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1775.    
  Apr. 25,
Escort to the Members of Continental Congress,
746
 26,
General Preble at Falmouth, requested to attend at Cambridge,
746
 
Fifteen of the Prisoners at Concord removed to Worcester Jail,
746
 
Provincial Congress requested to make an Establishment for Armourers,
746
 
Enlistments in the Army encouraged,
746
 
Order of the 24th instant, forbidding the Inhabitants of Chelsea and Malden to fire on the Seamen under command of Admiral Graves, rescinded,
746
 
Inhabitants of Chelsea and Malden authorized to defend themselves, as their judgment may direct,
746
 
Warrant for supplying an Express,
746
 
Certificate to Dr. Bond,
746
 27,
Instructions to Captain Derby, intrusted with intelligence to the Agent in England,
747
 
Letters sent to Rhode-Island and Connecticut,
747
 
Colonel Glover to prevent intelligence being sent to the Lively, Ship-of-War, at Marblehead,
747
 28,
Post-Riders, between the Army and Worcester, recommended,
747
 
General Gage’s Precepts for calling an Assembly not to be noticed,
747
 
None living in New-York, or any other Government, to be enlisted for the service of this Province,
747
 
Cannon at Medford to be brought to Cambridge,
747
 
Inhabitants of Boston yesterday surrendered their Fire-Arms, as they had agreed to do, with General Gage,
747
 
Committee to take the state of Boston into consideration,
747
 29,
Committee to take into consideration the removal of the Inhabitants from Boston,
747
 
Neighbouring Towns required to send one-half of their Militia to Cambridge and Roxbury,
747
 
Expresses to press as many Horses as they have occasion for,
748
 
General Ward to apply to the Commissary for such Stores as he may have occasion for,
748
 
Dr. Foster authorized to remove the sick and wounded to the Hospital,
748
 
Captain Benedict Arnold, with a Company, arrived from Connecticut,
748
 
General Thomas ordered to seize Governour Hutchinson’s Papers,
748
 30,
Captain Benedict Arnold reports the quantity of Cannon at Ticonderoga, and that the Fortress is in a ruinous condition,
748
 
Province Arms at Worcester or Concord to be brought to Cambridge,
749
 
Committee to form a plan for the liberation of the Inhabitants of Boston,
749
 
Orders to Colonel Gerrish,
749
 
John Pierce Palmer appointed Quartermaster-General of the Army,
749
 
Inhabitants of the Colony desirous of removing into Boston, permitted to do so,
749
  May 1,
Paper Currencies of Connecticut and Rhode-Island to pass in Massachusetts,
749
 
Rev. Mr. Gordon to have free access to the Prisoners,
750
 2,
Committee on the proposal of Colonel Arnold, for an attempt on Ticonderoga,
750
 
Recantations from Marblehead received,
750
 
Money, &c., to be delivered to Captain Arnold, for the use of the Colony, upon a certain service, approved of by the Council of War,
750
 
Colonel Arnold appointed to a secret service, authorized to appoint certain Officers,
750
 
Ten Horses to be procured for Colonel Arnold, to be employed on a special service,
750
 3,
Orders to Colonel Arnold, relative to an attempt upon Ticonderoga,
751
 4,
The publick good of the Colony requires that Government in full form ought to be taken up immediately,
751
 
Letter to the Governour of Connecticut, requesting him to forward three or four thousand Troops,
751
 
Committee to confer with the Council of War, on the arrival of re-enforcements at Boston,
752
 7,
To prevent the appointment of Surgeons who may not be agreeable to the Officers and Soldiers, Colonels are to nominate them,
752
1775.    
  May 7,
Committee for Chelsea to prevent Provisions from being carried into Boston,
753
 9,
Recommend a new Commission for the Committee of Safety,
753
 
Council of War recommend a re-enforcement of two thousand Men to be brought into Camp the ensuing night,
753
 
A Court of Inquiry proposed for the trial of accused persons,
753
 10,
Many Batteaus, Whale Boats, and others, will very soon be wanted on Charles River, and Carpenters are ordered to be engaged to make them,
753
 
Letter to the Colonels of the Army, informing a blow is meditated against the enemy, and ordering them to repair forthwith to Cambridge,
754
 
Letter to the Provincial Congress, enclosing the foregoing orders,
754
 
William Goodwin empowered to take possession of a number of Boats in Charlestown, and to press Teams to take the Boats to Cambridge,
754
 
Mr. Watson empowered to remove to Cambridge the Boats now in Menotomy River,
754
 
General Gage intends soon to come out of Boston, (Note,)
754
 11,
Provincial Congress requested to establish a Court of Inquiry for the trial of suspected persons,
754
 12,
Works recommended to be erected to prevent the enemy from passing into the country from Boston,
755
 
The determination of this matter rests with the Council of War,
755
 
Seizure of Tories, and detaining them until Gen. Gage complies with his engagement made with the Inhabitants of Boston, recommended,
755
 
Committee adjourns to Congress, upon matters of great importance,
755
 14,
Andrew Craigie empowered to impress beds, bedding, and other necessaries for the sick,
756
 
Josiah Martin having promised, with his life and fortune, to stand for the defence of his Country, is to be received into the favour of his countrymen,
756
 
Live Stock to be taken from Hog-Island, Noddle-Island and Snake-Island,
757
 
Persons escaping from Boston, to be received and protected,
757
 15,
Account of Ordnance and Military Stores,
757
 
Lady Frankland permitted to pass into Boston, with certain goods and articles for her voyage,
757
 
Note from Lady Frankland to Dr. Warren.—(Note,)
757
 
Note from Lady Frankland to the Committee of Safety, (Note,)
757
 
Letters from New-York, relative to the establishing a Post-Office, referred to the Provincial Congress,
757
 16,
Fifty-four Whale Boats to be provided for the use of the Colony,
759
 
Establishment for the Companies of Matrosses,
759
 
Ten Swivels to be provided for the use of the Army,
760
 17,
Committee to repair to the Provincial Congress, and request that the duty of the Committee of Safety be precisely stated,
760
 
General Gage not having kept his agreement with the Inhabitants of Boston, it is recommended to the Provincial Congress to rescind their Resolution of the 30th of April, founded on that agreement,
760
 
Students of Harvard College, who had been furnished with Arms, are requested to return them,
761
 
Female friends to America requested to send such quantities of Rags as they can spare for the Surgeons of the Massachusetts Forces,
761
 19,
Capt. John Lane furnished with enlisting papers for raising a Company of Indians at the Eastward,
761
 
Letter to the several Colonels, requesting immediate Returns,
761
 
A Horse and Sulkey furnished Dr. Church, for his journey to Philadelphia,
761
 20,
No Slave to be admitted into the Army,
762
 22,
Post-Riders discharged,
762
 23,
Congress requested to take measures to secure the Stock on the Islands and Sea-Coasts,
762

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