draw up and transmit to Great Britain a fair and impartial account of the late Battle at Charlestown, as soon as possible,

Ordered, That the said Committee of Safety be a Committee for that purpose, and that they likewise be a Standing Committee for that and the like purposes.

Ordered, That Mr. Wheeler, Captain Batchelder, and Doctor Taylor, be a Committee to consider the Petition of Mr. Daniel Murray, and a Letter from Mr. Joseph Reed, Secretary to General Washington, on the subject thereof. The Letter from Mr. Reed is as follows:

“Head-Quarters, July 6, 1775, 6 o’clock, P. M.

“GENTLEMEN: I am directed by his Excellency to acquaint you that Daniel Murray has applied to him for a pass to go into Boston, with a part of his father’s family. As the General is wholly unacquainted with the circumstances of the case, and the propriety of granting or refusing the request, he refers himself to your advice, and would be glad of your opinion on the subject as early as convenient. I am, gentlemen, very respectfully, your obedient humble servant,

JOS. REED, Secretary.

“To the Hon. Committee of Safety at Watertown.”

Ordered, That Deacon Nichols, Mr. Glover, and Col. Mitchell, be a Committee to consider a Resolve of the Committee of Safety relative to the appointment of a Master Workman for the Blacksmiths.

The Committee appointed to consider the services of the Secretary, reported. The Report was recommitted, and the Committee directed to consider in particular his extra services to this time, and the expense of his Clerks; and the said Secretary is directed to lay before this Congress, or some future Assembly of this Colony, an account of his future services.

Ordered, That a Warrant be made out for Doctor Isaac Foster, as Surgeon of the Hospital at Cambridge, and another to Doctor Isaac Rand, as Surgeon of the Hospital at Roxbury.

Mr. Shillaber, agreeable to order, presented the following Resolve; which was accepted, viz:

Mr. William Shillaber, of Darners, a member of this Congress, having represented to this Congress, that he has a vessel now at Philadelphia, (having there disposed of her cargo,) a Schooner, called the William, commanded by Samuel Tucker, and that he apprehends, from such instructions as he has and will give the said Master, that the vessel, if laden with Flour, or partly so, might arrive safe at some port in this Colony, and having applied for the approbation of Congress, and set forth that he is willing to risk the same; therefore,

Resolved, That this Congress do approve thereof, and it is hereby recommended to the Committee of Inspection at Philadelphia, that they permit the said Captain Tucker to lade his vessel above desired, and sail from that port; provided the same be not against the Resolution of the American Congress, or any Resolution formed in that Colony.

The Committee appointed to consider the Resolve of the Committee of Safety relative to a new emission of Bills of Credit, reported. The Report was accepted, and is as follows:

Whereas, several persons have been employed in the service of this Colony, and several have supplied small articles, whose Accounts amount severally to small sums only: and it appearing to this Congress that the Plates engraved for impressing or striking off the Bills for the payment of the Soldiers in the service of this Colony are still sufficient for the striking off a number of impressions on each plate; therefore,

Resolved, That there be impressed or struck off on the plate containing the engraving for Notes of ten Shillings, eighteen Shillings, and twelve Shillings, six hundred and sixty-seven sheets, and no more; and that there be impressed, or struck off, on the plate for notes of sixteen Shillings, fifteen Shillings, and nine Shillings, six hundred and sixty-seven sheets, and no more; and also on the plate for twenty Shillings, fourteen Shillings, and six Shillings, that there be impressed or struck off five hundred and forty sheets, and no more; which last number, together with one hundred and twenty-seven sheets or impressions already struct off on that plate and not signed, make the like number of six hundred and sixty-seven sheets or impressions; which, together, amount to two thousand and one sheets or impressions; each sheet containing forty Shillings, amounts to the sum of £4,002; which, together with the sum of £25,998, already perfected of those Notes, make the sum of £30,000. We also report, that a Committee be appointed to agree with Mr. Revere, orsome other suitable person, for the striking off the above number of sheets; also, that a Committee be appointed to authenticate said sheets when they are struck off.

Ordered, That Deacon Mitchell, Captain Holmes, and Captain Stone, of Framingham, be a Committee to agree with some persons to strike off the Bills agreeable to the foregoing Report.

Ordered, That the Chairman of the Committee of Supplies be directed to attend this Congress with a copy of such Resolves as constitute their commission.

The Committee appointed to consider the Petition of Daniel Murray, &c., reported. The Report was accepted, and is as follows:

The Committee appointed to take into consideration the Letter from his Excellency General Washington to the Committee of Safety respecting the Petition of Daniel Murray, of Rutland, who has requested leave for his sister and two of his brothers to go into Boston, which Petition the Committee of Safety have referred to the consideration of this Congress, beg leave to report, that it is their opinion that the aforementioned Petition ought not to be granted. That the Committee of Safety be directed to acquaint his Excellency the General of the Resolution of this House of the 24th of June last, respecting the permitting of persons to go into Boston, and that it is their opinion that said Resolution ought not to be receded from in the present case.

Walter Spooner, Esquire, was appointed, in addition to Colonel Richmond, to swear the soldiers to be stationed in the County of Bristol.

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

The Committee appointed to take under consideration the Report of the Committee from Crown Point, &c., beg leave to report, by way of Resolve, as follows, viz:

Whereas, it appears to this Congress that the sum of four hundred Pounds, received by Walter Spooner, Jedediah Foster, and James Sullivan, Esquires, of the Receiver-General, the 14th of June last, for the use of this Colony, has been expended by them for the purpose for which it was designed by this Congress; therefore,

Resolved, That the said Walter Spooner, Jedediah Foster, and James Sullivan, Esquires, be, and they hereby are discharged from all demands the Colony at any time had upon them for the same, and that the receipts produced by them be filed in the Treasurer’s Office.

Resolved, That there be paid out of the publick Treasury of this Colony to Walter Spooner, Jedediah Foster, and James Sullivan, Esquires, the sum of twenty-six Pounds, three Shillings, and nine Pence, for the balance due to them from this Colony for their time and expenses to Crown Point, &c.; and the Receiver-General is hereby directed to pay the same sum accordingly.

Resolved, That there be paid out of the publick Treasury of this Colony, to Mr. Abijah Merril, the sum of four hundred Pounds, to be by him delivered to Colonel Easton, for advance pay to two hundred men at Crown Point and Ticonderoga, and the said Merril to take a receipt of said Easton therefore; and the Receiver-General is hereby directed to pay the same sum accordingly.

Resolved, That there be paid out of the publick Treasury of this Colony, the sum of two hundred and fifty-two Pounds, eleven Shillings, and one Penny half-penny, to Lieutenant William Satterlee, or order, being the balance of the Pay-Roll of Captain Herrick’s Company, from the 3d of May to the 25th of June last; and the Receiver-General is hereby directed to pay the same sum accordingly. And the said Herrick and Satterlee are hereby discharged from all demands which Colonel Arnold or this Province had for the sum of twenty-three Pounds twelve