Thirty thousand Men considered necessary for the defence of the lives, liberty and property of the Americans; and not more than twenty-four thousand having been raised by the several Colonies, the matter is laid before the Congress,

Immediate removal of the Sheep and Hay from Noddle Island recommended,

Committee of Cohasset requested to restore to Mr. Temple his Property, and they and all others to treat him as a friend to this Country and to the rights of all America,

Rev. Mr. Gordon of Roxbury authorized to receive from Capt. McLane a volume of copies of Governour Hutchinson’s Letters,

Elisha Littenwell directed to remove from Chelsea to Cambridge the Cannon and Stores of a Schooner burned by our People,

Letter from Mr. Quincy to Mr. Adams, read in the Congress, and sent to Dr. Warren,

Committee to take Depositions of the transactions of the Troops under General Gage, in their route to and from Concord, on Wednesday last, to be sent to England,

An Army of thirty thousand Men necessary for the defence of the Colony,

Thirteen thousand six hundred Men to be immediately raised in this Province,

Committee to bring in a plan for the establishment of the Army,

Committees to New-Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode-Island, to request their concurrence in raising the Army,

Doctor Warren elected President,

Establishment of the Army,

Committees of the several Towns requested to furnish enlisted Men with Blankets,

Committee of Safety or Committee of Supplies empowered to impress Horses or Teams,

Committee to attend the Committee of Safety, to name suitable persons for Officers in the Army now raising,

Letters from Hartford read and forwarded to the Committee of Safety at Cambridge,

Motion to ascertain the number of delinquent Towns and Districts rejected,

Proceedings with the Indian Nations to be kept secret. Other matters before the Congress to be left to the discretion of each Member,

Companies in each Regiment to be reduced from one hundred Men to fifty-nine Men each, and each Regiment to ten Companies,

Committee to draught a Letter to the Agent in Great Britain,

William Burbeck appointed an Engineer of the Forces now raising in this Colony for the defence of the rights and liberties of the American Continent,

Richard Gridley appointed Chief Engineer,

Committee to consider the state of the Eastern parts of the Province,

Committee of Supplies directed to procure Powder and Ball for the Colony, and to furnish what can be spared to the Eastern Towns,

Marblehead, Salem and Newburyport required to sell four half-barrels of Powder each, to the Towns of York, Welles, Biddeford and Boothbay,

Committee to inquire what provision is made for a Post to ride from the Army to Worcester; and also to procure a Writ issued by General Gage for calling an Assembly in May next,

Motion by Mr. Gerry that the Committees of the Seaport Towns in the County of Essex be advised to have all the effects of the Inhabitants removed as soon as possible,

Committee to get an exact account of the Men killed and wounded and murdered in the late scene, on the 19th instant,

Committee to make true copies of the Depositions, and have them signed and authenticated,

Committee to confer with the Gentlemen from New-Hampshire, and to lay before them the Letters just received from New-York, dated April 19,

Letter to the Convention of New-Hampshire,

Committee to consult with the Committee from New-Hampshire respecting the New-Hampshire Forces, now at Cambridge,

Committee to consider a Letter from Stephen Hopkins, dated Providence, April 27,

Committee to consider the expediency of establishing Post-Riders between the Massachusetts Forces and the Town of Worcester,

Committee to consider the propriety of advising the Towns not to notice the Precepts issued by General Gage for calling a General Assembly,

Committee to prepare the form of a Commission for the Officers of the Army now forming in this Province,

Committee to prepare Rules for the government of the House,

Committee to ascertain what has taken place for the release of our friends in Boston,

Committee to bring in a Resolve empowering the Committee of Supplies to procure Provisions and Military Stores for the Army now forming in this Colony,

Papers presented, containing the Proceedings of the Town of Boston with General Gage,

Committee of Safety requested to report on the Papers,

Rules for the government of the Congress adopted,

Committee of Supplies empowered to purchase every kind of Military Stores, Provisions and all other Supplies, for the use of the Forces of this Colony,

Pay of Field-Officers reduced,

County Committees to report, on the fourth Wednesday in May, the conduct of the Towns and Districts with respect to their having executed the Continental and Provincial measures for the preservation of this Country from slavery,

Committee to consider on some method for supplying the Treasury,

Committee to confer with Jos. Brown, of Rhode-Island,

Letter from New-York, dated April 24, recommending the intercepting of the Despatches to General Gage,

State and situation of the Cannon and Military Stores,

Express sent to the Committee of Safety, to procure their result with respect to moving out the Inhabitants of Boston,

Letter to the Committee of Safety, sent by the Express,

Committee to inquire into the conduct of the several Towns relative to Prisoners of War,

Resolve from the Committee of Safety, respecting the liberation of the Inhabitants of Boston, accepted, and ordered to be sent to the Selectmen of Boston, to be communicated to Gen. Gage,

Committee to examine the Papers of the Congress, and report what may be published,

Letter from Major Hawley, respecting the Bearer of Despatches for General Gage; referred to Committee of Safety,

Motion that William Read be admitted to state the sufferings he met with on the 19th April, rejected. Committee to confer with him,

Form of Commission for Colony Officers,

Pass for the use of Members of Congress,

Resolutions for the removal of the Poor from Boston,

Report of Committee on application of William Read,

Joseph Warren chosen President,

Committee on securing the Records of the Counties,

Letter to the Delegates from this Colony in Connecticut,

Committee to forward to the Continental Congress copies of the Depositions, and Address to the Inhabitants of Great Britain, and Letter to Mr. Franklin, lately sent to Great Britain,

Effects of persons removing into Boston may be sent there,

Committee on liberating the persons taken Prisoners on the 19th of April,