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MASSACHUSETTS PROVINCIAL CONGRESS. |
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May 31, |
The Provincial Congress, meets at Watertown, |
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Joseph Warren chosen President, and Samuel Freeman Secretary, |
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List of the Members chosen by the several Towns, |
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Thanks to Dr. Langdon for his excellent Sermon delivered to the Congress this day, |
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Resolve of the last Congress for supplying the Army with Chaplains, laid before the Clergy, now in Convention at Watertown, |
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Papers relative to the Fortresses at Ticonderoga, &c., ordered to be laid before the Congress, |
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Mr. Phelps, the bearer of some of the Papers, attended Congress, and gave them further information, |
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Committee to take the Papers into immediate consideration, |
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Committee to consider a Letter from the Committee of Correspondence for New-Hampshire to the Committee of Newburyport, |
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June 1, |
Report of the Committee on General Thomass Letter, |
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Members appointed Monitors in the Congress, |
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Report of a Committee on providing for the Poor of the Town of Boston, |
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Committee to consider the proposal of the Clergy, now in Convention at Watertown, |
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Committee to consider the Letter from the Selectmen of Hopkinton, |
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Report of the Committee on the Letter from New-Hampshire, recommending copies of it to be sent to the Seaport Towns, |
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Committee to consider a Letter from the Committee of Safety of Salem,
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Report of the Committee approving the conduct of Mr. Stephen Higginson, |
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Report of the Committee on the Papers relating to Ticonderoga, |
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Letter to Colonel Benedict Arnold, approving his acquisitions of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, and request him to continue in command over the Forces raised by this Colony, |
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Letter to the House of Assembly of Connecticut; maintaining a post at Ticonderoga is of the utmost importance, but in our distressing situation have postponed sending further assistance to Captain Arnold, |
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Letter to the Provincial Congress of New-Hampshire, enclosing a Letter from Colonel Arnold, commander of the Troops at Ticonderoga and Crown Point, and requesting their aid in securing the Fortresses, |
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Committee to bring in a Resolve making further provision for the Poor of the Town of Boston, |
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Committee to consider a Memorial from the County of Worcester, |
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Provision made for supplying the Army with Chaplains, |
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Committee to take into consideration the situation and circumstances of the Seaport Towns and Islands in this Colony, which are exposed to the incursions and ravages of the enemy, |
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Rev. William Gordon chosen Chaplain to the Congress, |
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Members added to the Committee appointed at the last Congress, to draw up an easy and concise method of making Saltpetre, |
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June 3, |
Report of the Committee appointed to consider the exposed condition of the Sea-Coast, |
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Persons living in places exposed to be ravaged or plundered are advised to remove their Hay and Stock out of the reach of our implacable enemies, |
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Committee to consider a Resolve of the Committee of Safety, for a re-enforcement of the Massachusetts Army, |
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Committee on a Letter from Col. James Easton. |
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Congress will make no objection to fitting out Vessels for whaling voyages or for the West-Indies, |
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Letter to the Receiver-General, requesting him to attend and sign Notes, |
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Colonel Henshaw admitted to give an account of his proceedings at Connecticut, where he was sent on the affair of Ticonderoga, |
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Colonel Eastons Letter referred to the Committee who are to confer with the Committee of Safety to-morrow morning, |
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5, |
Petition from Truro, for Powder, read and dismissed, |
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Letter from Governour Trumbull, just received, referred to the Committee of Safety, |
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Committee to confer with the Officers of the American Army, on preserving the health of the Troops,
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All Letters wrote to or by the avowed enemies of this Country, which have or may come into the hands of any person in this Colony, to be laid before the Congress, |
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Committee to consider the proposal of Captain Foster, for removing the Poor and their Goods from Boston, |
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Committee to bring in another Resolve relating to the Poor of Boston, |
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Committee to bring in a Resolve for giving a currency to the Bills of Credit of all the Governments on the Continent, |
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Committee to consider the state of the Artillery in general, |
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Mr. Sullivan directed to bring in a Resolve for preventing the circulation of Bills of Credit under a specified value, |
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Report of the Committee on giving currency to the Notes of other Governments, |
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Ordered to lie on the table till Mr. Sullivan brought in the Resolve just ordered, |
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Committee on making an allowance of Provisions to the Soldiers of the American Army, |
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Committee on providing regular Supplies for the Army, |
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Proceedings in the case of Colonel Jonathan Brewer, on the complaint of the Committee of Safety, |
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Report of the Committee on giving currency to the Bills of Credit of the other Governments, |
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Congress refuse a Commission to Mr. Jonathan Brewer, as Colonel of a Regiment in the Massachusetts Army, |
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Benjamin Edwards brought before the Congress for uttering disrespectful expressions on their decision in Colonel Brewers case, |
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Report of the Committee appointed to bring in an additional Resolve, to make provision for the Poor of Boston, |
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7, |
Committee to wait on General Ward, for a Return of the number of Men in the Massachusetts Army, |
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Committee on a Petition of the Inhabitants of Machias, |
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Committee to consider the Letters from the Stock-bridge Indians, |
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Petition from Colonel Brewer, and from several Captains under him, |
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Benjamin Edwards called in, and admonished by the President, |
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Committee on a Memorial from the Selectmen of Salem, |
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Report of the Committee on giving currency to the Bills of Credit of other Governments, read and recommitted, |
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Committee to confer with the Delegates from New-Hampshire, |
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