Ordered, That Mr. Greenleaf, Colonel Richmond, Dr. Taylor, Mr. Glover, and Captain Holmes, be a Committee to wait upon General Washington, to inform him that this Congress have it in contemplation to rise this week, and to know if he has any matter to lay before the Congress.

A list of Surgeons and Mates who have been examined and approved of by a Committee of this Congress, was laid before the Congress, and read, and is as follows:

Dr. David Jones, Surgeon of Col. Gerrish’s Regiment;
Samuel Blanchard, Mate to Dr. Jones;
Dr. Aaron Putnam, Mate in Colonel Fry’s Regiment;
Dr. Joseph Hunt, Mate to Dr. Joseph Foster, in the Cambridge Hospital;
Dr. Jacob Bacon, as Mate in Col. Scammon’s Regiment;
Dr. Harris Clary Fridges, as Mate;
Dr. Edward Durant, Surgeon in Col. Mansfield’s Reg’t;
Josiah Harvey, as Mate in Colonel Fellows’s Regiment;
Dr. Abraham Watson, Surgeon of Col. Gardner’s Reg’t;
Dr. William Vinal, as Mate in Col. Gardner’s Regiment;
Dr. John Georges, as Mate in Gen. Heath’s Regiment;
Dr. Isaac Spafford, Surgeon in Col. Nixon’s Regiment;
Dr. John Crooker, Surgeon in Col. Scammon’s Regiment;
Dr. Walter Hastings, Surgeon in Col. Bridge’s Regiment;
Dr. Timothy Child, Surgeon of Col. Patterson’s Reg’t;
Dr. Levi Willard, Surgeon of Col. Reed’s Regiment;
Dr. Daniel Parker, Surgeon of Col. Walker’s Regiment;
Dr. Thomas Kitteridge, Surgeon of Col. Fry’s Regiment.

Thereupon, Ordered, That Warrants be made out for them, agreeable thereto.

Resolved, That the Order of Congress relative to the date of the Warrants of the Staff Officers be so far reconsidered, as that the Warrants for the Surgeons be dated the 28th of June, ultimo.

Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed to deliver out Commissions to the Officers of the Army, be a Committee to prepare and lay before this Congress a list of such as have been commissioned.

A form of a Warrant for a Medical Commissary was read, and accepted, and is as follows, viz:

“The Congress of the Colony of the MASSACHUSETTS- BAY to .  .  .  .    .  .  .  .  .  . greeting:

“We, being informed of your skill in Medicine, and reposing especial trust and confidence in your ability and good conduct, do, by these presents, constitute and appoint you, the said . . . . . ., to be Medical Commissary and Apothecary to the Army raised by this Congress for the defence of this Colony. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Medical Commissary and Apothecary in all things appertaining thereto, observing such orders and instructions as you shall from time to time receive from any your superiour officers, according to the rules and discipline established by said Congress, for which this shall be your sufficient warrant.

“By order of the Congress:

“.  .  .  .    .  .  .  .  .  . President.”

Ordered, That Col. Smith, Mr. Plympton, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Bigelow, Deacon Stone, Captain Brown, Major Fuller, and Captain Stone, be a Committee to procure two hundred Axes, with helves, immediately, for the use of the Army, and when procured to forward them immediately to General Washington, or his order, and lay before the Congress a list of the persons of whom they shall be procured, with the price agreed on; and that the Committee assure the persons of whom they rnay procure said Axes, that they shall be paid for as soon as the Congress can make provision therefor.

The Committee appointed to consider in what manner the late inhabitants of the Town of Boston should choose Representatives, reported. The Report was accepted, and is as follows, and was ordered to be sent immediately to Mr. William Cooper, viz:

As it appears to this Congress fit and reasonable that the good people of the Town of Boston, though at present in a dispersed state, should have a just and equal representation in the great and General Assembly of this Colony, and as the choice of Representatives for that purpose in legal town meeting, convened in the common and ordinary way, is at present utterly impracticable; therefore,

Resolved, That Mr. William Cooper, Town Clerk of Boston, be, and he hereby is empowered and directed, by notifications under his hand in the several Newspapers, immediately to notify and give warning to the Freeholders and others, who were inhabitants of the said Town of Boston, and were qualified, according to law, to vote for Representatives in May, 1774, and are now dispersed, to assemble and meet at the Meeting-House in Concord, on Tuesday, the 18th day of July instant, at three o’clock in the afternoon, then and there to elect and depute one or more Freeholders in said Town, according to the numbers limited by a law of this Colony, to serve for, and represent them in a great and General Court or Assembly, to be convened, held, and kept for the service of said Colony, until the day next preceding the last Wednesday of May next, if necessary, and no longer, at the Meeting-House in Watertown, upon Wednesday, the 19th instant, by nine o’clock in the forenoon, and so from day to day during their session or sessions. Hereof he is desired not to fail, and make return of this Resolve, with the name or names of the person and persons elected or deputed by a major part of the electors present unto the great and General Assembly, at the time and place above mentioned for its meeting.

The Committee appointed the second instant to prepare a Letter to the Hon. James Russell, Esq., reported. The draught prepared was accepted, ordered to be signed by the President, and forwarded, and is as follows, viz:

“SIR; The present necessity for cash is such, that it is necessary for this Congress to direct you to pay into Henry Gardner, Esquire, Receiver-General of this Colony, all the publick moneys in your hands or care, belonging to said Colony, without further delay. By order of Congress:

“.  .  .  .    .  .  .  .  .  ., President.

“To the Hon. James Russell, Esq., of Dunstable.”

Ordered, That Captain Holmes, Captain Carpenter, Mr. Glover, Mr. Jewett, and Mr. Parker, be a Committee to consider some method to prevent conveying intelligence to our enemies, and also to put a stop to supplying them with Provisions.

The Committee appointed to consider the request of General Washington, relative to making a Draw-Bridge of the Bridge at Cambridge, reported. The Report was accepted, and is as follows, viz:

The Committee appointed to wait on his Excellency General Washington, relative to making the Bridge near Charles River, in Cambridge, a Draw-Bridge, have attended that service, and beg leave to report, that his Excellency suggested that he apprehends it to be of great importance that this business be immediately entered upon; also, he mentioned, that he did not intend the passing and repassing should he impeded. His Excellency recommends to the Congress the doing it, as they are the best judges of proper persons to be employed. His Excellency hinted that it would be agreeable to him to be consulted as to the manner of its being done.

DUMMER JEWETT, per order.

The same Committee being directed to bring in a Resolve relative to said Bridge, reported the following, which was accepted, viz:

Whereas, his Excellency General Washington has signified to this Congress his desire that the Bridge over Charles River, in Cambridge, should be made a Draw-Bridge, and that the Congress would see to the doing of it immediately; therefore,

Resolved, That Captain Thatcher, Mr. Whittemore, Mr Temple, Mr. Cross, and Captain Parker, be a Committee to procure materials, and employ a suitable number of artificers for accomplishing the aforementioned business, agreeable to the directions of his Excellency General Washington, the same to be done at the immediate expense of this Colony, and that the Committee render to this Congress, or some future House of Representatives, their account of said expense.

Resolved, That three o’clock in the afternoon be assigned for the choice of some person to serve on the Committee of Supplies, in the room of Mr. Partridge, who, at his request, has been excused, and that in such choice the Members of the Congress may have liberty to vote for any person who may not belong to the Congress.