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1775.    
June 17,
Report of Committee on procuring Fire-Arms and Powder from Philadelphia and elsewhere,
1419
 
Militia throughout the Colony requested to hold themselves in readiness to march at a minute’s warning: and the Inhabitants on the Sea-Coast are requested to carry their Arms with them on the Sabbath and other days when they meet for publick worship,
1419
 
Report of the Committee on the Resolves of the Committee of Safety relative to an augmentation of the Army, supply of Arms, &c.,
1420
 
Letter from the President of the Continental Congress, and a Resolve containing several recommendations to this and the other Colonies; brought by express,
1422
 
Committee appointed to call together the Members of this Congress, in any extraordinary emergency, at any other time or to any other place than that to which it may stand adjourned,
1422
 
Committees to purchase Fire-Arms in the several Counties,
1422
18,
Records and Papers of the Provincial Congress to be secured and taken care of, at the discretion of the Secretary,
1422
 
Committee to prepare a Letter to the Continental Congress, on the late attack of the King’s Troops at Bunker’s Hill,
1423
 
Committee of Supplies directed to write to Rhode-Island and New-Hampshire for Powder,
1423
 
Committee to see that the Army at the Intrenchments be well supplied with victuals and drink,
1423
 
Report of the Committee on establishing Officers to take care of the Ordnance Stores,
1423
 
President of this Congress to be chosen this afternoon, in place of the Honourable Joseph Warren, supposed to be killed in the late battle at Bunker’s Hill,
1424
 
Report on the Resolve of the Continental Congress for establishing Civil Government in this Colony; read, debated, and deferred till Dr. Church, who was at Philadelphia when the Resolve passed, shall be present,
1424
 
James Warren chosen President of the Congress,
1424
 
To-morrow morning assigned for considering the Report on fitting out Armed Vessels,
1424
 
The Secretary directed to subscribe the name of the late President to all Commissions bearing date on the 19th of May,
1424
 
Committee of Supplies directed to furnish destitute Soldiers with Clothes and Blankets,
1425
 
Fifteen hundred good Spears to be immediately furnished to the Army at Cambridge,
1425
20,
Report of the Committee on the Petition of Col. Phinney, recommending the establishment of a Regiment to guard the Sea-Coast in the County of Cumberland,
1425
 
Laid on the table till the matter respecting Armed Vessels is considered,
1425
 
Committee to purchase Spears for the Army,
1425
 
Report of the Committee on the Resolve of the Continental Congress respecting Government,
1425
 
Letter to the several Towns in the Colony, requesting them to elect Representatives to an Assembly to meet the 10th day of July next,
1426
 
Report on the expediency of establishing Armed Vessels further considered, debated, and ordered to subside for the present,
1426
 
Another Hospital for the sick and wounded of the Army established,
1427
 
Committee to confer with four Indians this day arrived from Penobscot, under the conduct of John Lane,
1427
 
Committee to inquire into the grounds of a report which has prevailed in the Army that there has been treachery in some of the Officers,
1428
 
Colonel Heath chosen a Major-General,
1428
 
Letter to the Continental Congress,
1429
 
Letter to General Ward, requesting to send one or more Regiments from Roxbury to Cambridge,
1430
21,
Commission to Major-General Heath,
1430
 
Committee to consider the expediency of removing Colonel Glover’s Regiment from Marblehead to Cambridge,
1431
 
Resolution relative to the Estates of Refugees, (See Note,)
1431
 
Address from an Indian Chief of the Penobscot Tribe,
1432
1775.    
 
Committee to inquire into the present want of discipline in the Massachusetts Army,
1432
 
Joseph Fry chosen Third Major-General,
1433
 
Report of the Committee to consider the request of the Penobscot Indians, now at Watertown,
1433
 
Commissions for the Officers of the Train of Artillery directed to be prepared and delivered,
1433
June 22,
Proclamation for a Fast recommitted for amendment,
1434
 
Committee to consider the propriety of commissioning the Officers of Colonel Gerrish’s Regiment,
1435
 
Report of the Committee on the means by which the Army before Boston may be most expeditiously strengthened,
1435
 
Corn and Ammunition to be furnished the Inhabitants on Penobscot River, &c.,
1436
23,
Rank of the Officers in Colonel Gridley’s Regiment,
1436
 
Report of the Committee appointed to consider the state of Colonel Phinney’s Regiment,
1437
 
Committee to take into consideration the Regiment that was moved from Marblehead to Cambridge
1437
 
Committee to consider of proper expedients to augment the Army, and to write to the other New-England Governments on the subject,
1438
 
Report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the misconduct in the late Engagement,
1438
 
Committee of Safety directed to make out a new list for Officers of the Train of Artillery, and that no person unworthy of that office be appointed,
1438
 
Payment ordered to Mr. John Lane for his expenses in bringing up four Chiefs of the Penobscot Tribe of Indians,
1438
 
Town of Malden authorized to defend themselves in case of an attack from the enemy,
1439
 
Former vote respecting the removal of the Library and Apparatus reconsidered, and another adopted,
1439
 
Letter to General Ward, directing him to order eight Companies, now posted in Plymouth, to join the Army before Boston,
1440
 
Robert Haskell permitted to go from Beverly to Nova-Scotia in a Fishing Vessel,
1440
24,
Committee to consider some method of regulating Trade with the Indians,
1440
 
Committee to consider what further is necessary to be done respecting Bills of Credit of the Colony,
1440
 
Establishment for Surgeons of Hospitals,
1440
 
Committee to get the Resolve for a Fast printed,
1441
 
Captain John Lane admitted to the floor of the House, to answer such questions as the Congress shall propose to him,
1441
 
Report of the Committee appointed to prepare a Letter to the Governour of Rhode-Island,
1442
 
Committee to consider a Letter from General Ward, informing of the desertion of Lieutenant Cox, of Salem,
1442
 
Report of the Committee appointed to consider the expediency of stationing part of Colonel Phinney’s Regiment in Cumberland and Lincoln,
1442
 
Proclamation for a Fast suspended,
1442
 
Report of the Committee on the desertion of Lieutenant Cox,
1442
 
Committee to consider what steps should be taken for receiving General Washington with proper respect,
1443
 
Report of the Committee to consider of an adequate allowance for Captain John Lane,
1443
 
Colonel Porter directed to have a Scythe fixed on a Spear, in such manner as he thinks fit, and bring it before the Congress when fixed,
1443
 
Committee appointed to procure Spears empowered to order Blacksmiths to work on the Sabbath,
1443
 
Report of the Committee appointed to regulate Trade with the Indians,
1443
 
Rev. Mr. Gordon chosen to preach an Election Sermon, on the 19th of July next,
1444
25,
Committee to procure Shovels and Spades for the Army immediately,
1444
 
Honorary commission to Mr. Gilman, Interpreter to the Penobscot Indians,
1444

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