1775. |
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To-morrow afternoon assigned for choosing two Major-Generals of the Massachusetts Army,
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1394 |
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Committee to collect the Letters of the late Governour Hutchinson, |
1394 |
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Report of the Committee on the four Prisoners from Dartmouth, |
1394 |
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Report of the Committee on the Petition of the Inhabitants of Machias, read and accepted, |
1395 |
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Report of the Committee appointed to confer with the Gentlemen from New-Hampshire, |
1395 |
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Letters directed to be written to the Colonies of Connecticut, Rhode-Island, and New-Hampshire, desiring them severally to appoint Committees, to meet one appointed by this Congress, at Worcester, on the 28th instant, to determine the number of Men to be raised on the present emergency, by each of the New-England Colonies, |
1395 |
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Report of the Committee appointed to confer with the Committee of Safety, on a re-enforcement of the Army, |
1395 |
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Committee to consider the expediency of establishing a number of small Armed Vessels, for the protection of our trade and the annoyance of our enemies, |
1396 |
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Committee to consider at large on some measure for commissioning the Officers of the Army, |
1396 |
June 8, |
Letter from the Committee of Arundel, with an account of their taking a Sloop from Boston, for Annapolis, |
1396 |
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Report of the Committee appointed to confer with the Committee of Safety, that it is inexpedient for this Colony to augment the Forces already raised by it, for the defence of the American Colonies; considered in Committee of the Whole, and agreed to by the Congress, |
1396 |
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Report of the Committee on commissioning Officers of the Army; read and agreed to, |
1396 |
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Committee on a Petition from the County of Cumberland, |
1397 |
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Letter to the Stockbridge Indians, |
1397 |
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Selectmen of Stockbridge appointed a Committee to send Messengers and Belts to the Indians, |
1397 |
9, |
Committee to consider what is proper to be done with the Prisoners from Arundel, |
1398 |
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Resolutions of the Continental Congress, of the 17th and 29th of May, relative to exports to the British Possessions, to be duly enforced, |
1398 |
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Provisions may be sent to Nantucket, for the use of the Inhabitants only, |
1398 |
10, |
Report of the Committee on the Prisoners brought from Arundel, |
1399 |
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Josiah Jones and Jonathan Hicks to be confined in the Jail of Middlesex, |
1400 |
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Committee to consider if Artificers may be necessary for the Army in the pay of this Colony, |
1400 |
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Committee on the appointment of Armourers for the Massachusetts Army, |
1400 |
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Allowance of Provisions for the Soldiers of the Massachusetts Army,
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1401 |
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Monday next (12th instant) assigned for choosing three Delegates, to meet those that may be sent by the other New-England Colonies, |
1401 |
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Choice of two Major-Generals deferred to Monday next, |
1401 |
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Committee to consider the expediency of establishing a number of Armed Vessels, |
1401 |
11, |
Address to the Continental Congress; ordered to be signed by Major Hawley, as Vice-President, and sent by express to Philadelphia, |
1401 |
12, |
Committee to consider some measure to prevent the violation of the Sabbath, |
1402 |
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Committee to consider the Petition of the Committee at Charlestown, |
1402 |
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Committee to prepare Instructions to the Delegates to go to Ticonderoga, |
1403 |
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Committee to consider of some method to supply the Surgeons of the Army with Medicines, |
1403 |
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Letter to the Continental Congress, |
1403 |
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Exportation of Provisions prohibited, |
1404 |
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Report of Committee on supplying Surgeons with Medicines, |
1404 |
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Orders for the arrest of one Thompson, who is about to sail from Salem to New-Providence, for Provisions for the Army in Boston, |
1404 |
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Committee chosen to meet the Committees of the New-England Colonies at Worcester, on the 28th instant, |
1405 |
1775. |
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Committee chosen to go to Ticonderoga, to examine into the state of that Fortress, |
1405 |
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Motion made to reconsider the Resolve for choosing a Committee to meet Committees of the New-England Governments, at Worcester, |
1405 |
June 13, |
Letter from Governour Trumbull, enclosing a Letter from Colonel Arnold, and three Resolves of the Continental Congress; read and referred to the Committee appointed to prepare Instructions to the Committee to repair to Ticonderoga, |
1405 |
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Twenty-three Regiments to be commissioned, exclusive of the Regiment of Matrosses, |
1406 |
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Committee to consider the Petition of Abner Graves and others, |
1406 |
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Resolves relating to the Convention of Committees at Worcester, reconsidered, |
1406 |
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Colonel John Whitcomb chosen First Major-General, |
1406 |
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Report of the Committee on the expediency of establishing a number of Armed Vessels considered, and, after a very long debate, the further consideration of it referred to Friday next, |
1407 |
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Instructions to the Gentlemen chosen by this Congress to repair to Ticonderoga,
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1407 |
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Committee to consider the subject-matter of a late extraordinary Proclamation of General Gage, |
1408 |
14, |
Abner Graves and others have leave to withdraw their Petition, |
1409 |
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Committee to consider the Report of Col. Thompson, and the Petition of Mr. Parry, |
1409 |
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First Thursday of July next appointed a day of Fasting and Prayer throughout the Colony, |
1409 |
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Committee to consider of the means for furnishing those who are destitute of Arms in the Massachusetts Army, |
1409 |
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Committee to Ticonderoga directed to revise the papers relating to that Fortress, and to take with them such as are not wanted by this Congress, |
1409 |
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Committee to consider the propriety of supplying the Generals of the Massachusetts Army with necessary Household Furniture, |
1409 |
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Dr. Joseph Warren chosen Second Major-General, |
1409 |
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Resolve for a Day of Fasting recommitted, that the following things might be mentioned: blessing on the Continental Congress, unity of the Colonies, health, fruitful seasons, &c., |
1410 |
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Committee of Supplies directed forthwith to recommend suitable persons for Officers in the Train of Artillery, |
1410 |
15, |
Orders for securing the Library and Apparatus of Harvard College, |
1410 |
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Letter to the Continental Congress, to New-York, and to the several Governments in New-England, |
1410 |
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House to be taken for the Soldiers near the camp at Cambridge, it Tents cannot be had, |
1411 |
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Inhabitants of several Towns requested to furnish Fire-Arms for the use of the Army, |
1411 |
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Committee to consider the application of the Rev. Dr. Langdon, |
1413 |
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Report of the Committee appointed to consider the claims and pretensions of several Colonels in the Army, |
1413 |
16, |
Soldiers to be supplied with Rum on extraordinary occasions, |
1414 |
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Committee to consider an augmentation of the Army, a supply of Arms to the Soldiers, &c., |
1414 |
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Consideration of the Report on fitting out Armed Vessels further postponed, |
1414 |
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Letter to General Whitcomb, requesting a more explicit answer respecting his acceptance of his appointment as Major-General, |
1414 |
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Report of the Committee on the violation of the Sabbath, |
1415 |
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Vessels laden with Cod Fish permitted to sail for the West-Indies, |
1416 |
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Report of the Committee appointed to consider the late extraordinary Proclamation signed Thomas Gage, |
1416 |
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Proclamation by the Provincial Congress, to be printed and published throughout the Colony, |
1416 |
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Report of the Committee on the application of Dr. Langdon, |
1419 |