Ordered, That Mr. Sullivan, Major Hawley, Mr. Gerry, Colonel Freeman, and Mr. Cooper, consider and report a proper method wherein to bring Dr. Church before this House.

Ordered, That Mr. Sullivan bring in a Resolve for supplying the Hon. Jedediah Preble, Esq., with sundry Goods, to the amount of three hundred Pounds, instead of the Cash which the Court ordered to be paid to the said Preble, or his order, on the 14th instant.

Mr. Sullivan, agreeable to order, brought in a Resolve for procuring sundry Goods for Jedediah Preble, Esq., viz:

Whereas there was an Order passed this Court on the 14th instant, that the Treasurer of this Colony should pay the Honourable Jedediah Preble, Esq., Truckmaster at Penobscot, three hundred Pounds, to purchase Ammunition, Provisions, and Goods, to supply the Eastern Tribes of Indians, and take Furs, Skins, &c., in payment; and whereas the season is so far advanced, that there is the greatest necessity of having the said Goods, &c., purchased as soon as may be: therefore,

Resolved, That the Treasurer be directed to send the sum of three hundred Pounds to Tristram Dalton, Esq., for him to purchase Ammunition, Provisions, and other Goods suitable to the Indian trade, and to send them to the said Hon. Jedediah Preble, Esq., by the first good water conveyance; and the Treasurer is directed to stay the payment of the said sum to the said Preble. And Jedediah Preble, Esq., is desired to advise the said Tristram Dalton, Esq., what articles are suitable.

In Council, October 17, 1775: Read and concurred.

The House assigned three o’clock, P. M., for the second reading of the Bill respecting Armed Vessels.

Ordered, That the Bill regulating the Militia be read the second time to-morrow morning, at nine o’clock.

Afternoon.

Captain White brought down from the honourable Board an Order for the removal of the Chest, containing a number of the last emission of Bills of Credit and Plates, to the Treasurer’s Office.

The Order of the Day moved for.

A Bill for encouraging the fixing out Armed Vessels read the second time.

Upon a motion, Ordered, That the further consideration of this Bill be referred to to-morrow morning, nine o’clock.

Wednesday, October 18, 1775.

A Bill for the encouraging the fixing out Armed Vessels further considered, agreeable to order. Read a third time, and passed to be engrossed.

Ordered, That a Bill for regulating the Militia have the second reading at four o’clock, P. M.

Afternoon.

Charles Chauncy, Esq., brought down from the honourable Board the account of sales and nett proceeds of the Schooner Industry.

Michael Farley, Esq., brought down from the honourable Board a Report of the Committee to encourage the manufactory of Fire-Arms.

The Committee to consider directions for the Committee of Clothing reported. Read and recommitted.

An Order brought down from the honourable Board yesterday, for removing the Bills of Credit and Plates to the Treasurer’s Office. Passed in Council, viz:

“In Council, October 17, 1775.

“Whereas the Chairman of the Committee appointed by this Court to inspect the press for stamping the last emission of Bills has given information that the business is finished, and that the whole number of Bills ordered by this Court is stamped, and that he apprehends the place where the Chest containing said Bills and Plates is now deposited is not safe:

“Ordered, That the Chest, with its contents, be immediately moved to the Treasurer’s Office, and that the Committee aforementioned still keep possession of the key of said Chest, and deliver the Bills to the Committee appointed to sign the same, as they shall apply for them.”

Read and concurred.

Upon a motion, Ordered, That the Committee of Clothing be directed to procure those Buttons that are purchased for the purpose, to be set on those Coats that they now have or may hereafter receive without Buttons, as soon as may be, and this without any respect to the numbers of the Regiments, as was at first proposed.

The second reading of the Militia Bill further referred till eleven o’clock, to-morrow morning.

Thursday, October 19, 1775.

Ordered, That Mr. Wood, Mr. Rawson, and Mr. Cushing, be a Committee to carry up to the honourable Board the Bill for encouraging the fitting out Armed Vessels.

Colonel Lincoln brought down from the honourable Board a Resolve empowering Committees to permit Vessels to trade to other Colonies.

Upon a motion, Ordered, That a Committee be raised, to join with such as the honourable Board shall appoint, to purchase all the Brimstone they can obtain in the Colony, for the publick use; and that Mr. Story bring in a Resolve for this purpose.

The second reading of a Bill, for regulating the Militia, assigned to three o’clock, P. M.

The Committee on the Accounts of Colonel Benedict Arnold reported, on the Account of Samuel Mattoon, that leave be given that it should be withdrawn; which was accepted.

Afternoon.

A Bill for regulating the Militia read the second time.

The question was put, whether the Bill have a third reading. It passed in the negative.

Upon a motion, Ordered, That the Bill be recommitted.

Upon a motion, Ordered, That Major Ely be on, the Committee to bring in a Bill for regulating the Militia, in the room of Mr. Fabyan.

Friday, October 20, 1775.

A Petition of Jeduthan Baldwin, praying a reward for his services in the Army as Engineer, read and committed to Captain Hathway, Colonel Thurston, and Major Bancroft.

A Resolve brought down yesterday from the honourable Board, passed in Council, viz:

“In Council, October 19, 1775.

“Resolved, That whereas sundry owners and masters, who are desirous of transporting some necessary articles of Merchandise or Provisions from one part of this Continent to another, have lately solicited the aid of this Court, and as it is inconvenient for the Court to attend to such applications, it is hereby recommended to the Committees of Inspection, Correspondence, and Safety, of the respective Towns where such owners and masters dwell, upon their requesting it, to grant certificates in their favour, setting forth their true character; provided they are known to be men of undoubted integrity and friendship to their Country, and their design in no wise inconsistent with the Resolves of the Continental Congress or the Regulations come into by this Colony, to the intent that they may not be suspected, by those who are unacquainted with them, of carrying on some unwarrantable schemes, and thereupon treated as enemies to the Country; such owners and masters first binding themselves in sums equal to the value of their vessels and cargoes, payable to the Colony Treasurer, and to be forfeited to the use of the Colony, in case of their deviating from their proposed design; the Committee to take such bonds into their keeping, previous to their giving certificates as above expressed.”

Read and concurred.

A Petition of William Day, praying some reasonable reward for his service as Barrackmaster, was read, and committed to the Committee who have under consideration the Petition of Jeduthan Baldwin.