be sent immediately upon its arrival, to the same Committee; almost all the grain in this Colony being already brought in, and our stock not equal to the demands for bread.

We have the pleasure to be able to acquaint your Honour, that Generals Washington and Lee, with Mr. Mifflin, Aid-de-Camp to General Washington, arrived at Cambridge last Sabbath, in good health, a little after twelve o’clock at noon, and have great reason to expect, from their known characters, and their activity and vigilance already discovered, that their presence in the Army will be attended with most happy consequences.

Our camps at Cambridge and Roxbury are daily putting on a more defensible appearance. The health of our army is as general as we could expect. Several privates in the Cambridge Camp were last week taken down with the smallpox, but we have great reason to hope that the precautions taken on this occurrence will, by the Divine blessing, prevent the spreading of that distemper in the camp.

We are, with the greatest respect, your Honour’s most obedient humble servants.

Ordered, That Colonel Grout, Mr. Langdon, and Dr. Taylor, be a Committee to take into consideration the Letter from Mr. Shepard, relative to the Eastern Plans of the Sea-Coasts.

The Committee appointed to bring in a Resolve for appointing Mr. Craigie Medical Commissary, reported. It was read, and is as follows, viz:

Resolved, That Mr. Andrew Craigie be, and he is hereby appointed a Medical Commissary and Apothecary for the Massachusetts Army; and that said Craigie be allowed five Pounds per month for his services as abovesaid.

Ordered, That the Committee for making out Commissions, make out a Warrant for Mr. Craigie, Medical Commissary.

The Committee appointed to take into consideration the loss of Indian Nimham, reported. The Report was read and accepted, and is as follows, viz:

The Committee appointed to consider the losses of Abraham Nimham, in his journey to Caughnawaga, in carrying a message to the Indians, beg leave to report by way of Resolve, that the said Abraham Nimham be paid the sum pf thirty-six Shillings, lawful money; and that the Receiver-General be directed to pay the said sum to Jahleel Woodbridge, Esquire, and he to account with the said Abraham Nimham.

Resolved, That this Congress will attend to matters of the greatest importance, that they may finish the business, and dissolve some time before the sitting of the General Court.

Ordered, That the matter contained in a Resolve of the Committee of Safety, relating to the effects of Refugees, being before provided for by this Congress, subside.

Adjourned to Wednesday morning, eight o’clock.

Wednesday, July 5, 1775.

A Letter from William Tollman, of Dartmouth, was read, and committed to the Committee appointed to consider at large of the Donations for the Poor of Boston.

The Report of the Committee, on the Petition of Thomas Morton was read and accepted, and is as follows, viz:

The Committee appointed to consider the Memorial of Thomas Morton, beg leave to report, by way of Resolve:

Resolved, That the prayer of the Memorial be granted, and that William Powell, Esquire, late of Boston, bare leave to export one thousand quintals of Jamaica old Cod-Fish to the West-Indies, and that the Committee of Correspondence in Newburyport see that the said William Powell, Esquire, strictly complies with the Resolutions of the Continental and Provincial Congresses.