the amount of his account of expenses, time, and horse, in a journey to Watertown by order of Congress.

Gave James Osgood orders to enlist twenty effective soldiers.

Appointed Captain David Page to muster the men that shall be enlisted by James Osgood.

Gave John Parker orders to enlist sixty-three men for Soldiers.

Made out Commission for Colonel Bedell as Captain; Abraham Palmer as Lieutenant; Richard Nelson as Ensign, of the first Company of Rangers, in the service of this Colony, dated 23d of June, 1775, the day they were mustered.

Gave Captain Bedell the following orders:

SIR: You are directed to proceed immediately to Northumberland or Lancaster, with your company, or such part thereof as you think proper, and there, in conjunction with the inhabitants, erect a garrison in such a place as you, with their advice, shall judge most suitable, sufficient for defence against small-arms; and when that is completed, to assist in building garrisons in such other places on the frontiers as you, with the advice of the inhabitants, shall judge most necessary; sending out such scouts from time to time for intelligence as you shall think expedient; and also to take charge of all such provisions as may be sent you, and cause the same properly to be delivered to the soldiers of your and other companies that may be posted by the Congress or this Committee on Connecticut River, and purchase beef and bread, &c., as may be requisite, and return your accounts to this Committee for their allowance and payment; and also to use your utmost endeavours to gain and keep the friendship of the Indians, by small donations, &c.; and if any thing of importance should occur, to send information thereof to this Committee by immediate expresses; and to take up and examine any person you may suspect of attempting to cross the country to Canada with a design to hurt the cause of America; and if, after examination, you are satisfied of such design, that you secure him or them, and send them down here for trial; and to use your discretion with regard to any others who evidently appear to be inimical to the liberties of America. In case, of any attack upon any of the inhabitants in those parts to whom you can possibly afford assistance, you are to do it without delay.

By order of the Committee:

WM. WHIPPLE, Chairman pro tem.

Gave Matthew Thornton orders to enlist forty-three ablebodied men as Soldiers.

Gave Seth Wheeler the following Orders to enlist ten ablebodied men as Soldiers:

In Committee of Safety, Exeter, July 7, 1775.

To SETH WHEELER, Greeting:

SIR: You are hereby empowered immediately to enlist ten able-bodied and effective men, well accoutred, as soldiers in the New-Hampshire service, for the preservation of American liberty, and cause them to pass muster as soon as possible.

By order of the Committee:

WM. WHIPPLE, Chairman pro tem.

In Committee of Safety, Exeter, July 7, 1775.

To SETH WHEELER:

SIR: Whereas, you this day received orders for enlisting ten men as soldiers in the New-Hampshire service, for the preservation of American liberty: you are hereby acquainted that the commission of an Ensign in said service shall be made out for you as soon as your enlistment is completed, and the men have passed muster. You and the said men to be enlisted are to be under the command of Captain John Parker, of Litchfield, in the County of Hillsborough.

By order of said Committee:

WM. WHIPPLE, Chairman pro tem.

July 8, 1775.—Upon application of Selectmen of Newtown, informing that they had been opposed in endeavouring to apprehend a deserter from the Army, in order to send him back, and requesting advisement thereon, wrote to inhabitants of said Town, as follows:

In Committee of Safety, Exeter, July 8, 1775.

Whereas, the Provincial Congress have recommended to the several and respective Committees in the several Towns, Parishes, and Precincts in this Colony, to take up and secure deserters from the American Army, and cause them to be conveyed safely to their proper Officers at Head-Quarters; and this measure must appear to every one to be of great importance to the American cause; and as we are informed the Town of Newtown, having no such Committee, the Selectmen laudably therefore endeavoured to answer the design of the Congress in sending back a deserter, but not without opposition in accomplishing the same: We therefore recommend it to the inhabitants of Newtown (whose zeal and disposition to serve the common cause, we cannot doubt) that they exert themselves in endeavouring to have such deserters apprehended and returned to their respective Companies, and in supporting the Selectmen and others in doing the same; and that all such persons as shall endeavour by any means to obstruct or hinder them herein be taken proper notice of, according to the nature of their offence, and if need be put under guard. And also that the Town, as soon as may be, proceed to choose a Committee, as recommended by the Congress.

Ordered Committee of Supplies to send two barrels of Gunpowder, eight hundred pounds of Lead or Bullets, six hundred Flints and Blankets, for forty Soldiers, and all other necessaries for the use of the Troops, on the Western Frontiers of this Colony to Coos.

Ordered Receiver-General to pay Samuel Folsom forty Pounds fourteen Shillings, and a Penny, being for the board, horsekeeping, and expenses of Committee to this day.

Ordered Receiver-General to pay Timothy Bedell, Esq., forty-five Shillings and six Pence, the amount of his account of expenses, &c., in a journey to Watertown by order of Congress.

Wrote John Hancock, Esq., President of Continental Congress.

Wrote to New-Hampshire Delegates at Continental Congress, and to Doctor Langdon at Cambridge, enclosing two former Letters.

July 13, 1775.—Ordered Committee of Supplies to forward to Head-Quarters fourteen barrels of Gunpowder, and a quantity of Bullets.

July 14, 1775.—Ordered Receiver-General to pay William Parer, Jun., one hundred and fifty Pounds, first month’s wages of Captain Shortridge’s Company.

Appointed William Whipple, Esquire, Paymaster of first month’s wages of Captain Shortridge’s Company, and Eliphalet Daniel to muster them.

July 19, 1775.—Ordered Receiver-General to pay Messrs. Folsom, Parsons, and Evans, (Committee to procure five hundred Fire-Arms to be made,) thirty Pounds, to be by them accounted for.

Ordered Receiver-General to pay James Proctor nine Pounds, for sixty shod Shovels by him supplied.

Ordered Receiver-General to pay Jonathan Perkins ten Shillings, amount of his account, for keeping door of Congress, &c.

Ordered Receiver-General to pay Moses Parsons three Pounds ten Shillings, amount of his account for expenses in journeying after Gunsmiths.

Ordered Receiver-General to pay Captain Josiah Moulton three Pounds sixteen Shillings, being the sum he had advanced for his board, and expenses as one of the Committee of Safety.

Ordered Receiver-General to pay Ebenezer Thompson, Esq., thirty Pounds, to be by him accounted for.

July 24, 1775.—Ordered Receiver-General to pay Committee of Supplies six hundred Pounds, to be by them accounted for.

Ordered Receiver-General to pay General Sullivan thirty Pounds, to be by him accounted for.

Appointed W. Parker, Jun., to muster Captain Parker’s Company, and to pay them first month’s wages.

July 31, 1775.—Ordered Receiver-General to pay W. Parker, Jun., one hundred and twenty Pounds, first month’s wages of part of Captain Jonathan Parker’s Company.