Afternoon.

Resolved, That the Resolve which passed yesterday, relative to Daniel Green, be reconsidered; and that Capt. Stone be appointed to bring in a Resolve with regard to him.

Ordered, That Mr. Baker, Mr. Kollock, and Captain Parker, be a Committee to consider an Account of Mr. John Gill.

Ordered, That Captain Vose, Mr. Jewett, and Mr. Bigelow, be a Committee to consider an Account of Mr. Moses Lammon, for a gun sold Barnabas Evans.

Ordered, That the Committee for signing the Bills, &c., be directed to sit and despatch the business, that the soldiers may be paid off according to order of Congress.

Ordered, That Captain Stone, Mr. Bigelow, and Capt. Harnden, be a Committee to consider the Account of Mr. Isaac Bissell.

Resolved, That the Committee of Supplies be directed to write to the Selectmen of Charlestown and Walpole, in the Government of New-Hampshire, and desire them to inform them what Cannon there are in those Towns belonging to this Colony; and the said Committee are to take into their custody such as they shall find to be the property of this Colony.

Resolved, That Mr. Stephen Hall be on the Committee in the room of Doctor Gunn, to sign the Colony Notes.

Mr. Israel Nichols’s Account was passed upon; and,

Ordered, That the Receiver-General be, and he is hereby directed to pay to Mr. Israel Nichols the sum of eighteen Shillings, in full of his Account.

Capt. Stone, agreeable to order, brought in the following Resolve respecting Daniel Green; which was accepted:

Resolved, That the Selectmen of Watertown be, and hereby are directed to take Daniel Green, a prisoner taken in the late battle on the 19th of April last, who is now in this Town, and safely convey him to Mr. Jones, prison-keeper at Concord; and said prison-keeper is hereby directed safely to keep, and properly support, the said Green, until further order of the Congress, or House of Representatives.

The Committee on Captain Lane’s Account, reported. The Report was accepted, and is as follows, viz:

Resolved, That the Receiver-General be, and he is hereby directed to pay Capt. John Lane the sum of three Pounds, six Shillings, for horse-hire and expenses from Falmouth to Watertown, and back again, in behalf of the Penobscot Tribe of Indians.

Resolved, That the Receiver-General be, and he is hereby directed to pay to Mr. Simon Hastings the sum of eight Pounds, four shillings, for attending this Congress as a Doorkeeper, for forty-one days, the present session.

Adjourned to Tuesday morning, eight o’clock.

Tuesday, July 11, 1775.

A Letter from . . . . . . . ., of New-York, to the Committee of Donations for the Town of Boston, was read. Upon which the Congress assumed the consideration of a Report relative to such Donations; which was accepted, and ordered to be printed in the Newspapers, and is as follows, viz:

Whereas, the Poor of Boston and Charlestown, who have been assigned to the several Towns in this Colony, have been and still are supported at the publick expense, for reasons that are obvious; therefore,

Resolved, That the Money, Grain, Flour, &c., that have or shall be generously given for the support of said Poor, and lodged within this Colony, ought to be considered as belonging to the publick stock of this Colony, for the use aforesaid; and the Committee of Supplies are hereby directed to take care of such Donations accordingly, till the further order of this Congress, or House of Representatives. And when any Town shall, by order of said Committee, or otherwise, receive or make use of such Donations, or any part thereof, the Selectmen of such Town are hereby ordered to exhibit an exact account thereof to this Congress, or some future House of Representatives, as credit to their accounts of charges for the support of the Poor abovesaid.

A Resolve of the Committee of Safety, relative to Soldiers who had enlisted a second time, was read, and committed to the Committee who were yesterday appointed to inquire into the subject of General Washington’s Letter.

Resolved, That if this Committee is not ready to report to the Congress at its present session, that they be directed to report to the next General Assembly, or House of Representatives.

Ordered, That Doctor Church, Captain Stone, and Mr. Woodbridge, be a Committee to inquire into the subject of a Resolve of the Committee of Safety relative to Mr. Winslow’s employing one William Lightly to carry a load of Molasses from Connecticut to New-York.

Resolved, That this Congress has no objection to Mrs. Mary Greenwood having a permit to go into Boston.

The Committee appointed to consider the circumstances of the Town of Hull, reported. The Report was accepted, and is as follows, viz:

The Committee appointed by this Congress to consider of a request of a Committee from the Town of Hull, setting forth that they are now invested by an armed vessel, and expect that the communication between them and their neighbours will soon be cut off, beg leave to report the following Resolve, viz:

Resolved, That it be, and it is hereby accordingly recommended to the Selectmen and Committee of Correspondence of the Town of Hingham and District of Cohasset, that they cause all convenient assistance to be given to the inhabitants of Hull, in removing their effects from that place, and securing and removing the crops of grain and other produce from said Town, to some secure place, for the use of the present proprietors of the same.

Mr. Pickering, by leave of Congress, presented the following Resolve in behalf of Captain Samuel Williams; which was accepted:

On an application made to this Congress, setting forth that a number of gentlemen at Salem, in this Colony, have employed Captain Samuel Williams, of that Town, to procure for them, at their cost, a number of barrels of Powder at New-York, or elsewhere to the southward:

Resolved, That the intention of those gentlemen is agreeable to this Congress; and that Captain Samuel Williams appears to be a friend to his country, and possesses the confidence of his Townsmen; and that if he executes his commission, it will be of great service to this and the other Colonies.

Resolved, That the persons employed in cutting the grass on the land of the Refugees, be allowed half a pint of Rum each per day.

Afternoon.

Ordered, That Mr. Gerry, Mr. Phillips, and Colonel Porter, be a Committee to repair immediately to General Washington, and know of him what number of men he would have this Congress raise for a temporary re-enforcement of the Army; and to inform the General of the powers vested by this Congress in the Committee of Safety, and to confer with the General at large on the state of the Army, and in particular with respect to some soldiers of the Army who have enlisted twice.*

* The following Resolution is filed with the papers of this Congress:

IN PROVINCIAL CONGRESS, Watertown, July 11, 1775.

Resolved, That the Committee of Safety be directed to wait on General Washington, and inform him of the powers with which the Congress have vested them; and that the Committee of Supplies remain possessed of all those powers they have heretofore had; and to confer with the General with regard to the circumstances of the Army, and to desire him to call in all that are out on furlough, and direct that all recruits be ordered to the camp as soon as made; and the said Committee are further directed to issue their order for calling in such a number of the Militia from the several parts of this Colony as the General shall request, not exceeding three thousand men, to remain in camp, subject to the regulations of the Army, till the several Regiments shall be recruited or filled up, or till the Congress, or some future General Assembly shall judge it safe to dismiss them; and the Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers of the Militia, so called, must bring in with them a good Firelock and a Blanket; and the Officers of the soldiers so called in, shall be paid for their services agreeable to the establishment already made for the Army; and each soldier and non-commissioned officer who shall be detained in said service more than . . . . . days, shall each of them so detained, be paid out of the publick Treasury twelve Shillings, over and above the established pay, in the room of a blanket.