and it further appears, that the said Paddock’s Vessel, now lies in the Town of Dighton, loaded with Lumber, ready to sail to the West-Indies; the said Paddock having procured a clearance for said Vessel, the Committee are of opinion that it might be of service, not only to the owner, but to the publick, that the said Vessel proceed on the voyage, provided the said Vessel and Cargo were put under the direction and control of a master who is a real friend to this Country: and therefore report, as their opinion, that the said Thomas Paddock be permitted to send his said vessel on the said voyage, provided the said Paddock shall procure such a person for master as shall be approved of by the Committee of Inspection for the Town of Dighton.

“JAMES PRESCOTT, per order.”

“In Council, August 24, 1775: Read and accepted, and Resolved, That the said Thomas Paddock be accordingly permitted to send his said Vessel on the said voyage, provided he shall procure such a person for master as shall be approved of by the Committee of Inspection for the Town of Dighton.”

Read and concurred.

The Committee appointed to consider the Memorial of Messrs. Timothy Edwards and Samuel Brown, Jun.,* reported. Read and accepted.

Resolved, That the Receiver-General of this Colony be, and he is hereby directed to pay to Messrs. Timothy Edwards and Samuel Brown, Jun., or order, the sum of three hundred and forty Pounds, sixteen Shillings, for the use of further supplying Colonel James Easton’s Regiment, for completing their Billeting, for Tin and Brass Kettles, Tents, and Frying-Pans; they to be accountable to this Court for said sum of three hundred and forty Pounds, sixteen Shillings.

In Council, August 24, 1775: Read and concurred.

Ordered, That Major Hawley, Colonel Dwight, Col. Orne, Mr. Cushing, and Colonel Freeman, be a Committee to go to the honourable Council, and acquaint them that this House have finished all matters of a publick nature which have been before them; and to inform them it is the desire of this House that they would be pleased to order a recess of this Court, by adjournment, until the twentieth day of September next.

Who reported, that they had waited upon the honourable Council and delivered the Message accordingly.

A Message from the honourable Council, by the Secretary.

“MR. SPEAKER: I am to acquaint this honourable House, that it is the will and pleasure of the majority of the honourable Council that this Court be adjourned to Wednesday, the twentieth day of September next, at ten o’clock in the forenoon, then to meet in this place; and this Court is accordingly adjourned to that time.”

VIRGINIA CONVENTION.

At a Convention of Delegates for the Counties and Corporations in the Colony of Virginia, at the Town of Richmond, in the County of Henrico, on Monday, the 17th of July, 1775. Present:

FOR THE CITY OF WILLIAMSBURGH: The Hon. Peyton Randolph, Esq.

ALBEMARLE: John Walker and Charles Lewis, Esqs.

AMELIA: John Tabb and John Winn, Esquires.

AMHERST: William Cabell, Jun., and Joseph Cabell, Esqs.

AUGUSTA: Samuel McDowell, Thomas Lewis, John Harvie, and George Rootes, Esquires.

BEDFORD: John Talbot and Charles Lynch, Esqs.

BOTETOURT: John Bowyer, Esq.

BRUNSWICK: Frederick Maclin and Henry Tazewell, Esquires.

BUCKINGHAM: John Nicholas and Robert Boiling, Esqs.

BERKELEY: Robert Rutherford and Adam Stephen, Esqs.

CAROLINE: James Taylor and William Woodford, Esqs.

CHARLES CITY: William Acrill and Benjamin Harrison, Jun., Esquires.

CHARLOTTE: Paul Carrington and Isaac Read, Esqs.

CHESTERFIELD: Archibald Cary and Benjamin Watkins, Esquires.

CULPEPPER: Henry Field, Jun., Esq.

CUMBERLAND: William Fleming and John Mayo, Esqs.

DINWIDDIE: John Bannister and John Ruffin, Esqs.

DUNMORE: Jonathan Clarke, Esq.

ELIZABETH CITY: Henry King and Worlich Westwood, Esquires.

ESSEX: Meriwether Smith, Esq.

FAIRFAX: Charles Broadwater and George Mason, Esqs.

FAUQUIER: Thomas Marshall and James Scott, Esqs.

FREDERICK: Isaac Zane, Esquire, and Charles M. Thruston, Clerk.

FINCASTLE: William Christian and Stephen Trigg, Esqs.

GLOUCESTER: Lewis Burwell, Esq.

