of Safety, in the room of Mr. Lothrop and Deacon Fisher

Ordered, That the Committee of Supplies be directed to forward to Newport the Letter to Lieutenant-Governcur Cook, received by this Congress in a Letter from the Continental Congress.

A Letter from Mr. John Fenton, Esq., was read, and ordered to subside. The Letter is as follows:

“To the Honourable JAMES WARREN , Esquire, President of the Congress at WATERTOWN:

“SIR: As I presume you and the gentlemen of the Congress are not entirely unacquainted with me, and that I am now a prisoner at the head-quarters of the New-Hampshire Troops, I most earnestly request, through your kind interposition, I may be removed from where I now am to head-quarters at Cambridge or Watertown, that I may be either acquitted or condemned as you may think expedient, my present situation being now very critical indeed. I beg leave to presume that my request will not be looked upon as improper, having more property in this Government than that of New-Hampshire.

“I am, with respect, Sir, your most obedient and very humble servant,

JOHN FENTON.

“ Medford, July 5, 1775.”

Ordered, That Major Hawley, Doctor Taylor, and Col. Grout, be a Committee to prepare a vote of thanks to the Committee of this Congress this day returned from their embassy to Ticonderoga.

Ordered, That Mr. Barker be added to the Committee to examine Major Barber’s Account.

Ordered, That Colonel Tyng, Doctor Taylor, and Mr. Bliss, be a Committee to consider an Account exhibited by Doctor Church and Mr. Gill, of the expense of entertaining and escorting Generals Washington and Lee from Springfield to Head-Quarters.

Ordered, That Mr. Langdon, Major Bliss, and Mr. Jewett, be a Committee to consider the Report of the Committee this day returned from Ticonderoga, and the Papers accompanying it, and also the Rolls made up by Captain Noble and Captain Herrick.

Afternoon.

A Letter from General Green was read, and committed to Colonel Davis, Colonel Tyng, and Mr. Reed.

Ordered, That Colonel Davis, Mr. Fessenden, and Captain Page, be a Committee to consider a Petition of Josiah Capen.

Ordered, That Mr. Whittemore, Major Bliss, and Col. Dwight, be a Committee to consider the Account of Mr. Alexander Gray, and report.

Ordered, That Mr. Gill, Mr. Wheeler, and Mr. Sullivan, be a Committee to consider the services of the Secretary, and report what grant they think is adequate thereto.

Ordered, That the Honourable Major Hawley, Mr. Sullivan, and Doctor Taylor, be a Committee to bring in a Resolve explanatory of the sense of Congress expressed in a Resolve of the 31st ultimo, relative to the Estates of Refugees.

The Committee appointed to consider the Account of Doctor Church and Mr. Gill, reported, verbally, that they had examined the Account, found it well vouched, and thought it ought to be allowed.

Thereupon, Resolved, That the Receiver-General be, and he hereby is directed to pay Doctor Benjamin Church and Mr. Moses Gill, or their order, the sum of twenty-eight Pounds, five Shillings, and ten Pence, lawful money, in discharge of an Account by them exhibited, of the ex penses of escorting and entertaining Generals Washington and Lee from Springfield to the Camp at Cambridge.

Resolved, That the Committee appointed by a Resolve of this Congress, of the first instant, to agree with such Teamsters as.they may employ to convey the Poor of the Town of Charlestown to certain Towns in the County of Worcester, be directed to pay them a sum not exceeding one Shilling per ton per mile for such service, instead of nine Pence, the price fixed in said Resolve; and that said. Committee be likewise directed and empowered to remove the inhabitants of the Town of Boston in like manner.

The Report of the Committee of Safety, relative to a new emission of Bills of Credit, was taken into consideration, and recommitted to Mr. Spooner, Major Hawley, Doctor Taylor, Captain Stone, and Mr. Wheeler, who are directed to consider the sum of the Bills already impressed, and the propriety of striking off more from the same plates.

Resolved, That the Committee of Supplies be directed to pay the Selectmen of the several Towns and Districts in the Colony for the Blankets they have respectively furnished the Soldiers with, any Resolve of Congress to the contrary notwithstanding.

The Committee appointed to consider the Report of the Committee sent to Ticonderoga, reported. The Report was recommitted, and the last mentioned Committee are directed to lay before the Committee first mentioned, a state of their account, debt and credit.

The Committee appointed to prepare a vole of thanks to the Committee who have been on an embassy to Ticonderoga, reported. The Report was accepted, and is as follows, viz:

Whereas, Walter Spooner, Jedediah Foster, and James Sullivan, Esquires, a Committee of this Congress, lately ordered on a commission to the important posts of Ticon deroga and Crown Point, for divers purposes expressed in their instructions, have this day returned, and made their report in writing; and it appearing upon full consideration thereof, that the said Committee have executed the various branches of their instructions with ability, fidelity, and despatch, and that their services had been attended with much fatigue and danger; therefore,

Resolved, That the services of the said Committee do merit the express approbation and thanks of Congress, and they do hereby testify and render the same to them, and each of them.

Ordered, That Mr. Hemenway, Mr. Whittemore, and Capt. Parker, be a Committee to consider what allowance is proper to be made to Mr. Edmund Fowle, for the use of his house by the Committees of this and the former Congress.

The Committee appointed to consider The Accounts transmitted to Congress by the Committee of Safety, reported on the Account of Ebenezer Whitee, and others. The Report was accepted, and is as follows, viz:

Whereas, Messrs. Ebenezer White, Daniel Hemenway, Col. Simeon Spaulding, and Benjawmin Ely, were appoint to collect a number of Fire-Arms for the use of this Colony, and have delivered said Arms, as appears by receipt from the Committee of Safety, or Clerk of the Ordnance Stores, and have exhibited their Accounts to Congress; which Accounts appear to be reasonable: therefore,

Resolved, That there be paid out of the publick Treasury to the several persons employed in collecting Arms as aforesaid, the following sums, and the Receiver-General is accordingly ordered to pay the said sums, viz: to Ebenezer White, the sum of £119 s.; to Daniel Hemenway, £4 8 s.; to Colonel Simeon Spaulding, £4 7 s.; to Benjamin Ely, £13 10 s. 11 d. – £24 4 s. 11 d.

Ordered, That Captain Holmes be added to the Committee last mentioned.

Adjourned to eight o’clock, to-morrow morning.

Friday, July 7, 1775.

Captain Stone, of Framing ham, was appointed in the room of Major Bliss, on the Committee which was chosen to prepare an Answer to the Letter from the Congress of New-Hampshire.

Resolved, That Mr. Shillaber have leave to bring in a Resolve recommending to the Committee of the City of Philadelphia to permit him to export from thence a quantity of Flour.

Ordered, That Deacon Bayley, Major Brooks, Mr. Baker, Col, Grout, and Dr. Taylor, be a Committee to consider a Resolve of the Committee of Safety, recommending to this Congress the seizing the Crown Officers.

In compliance with a Resolve of the Committee of Safely, recommending that a Committee be appointed to