whose husband is confined a prisoner at Machias,

Committee on a Petition of several Armourers;

Committee to consider what is necessary to be done relative to a Colony Seal,

Committee on a Petition of the Selectmen of Sherburne, on the Island of Nantucket, praying that they may be permitted to supply themselves with the necessaries of life,

Message from the Council, recommending an increase of the Forces in the Eastern parts of the Colony, to prevent the enemy from plundering the inhabitants,

Letter to the Continental Congress, enclosing the Petition of the Committee of the Town of Bristol,

The Council to be considered as Governour, according to the Charter, the Governour and Lieutenant or Deputy Governour having; absented themselves, and refused to govern the Province according to the Charter,

Report on the Petition from the Town of Bridge-water, presented, read, and adopted,

Ebenezer Keith, having acted in direct opposition to the rights and liberties of the Country, is to be kept in custody by the Committee of Bridgewater,

Committee to provide a Hospital for the sick and wounded of the Army,

Committee on appointing Apothecaries to take care of and compound Medicines for the use of the Army,

Committee to consider the Message from the Council, relative to the Eastern parts of the Colony,

Petition from the Town of Gloucester, read and rejected,

Committee to wait on General Washington, and know of him if he can send a detachment to the Eastern parts of the Colony, to prevent the enemy from ravaging the country, and plundering the inhabitants

Letter from General Washington to the Speaker, enclosing one from Chelsea, in relation to the removal of the Inhabitants of Boston,

Committee to repair to Chelsea, and examine into the removal of the Inhabitants of Boston, and take measures for guarding against the Small-Pox,

Report of the Committee,

Letter from the Committee to the Selectmen and Committee of Correspondence of the Town of Chelsen,

Committee to bring in a Bill for vacating the Commissions of all Civil Officers who have been appointed by the Governour and Council,

Resolve obliging the Treasurer and Receiver-General to give Bond for One Hundred Thousand Pounds,

Resolve confirming the Proceedings of yesterday, the General Court having-been adjourned on Saturday, the 29th, to this day, Monday, the 31st,

Committee on the escape of Bridget Philips, and the disposition of her effects,

Committee to bring in a Resolve, directing the Treasurer and Receiver-General to give Bond for Fifty Thousand Pounds, instead of One Hundred Thousand,

Committee to consider the Victualling of the

Army, and examine into any supposed deficiencies,

Resolve requiring the Treasurer and Receiver-General to give Bond for Fifty Thousand Pounds,

Accounts against Gen. Washington, for Horse hire, Wagon hire, &c., received, and referred to the Committee of Accounts,

Committee of Supplies to furnish the Town of Newburyport with a quantity of Shot,

Committee to consider the situation of our Friends in Boston,

Accounts of John Derby and Richard Derby, Jun., for hire, &c., of the Schooner Quero, from Salem to Great Britain, and back, with Depositions relative to the Batile of Lexington: Read, and ordered to be paid,

Committee on a Memorial of Colonel Benedict Arnold,

Report of the Committee on the situation of our

Friends in Boston,

Petition of Benjamin Ames, a Captain in Colonel Frye's Regiment,

Resolve for procuring Powder for the Army, presented by Major Hawley, (the Galleries being first cleared,) read and adopted,

Committee to confer with Lewis, a Chief of the Caughnawaga Tribe of Indians, who is now in Town,

Report of this Committee, of their conference with Lewis,

Report of the Committee on the situation of the Eastern parts of the Colony, read and accepted,

Committee to inquire into the cause of General Sullivan's taking a House in Mystick for a Hospital,

Committee to repair immediately to Chelsea, to make provision for the poor distressed Inhabitants of Boston, now coming over Winnisimit Ferry,

Resolve approving the conduct of the Committee for East Pownalborough. in regard to Abiel Wood,

Petition of Captain John Stevens, with a Roll of his Company, under Colonel Arnold, at the reduction of Ticonderoga,

Petition of the Committee of the Town of Camden, in Penobscot-Bay, read and committed,

Captain Wright's Account, in Colonel Arnold's Regiment, ordered to be paid,

Andrew Craigie appointed to take charge of the Medical Store in Watertown,

Receiver-General directed to keep an exact and particular account of all Moneys paid by him to Officers of the Army,

Bill for removing all the Officers of this Colony, both Civil and Military, read the first time,

Resolves requiring certain Towns to deliver up their stock of Powder for the use of the Army,

Committee of Supplies directed to furnish to the Town of Camden, two hundred bushels of Indian Corn,

Committee to take care of the Poor of Boston, who may go to Salem,

Committee to fix the pay of Teamsters, for transporting the Poor of Boston and their effects.

Committee on a Letter from Justin Ely, of West Springfield, relative to the Donations for the Poor of Boston,

Petition of Prince Goreham, of Barnstable,

Device for the Colony Seal reported by the Committee,

Resolve agreeing to release Jones and Hicks, as required by General Gage, in exchange for John Gill and others, confined in Boston,

Bill for annulling the Commissions of several Officers, read the third time, passed, and sent to the Council for concurrence,

Letter from Colonel Baldwin, relating to three Women who came over Winnisimit Ferry, from Boston,

Committee on the Letter from General Washington, relative to the Inhabitants coming out of Boston,

Report of the Committee on Colonel Arnold's Account,

Committee to attend the landing of the People from Boston,

Committee to examine the three Women brought to the House on Saturday, the 5th instant,

Letter from General Washington, relative to the Soldiers who absent themselves from the Army,

Report of the Committee appointed to examine the three Women,

Committee on the Resolves of the Continental Congress, for establishing a Militia throughout the Continent,

Committee on a Memorial of William Hunt, relative to sundry articles which belonged to Lady Frankland,

Committee on a Resolve of Congress, relative to killing Sheep and Lambs,