GOOCHLAND: John Woodson and Thomas Mann Randolph, Esquires.

HALIFAX: Micajah Watkins, Esq.

HAMPSHIRE: James Mercer, Esq.

HANOVER: John Syme and Garland Anderson, Esqs.

HENRICO: Richard Adams and Richard Randolph, Esqs.

JAMES CITY: Robert C. Nicholas and William Norvell, Esquires.

ISLE OF WIGHT: John S. Wills and Josiah Parker, Esqs.

KING GEORGE: Joseph Jones and William Fitzhugh, Esqs.

KING AND QUEEN: George Brooke and George Lyne, Esqs.

KING WILLIAM: Carter Braxton and William Aylett, Esqs.

LANCASTER: James Selden and Charles Carter, Esqs.

LOUDOUN: Francis Peyton and Josiah Chapman, Esqs.

LOUISA: Thomas Johnson and Thomas Walker, Esqs.

LUNENBURGH: David Garland and Thomas Tabb, Esqs.

MIDDLESEX: James Montague, Esq.

MECKLENBURGH: Robert Burton and Bennett Goode, Esqs.

NANSEMOND: Andrew Meade and James Murdaugh, Esqs.

NEW-KENT: Burwell Bassett and Bartholomew Dandridge, Esquires.

NORFOLK COUNTY: Thomas Newton and James Holt, Esqs.

NORTHUMBERLAND: Peter Presley Thornton and Rodham Kenner, Esquires.

ORANGE: Thomas Barbour, Esq.

* The humble memorial, information, and petition of Timothy Edwards and Samuel Brown, Jun., sheweth: That they, in prosecution of the service to which they were appointed, have paid billeting money to three Companies, lately raised in the County of Berkshire, belonging to Colonel James Easton’s Regiment, which, according to the establishment of one Penny per mile, amounted to one hundred and two Pounds, seven Shillings; that five Companies arc yet to be paid, four of which are said to be now at Crown Point, the other now raising in said County, which, they are told, is not yet full; that one hundred Pounds only has been ordered and delivered to them for this purpose, but, according to what has been paid, one hundred and seventy Pounds will be yet wanting to complete this service. That iness-pots or kettles being wanted immediately, and pots not to be bought nearer than New-York, they have engaged seventy tin kettles and eight brass washing kettles: also, according to General Montgomery’s recommendation, they have presumed to furnish forty tents, and shall proceed to furnish thirty more, unless instructed to the contrary; that the tents and kettles were bought in Albany, for which they could not pass the notes of this Colony, except upon their promise that they would redeem them, if required, That it appears to them of importance that the Committee of Safety of the Colony of New-York be consulted on this head, as this Regiment must suffer much, and with foundation will complain, if they should not be able to pass their notes for such necessaries and conveniences as must come to them out of the Province of New-York; and further, if the Committee of Supplies should be obliged to redeem the notes which they have or may pass in that Province, it will give them much trouble, and doubtless be some expense to this Colony. That to get coats for the non-commissioned officers and soldiers belonging to said Regiment, in this part of the Country, will be attended with many difficulties, but from the inquiry which they have made they apprehend that the Regiment in general would much rather take the value of them in money, if paid soon; and further, that this would give particular satisfaction to one Company, to whom, by order of the Colonel, it was promised to be paid before they should march, and that they are made quiet at present by a promise that said money should be applied for immediately. That Colonel Easton, by written orders, has directed them to furnish each Company with carriages, over and above their billeting money, to transport their packs; and as your petitioners supposod they had no authority, either by warrant or resolve, to do this, difficulty arose here, also; therefore, they pray to be instructed in this matter as soon as possible. That they are also applied to for sixteen frying-pans, sixteen fifes, eight drums, and one stand of colours; they pray for instruction herein likewise. That they have taken much pains, by applying first at Albany and then to the principal Towns in the County of Berkshire, to provide the two hundred pounds of powder ordered, but have collected only one hundred and forty-nine pounds; this is sent forward. And they further beg leave to shew, that by furnishing seventy tents, seventy tin and eight brass washing kettles, out of the grant made to them for providing stockings, &c., but a small part will be left for the expressed purposes of the grant. Thus your memorialists, as in duty bound, will ever pray.

TIMOTHY EDWARDS,
SAMUEL BROWN, JUN.

STOCKBRIDGE, August 16, 1775.