the Inhabitants of that Island are likely to be reduced to great difficulty and distress, by the severity of a restriction laid on their purchasing necessary supplies from the Continent; and as this Court are far from being desirous of laying unnecessary restrictions and burdens on the People of that Island, therefore,

Resolved, That the Committee of Correspondence for the Town of Falmouth, in the County of Barnstable, be, and they hereby are empowered and directed, by written permits, under their hands, to grant license to such Inhabitants to purchase so much Provisions, and other necessary Supplies, as is sufficient for their internal consumption, or for those voyages which they may prosecute consistent with Resolves of Congress and of this Court, and no more; said permits shall specify the quantities each person has liberty to purchase. And it is recommended to the Inhabitants of this Colony to sell to said Inhabitants of Nantucket such Supplies, on their producing such permits, and not otherwise, any Resolve of the Provincial Congress to the contrary notwithstanding. And it is recommended to the said Committee, with their neighbouring Committees of Correspondence, that in case they shall receive credible intelligence that the Supplies thus purchased and transported are sold at any other market than said Island, or disposed of to the Ministerial Fleet or Army, or any connected with them, that they give the earliest notice thereof to this Court.

Whereas a late Congress of this Colony did, on the fifth day of December last, pass a Resolve prohibiting the sale of all Goods that were imported from Great Britain or Ireland; Molasses, Sirups, Panales, Coffee, or Pimento, from the British Plantations or from Dominica; Wines from Madeira or the Western Islands—after the tenth of October, 1775; and as the reasons of passing said Resolve do not subsist, therefore,

Resolved, That any person or persons whatsoever, having in their custody any of the abovementioned Goods, be, and they hereby are permitted to make sale and dispose of said Goods in this Colony, as usual, after the said tenth day of October next, any thing in the aforementioned Resolve to the contrary notwithstanding; and that this Resolve be published in the Cambridge, Watertown, and Worcester Papers. And it is recommended to the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection, or Safety, in the several Towns in this Colony, and, where no such Committees are appointed, the Selectmen of such Towns, that they take proper care that no undue advantage is taken in the sale of Goods, but that all persons making sale thereof strictly adhere to the Resolve of the Continental Congress respecting the sale of Goods and Merchandise.

In Council, September 30, 1775: Read and concurred.

Friday, September 29, 1775.

A Petition of General Thomas was read, and committed to Captain Brown, Colonel Woodbridge, and Colonel Thayer.

A Petition of Ivory Hovey committed to the Committee appointed to consider the propriety of fixing out Armed Vessels for the defence of the Sea-Coasts, the Committee to whom it was first referred being excused from that service.

Ordered, That Captain Stone, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. Cooper, be a Committee to examine the Bonds to be given by the Nantucket Petitioners, and see if they are sufficient.

On the Petition of Solomon Uhhaunnauwaunmut,

Resolved, That the Treasurer of this Province be, and he hereby is ordered to pay the said Solomon the sum of thirty Pounds, four Shillings, in full for his service mentioned in his Petition.

In Council, September 29, 1775: Read and concurred.

A Petition of ten Prisoners in Concord Jail, taken in the Battle of Lexington, on the 19th of April last, praying for some Clothing, &c., was read, and committed to Colonel Barret, Mr. Perry, and Mr. Durfee.

A Memorial of the Committee of Safety of the Town of Salem, proposing that an Armed Vessel should be established to cruise from Cape-Ann to Cape-Elizabeth, for purposes therein mentioned, was read, and committed to Colonel Thayer, Mr. Phillips, and Mr. Pitts.

Ordered, That Mr. Cushing, Captain Stone, and Major Ely, be a Committee to consider at large the matter relative to the Nantucket People’s giving Bond, to enable them to send out their vessels on whaling voyages, and report what is proper to be done.

Ordered, That the Report of the Committee on the Proceedings of the Committee at Deer-Island, relative to the Schooner Nightingale, together with all the Papers relative thereto, be committed to Mr. Phillips, Mr. Gerry, Colonel Thurston, Colonel Barret, Mr. Sullivan, Deacon Rawson, and Mr. Jewett.

Ordered, That the Committee lately appointed by this Court to obtain some knowledge of the manufactory of Saltpetre, be directed to repair to Windsor, in Connecticut, to procure such information therein as they may be able.

Ordered, That Mr. Davis, Mr. Johnson, and Colonel Barret, be a Committee to receive and examine all Fire-Arms that may be presented to the Government for sale, and report the price thereof to the House.

Ordered, That Mr. Gerry, Mr. Phillips, and Colonel Davis, with such as the honourable Board may join, be a Committee to report to the House in what manner the manufactory of Fire-Arms may be most effectually encouraged.

In Council, October 2, 1775: Read and concurred; and Benj. Chadbourn and Samuel Holten, Esqs., are joined.

Ordered, That Colonel Orne, Mr. Hopkins, and Mr. Cooper, be a Committee to wait on his Excellency General Washington, and consult him on the expediency of fitting out Armed Vessels, and to inquire if any Powder can be spared for that purpose.

Afternoon.

Resolved, That some person be now appointed to act as Speaker, in the absence of the Speaker, from time to time, during the continuance of the present Session. Whereupon,

Ordered, That Mr. Wood, Mr. Story, and Mr. Phillips, be a Committee to receive and count the Votes for a Speaker pro tempore. Who reported, that Mr. William Cooper was chosen.

Saturday, September 30, 1775.

Resolved, That the Committee appointed to prepare Accounts of the sums disbursed by this Colony in the present contest with Great Britain, be directed to prepare a Letter to the Continental Congress, desiring them to prescribe some method of forming such Accounts; and also to report some method to this House.

Ordered, That Major Johnson, Captain Brown, Colonel Thompson, Mr. Woodbridge, and Mr. Mills, be a Committee to examine Simeon Jones, who has been apprehended by order of this Court.

A Petition of Aaron Wright, Keeper of the Jail in Northampton, and an Account annexed of billeting several Officers and Private men, sent to said Jail by order of the honourable Council, were read, and committed to the Committee on Accounts.

The Committee on the Petition from Londonderry reported. The Report was recommitted.

Ordered, That Mr. Starkweather, Captain Morton, and Mr. Rice, be a Committee to consider the Petition of Simeon Gross, praying the House to point out a way for the said Gross to reimburse him his expenses from Machias to this Town, and since the 30th August, he being taken from on board the Sloop Sally, and brought to Watertown as a prisoner.

Ordered, That Mr. Phillips bring in a Resolve for reconsidering the Resolve of this Court relative to the Accounts of the Assistant Commissaries.

Ordered, That one of the Committee appointed to consider

hoped those misrepresentations had been in good measure cleared up to your satisfaction, yet we find the resolve still remains in force, and a strict adherence is paid thereto. Thorefore, we desire you would take the matter into your serious consideration, and remit the severity of said resolve, so far as to suffer the necessaries of life to be brought us, for the use of our domestick concerns, and likewise for the whale fishery, so far as we shall obtain permission to prosecute that branch of business. And, as in duty bound, shall ever pray.

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