Boats, for the use of the Forces destined for Deer-Island, in the County of Lincoln, which Corn and Boats are to be delivered to the care of Colonel Cargill, in said County, and said Captain Morton to be accountable to this Court for the same sum.

In Council, August 15, 1775: Read and concurred.

Report of the Committee on Capt. Jeremiah Obrian’s Account. Read, and recommitted for amendments.

Ordered, That a Precept be issued to the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, for the choice of a Representative, in the room of the Honourable Mr. Samuel Adams, who is elected to the Board.

Ordered, That Major Hawley, Major Cross, Mr. Sullivan, Colonel Sawyer, and Captain Partridge, be a Committee to wait upon Mr. Adams to the honourable Board.

Benjamin White, Esq., brought down the Report on the Memorial of the Officers of the Eastern Regiment in the County of Lincoln

Afternoon.

Ordered, That Colonel Cushing, Mr. Greenleaf, and Mr. Wheeler, be a Committee to confer with General Washington relative to the Debts contracted by the Massachusetts Forces before it was made a Continental Army, and make report to this House.

Ordered, That the sum of Six Thousand Pounds be granted for defraying the charges of the General Court.

The House then adjourned till to-morrow morning, eight o’clock.

Wednesday, August 16, 1775.

The Report of the Committee on “the Petition of the Committee of Inspection and Correspondence for the Town of Falmouth.* Read and accepted.

Resolved, That the owner of the Vessel, mentioned in the foregoing Petition, have liberty to proceed immediately with said Vessel and Cargo either to Dartmouth or Swanzey, as he shall think most for his benefit; and that such procedure with said Vessel and Cargo, by orders of the owner, be not interrupted.

Sent up for concurrence.

The Resolve for the new emission of Bills of Credit for One Hundred Thousand Pounds, and for authenticating the same by signing and numbering them.

Read, and Ordered, That four o’clock this afternoon be assigned for the second reading of it.

Deacon Israel Nichols was returned a Member from the Town of Leominster.

Ordered, That the Messenger of the House direct the attendance of Deacon Cheever and Mr. Devens, that they may inform the House what part of the Town of Charles-town is capable of paying Taxes.

The Committee appointed to take into consideration a Petition from the Committees of Gouldsborough, Narraguagus, Number-Four, and Pleasant River,† having conferred with Captain Alexander Campbell, as referred to in said Petition, reported.  Read and accepted.

Resolved, That one Company of fifty Men, including Officers, be raised and stationed in the Towns of Gouldsborough, Narraguagus, Number-Four, and Pleasant River, and to be on the same establishment as those already raised in the County of Lincoln, to the eastward of St. George’s; and that they be supplied with one hundred pounds of Powder, five hundred Flints, and Ball equivalent; and that the Powder, Balls and Flints be transported to Falmouth, in the County of Cumberland, at the expense of this Colony; and that the abovementioned articles be delivered to Captain Campbell, for the use of said Company when raised, Captain Campbell, with the other Petitioners, to be accountable to this Court for the same.

In Council, August 19, 1775: Read and concurred.

Ordered, That Mr. Dix, Mr. Crane, and Mr. Devens, be a Committee to bring in a Bill for proportioning the sum of Forty-Six Thousand Pounds upon the several Towns ordered by this House, for defraying the publick charges, and for the support of Government, agreeable to the last valuation, and the particular instructions of this House.

The Report on the Memorial of the Officers of the Eastern Regiment in the County of Lincoln Read and recommitted.

Ordered, That Mr. Greenleaf be on the Committee to examine Dr. Marvin’s Account, in the room of Colonel Grout, and that the Committee be directed to sit immediately.

The Report of the Committee on the Petition of the Committee of Inspection and Correspondence for the Town of Falmouth was brought down by Mr. Gill, with some amendments.

The Report of the Committee on the Petition from the Inhabitants of Machias read, and recommitted; and

Ordered, That Captain Partridge and Colonel Bowers be added to the Committee.

Afternoon.

The Bill for vacating the Civil and Military Commissions in this Colony.

Read, and Resolved, That this Bill pass to be enacted.

In the fifteenth year of the Reign of GEORGE the Third, King, & c.

An Act for removing from their respective offices and places all the Officers, both Civil and Military, belonging to this Colony of the MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, in NEW-ENGLAND, holding, or claiming to hold their respective offices or places by or under any nomination, appointment or commission, made or granted by any Governour or Lieutenant- Governour of the Province of the MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, in NEW-ENGLAND, either with or without the advice and consent of the. Council or Assistants of said Province, in the absence of the Governour and Lieutenant-Governour, before the present meeting of this General Court.

Whereas many of the Civil and Military Officers of the said Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England, have clearly manifested themselves unfriendly to the rights and liberties of these American Colonies, and therefore

* To the Honourable the Council and House of Representatives for the Province of the MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, now sitting at WATERTOWN:

The Committees of Inspection and Correspondence for the Town of Falmouth humbly sheweth: That on information that the Brig Sally, from the West-Indies, laden with Sugar and Molasses, commanded by Captain Edward Grisby, and owned by Mr. Joseph Sherburne, suspected to be for the British Army, now in Boston, we thought fit to send for the Captain, and find by him he has orders to proceed with said Brig and cargo to Swanzey, to Colonel Bowers’s wharf, for which reasons, we thought fit to stop said Brig and cargo, supposing it impossible for them to proceed to Swanzey with safety, and have ordered her to be detained at Falmouth until your Honours shall give orders how said Brig shall be proceeded with, &c. We, your petitioners, therefore pray your Honours to take the affair under your consideration and order, as you in your wisdom shall see fit. And your petitioners, as in duty bound, shall ever pray.

FALMOUTH, August 11, 1775.

† To the Honourable General Assembly of the Province of the MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, at WATERTOWN:

The Petition of the Committees for the Townships of Gouldsborough, Number-Four, Narraguagus, and Pleasant River, lying in the Eastern parts of said Province, humbly shews: That whereas, the present alarming situation of this Country, and the Province in general, particularly the several Towns to which they belong, being at present destitute of all legal and constitutional Government, beg leave to inform your Honours, that we have taken such steps as we thought proper to govern ourselves in our different departments, agreeable to the once happy Constitution of this Province, according to our judgment, the copy of which proceedings we beg leave to transmit by the bearer, Captain Alexander Campbell. However, being suspicious of our abilities in matters of that nature, we beg leave to come under the direction and protection of your honourable body, and to have such laws and rules prescribed for us, as you in your wisdom may think most suitable; and we, for ourselves and constituents, do heartily engage to conform to the same from time to time, as your Honours shall direct. It may be needless for us to represent to your Honours the very distressed situation of this Country with respect to provisions and almost every other necessary of life. We humbly pray that your Honours would take this matter into your wise consideration, and point out some method that the distressed inhabitants may be relieved, in that way your Honours may think best. We bag leave to refer you to Captain Alexander Campbell for any further particulars relative to this country, and your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.