Arms, which were procured for Colonel Nixon’s Regiment, in consequence of a request from the Hon. General Lee, do return them to the Committee appointed to receive and dispose of the Arms collected from the several Towns in this Colony.

In Council, August 9, 1775: Read and concurred.

Afternoon.

The Committee on the Petition of Colonel Arnold, (which was recommitted,) reported that the prayer of the Petition be granted.

Ordered, That the Secretary lay on the table the Resolve for an emission of One Hundred Thousand Pounds.

The Secretary brought down the said Resolve, and laid it upon the table accordingly.

A Petition of Mr. Joshua Fabyan, praying this Court to order payment to him of five Pounds, for a balance due to the Selectmen of Scarborough, for one hundred Blankets procured for the Soldiers who were enlisted in that Town, was read, and committed.

Ordered, That one or more of the Committee of Supplies be directed to attend this House, to give an account of the Horse and Chaise lately the property of Harrison Gray, which was in the possession of the late Doctor Warren, and since his death in the possession of the said Committee.

Mr. Benjamin Guild was returned a Member for the Town of Wrentham.

Captain Samuel Epes was returned a Member for the Town of Danvers.

Ordered, That Captain Partridge, Colonel Freeman, and Captain Stone, be a Committee to bring in a Bill to prevent the waste of Powder by firing at fowl or game of any kind, and marks; and that the Committee be instructed to see that this Bill does not extend to the Army.

Ordered, That Mr. Gerry and Mr. Cushing, with such as the honourable Board shall join, be a Committee to consider what is proper to be done relative to the receiving and disposing of the Coats and other articles which were ordered to be procured for the Soldiers by the Resolves of the late Provincial Congress.

Ordered, That Dr. William Eustis be, and hereby is directed immediately to deliver to the Committee of Supplies the Horse and Chaise which were in the possession of the late Doctor Warren, and which formerly belonged to Harrison Gray, of Boston.

Moses Gill, Esq., brought down the Report of the Committee appointed to examine Mr. Edward Parry, viz:

“In Council, August 9, 1775.

“The Committee appointed to examine Mr. Edward Parry, &c., have attended that service, and, considering his close connection with, and dependance on persons employed by the Crown, his disposition to supply our enemies with masts, planks, &c, contrary to the known sentiments of this people, and that his being restrained from doing it he considers as acts of violence and injustice, all which appear under his own hand, beg leave to report, as their opinion, that the said Edward Parry be immediately sent to some inland Town, which shall be more than seventy miles distant from all the seaports in this Colony, there to be detained and provided for by the Selectmen of such Town, until the further order of this Court.

“BENJAMIN LINCOLN, per order.

“Read and accepted. Sent down for concurrence.”

Ordered, That Major Hawley, Mr. Story, and Colonel Freeman, be a Committee to bring in a Bill for an emission of One Hundred Thousand Pounds, agreeable to a Resolve which has passed this Court for that purpose.

Ordered, That Captain Goodman, Captain Parker, Major Hawley, Mr. Greenleaf, and Major Bliss, be a Committee to consider how and in what manner those Inhabitants of this Colony who have removed from one Town to another shall be taxed.

The Committee on Colonel Arnold’s Account reported the following Resolve on the two Orders drawn by Colonel Benedict Arnold in favour of Mr. John Watson, viz:

Resolved, That the sum of twenty-three Pounds, eleven Shillings, and four Pence half-penny, be paid to John Watson, Esq., or order, in full of two Orders drawn by Colonel Benedict Arnold on this Colony, dated the 30th June last.

In Council, August 10, 1775: Read and concurred.

A Petition of Ebenezer Dorr, praying to be allowed out of the publick Treasury a reasonable allowance for a ton and a half of Hay, and a quantity of Grass, taken and used by the Army stationed at Roxbury, was read, and committed to Mr. Hale, Mr. Dickerson, and Mr. Durfee.

Then the House adjourned to eight o’clock, to-morrow morning.

Thursday, August 10, 1775.

Ordered, That Dr. Whiting, Major Ely, and Major Brooks, be a Committee to bring in a Resolve for the purpose of directing payment of Advance Wages to the Commissioned Officers.

Resolved, That Mr. Greenleaf have leave to bring in a Resolve directing the Receiver-General to put into his hands so much money as will be sufficient to pay the Advance Wages of such sick and wounded, who are absent from the Army, as the said Greenleaf will undertake to pay.

Ordered, That Major Hawley be excused from the Committee appointed to bring in a Bill for the emission of One Hundred Thousand Pounds in Colony Notes, and that Mr. Cushing be appointed in his stead.

The Committee on the Petition of Mr. Fabyan reported. The Report was considered, and recommitted, and Captain Bragdon and Captain Greenleaf were added to the Committee; and the Committee were directed to inquire into the state of facts relative thereto, and make report.

The Committee appointed to bring in a Resolve for paying Advance Wages to the Commissioned Officers reported. The Report was recommitted.

The Committee on the Letter from Dartmouth again reported.

After debates had thereon, the question was put, whether said Report be accepted, and it passed in the negative.

The former Report was then resumed, amended, and accepted, viz:

Inasmuch as the time prefixed by the Continental Congress, prohibiting all exportation to Great Britain, Ireland, and the English West-India Islands, is not yet come; yet, as this Colony, in union with the sister Colonies on this Continent, are unhappily engaged in an unnatural war with the Parent State, it behooves us, under such circumstances, to take all possible precaution that none of the inhabitants of this Colony supply those who are seeking our ruin with Provisions, or any materials that shall enable them to execute their cruel designs against us:

Therefore, Resolved, That from and after the fifteenth day of August, instant, no Ship or Vessel shall sail out of any Port in this Colony on any whaling voyage whatever, without leave first had and obtained from the Great and General Court of this Colony, or from some Committee or Committees or persons they shall appoint to grant such leave; and that it be recommended to the honourable Board to write Letters to the several Assemblies of the other New-England Colonies, advising them to pass a similar Resolve, and likewise that this Resolve be printed in the several Newspapers of Cambridge and Watertown, and in handbills; and that Captain Goodman and Captain Stone, with such as the honourable Board shall join, be a Committee for getting the same printed and dispersed to the several seaports in this Colony.

In Council, August 14, 1775: Read and concurred, and Dr. Taylor is joined.

The Report of the Committee appointed to consider the circumstances of the Soldiers, with respect to their advance pay, as well those stationed on the sea-coasts as others, was resumed, and recommitted to Colonel Freeman, Colonel Bowers, and Mr. Davis.

Ordered, That Captain Batchelder, Colonel Thompson, and Major Cross, be a Committee to consider the subject