1775. |
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Forty Thousand Pounds to be raised on the Polls and Estates of the Inhabitants of the Colony,
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316
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Committee to consider in what manner the Taxes shall be laid,
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316
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August 9,
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Report of the Committee appointed to apply to Colonels of the Regiments, raised in the Colony, for a complete List of the Men in their respective Regiments,
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317
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Committee to consider what Offices are inconsistent with the publick interest, to be held by one person,
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318
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Committee on a Petition from the Selectmen and Committee of Braintree,
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318
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Letter from the Committee of Supplies,
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318
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Committee to bring in a Bill to prevent the waste of Powder, by firing at fowl, or game of any kind, and marks,
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319
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Edward Party to he sent immediately to some inland Town, more than seventy miles from the sea-coast, there to be detained,
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319
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Committee to bring in a Bill for the emission of One Hundred Thousand Pounds,
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319
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10,
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Committee on paying advance wages to the Commissioned Officers,
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320
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Report on the Letter from Dartmouth, (respecting Whaling Voyages,) read and accepted,
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320
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Committee to wait on General Washington, and confer with him on supplying the Town of Gloucester with Ammunition and Men for their defence,
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321
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Committee to confer with General Washington on the subject of a number of Letters from Machias,
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321
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Report of the Committee on the Letter from General Washington, relative to Thomas Cowden,
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321
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Confession of Thomas Cowden,
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322
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New draught of a Bill for annulling Commissions, read and concurred,
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322
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Rates allowed the Teamsters for transporting the Poor of Boston and their effects,
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322
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11,
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Committee to receive Coats, Breeches, Shirts, Shoes, and Stockings, for the Soldiers,
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323
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Clerk of the House ordered to officiate as Speaker, in the absence of the Speaker,
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324
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Men and Military Stores ordered to Gloucester for the defence of that Town,
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324
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12,
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Resolve prohibiting the needless expense of Gunpowder,
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325
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Andrew Hamilton, a crafty, designing person, very officious in prying into the management of the publick affairs of the Colony, ordered to be sent to Springfield Jail,
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325
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Edward Parry ordered to be sent to Sturbridge, as a prisoner,
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326
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Order for the arrest of Mr. Mills, late a Printer in Boston, and Joseph Otis, who has lately acted as Sheriff of Boston,
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326
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Committee on a Letter from General Washington, concerning the state of the Army, and the propriety of fitting out Privateers,
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327
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Resolve in consequence of General Washingtons Letter respecting Desertion from the Army,
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327
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14,
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Committees on Petitions from Machias and from Falmouth,
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328
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Letter from Colonel Reed, informing them of the determination of General Washington to confine the British Officers, who are prisoners, in consequence of the treatment of the American Prisoners by Genera! Gage,
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328
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Resolve relating to the killing of Sheep,
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329
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Memorial from the Officers of the Eastern Regiment in the County of Lincoln,
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329
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Committee to inquire into the grounds of the complaints made by the Soldiers of their allowance,
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330
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15,
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Committee to examine the Resolves of the Congress respecting the Estates of the Refugees,
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330
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16,
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Petition of the Committee for the Town of Falmouth,
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331
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Petition from the Committee of Goldsborough, Number Four, Narragaugus, and Pleasant River, |
331
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Men and Supplies ordered for the assistance of the said Towns, |
332
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Act vacating the Civil and Military Commissions in the Colony, issued by any Governour or Lieutenant-Governour of the Province,
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332
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1775. |
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Petition from the Inhabitants of the Town of Machias, |
333 |
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Captain Jeremiah Obrian directed to raise a Company of fifty men, for the protection of Machias,
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333
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Committee to confer with an Indian Chief, who appears as an ambassador from the St. François Tribe of Indians,
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334
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Committee to confer with the Delegates to the Continental Congress, with respect to the sum necessary to defray their expenses to and at Philadelphia,
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334
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Committee to consider what Oaths are proper and necessary to be taken by the Officers, civil and military, who may be appointed by the Council,
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334
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August 17,
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Act declaratory of the right of certain Towns in the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay to elect Representatives to the General Court,
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334
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Report on the Memorial of the Officers of the Eastern Regiment,
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336
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One hundred Pounds granted to the Hon. John Hancock, for his expenses, &c., to and at Philadelphia,
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336
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Petition from the Town of Salem,
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337
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Petition of Lydia Paddock,
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338
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18,
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Report of the Committee appointed to confer with the Chief of the St. François Tribe,
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339
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Committee to receive Donations from the humane and charitable in this or any other Colony, for the Poor of Boston,
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340
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Petition and Remonstrance of the Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Lexington,
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341
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Committee to consider what is proper to be done for the support of the Poor of Boston,
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341
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Committee to consider what is proper to done with the Letters and other papers of the late Governour Hutchinson, and how they shall be preserved,
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341
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Petition of Edward Emerson,
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342
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Petition of Thomas Rice and others, setting forth the distressed state of the Inhabitants at the Eastward,
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342
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Petition of Dr. Ebenezer Marvin,
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343
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19,
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Benedict Arnolds Account of expenditures on his expedition to Ticonderoga,
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344
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Report of the Committee on Governour Hutchinsons Letters,
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345
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21,
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Petition of Benjamin Foster and Jeremiah Obrian, of Machias, |
345
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Commissions ordered for the Officers of the two Armed Vessels fitted out by the Inhabitants of Machias,
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345
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Commitee to revise the Resolves relative to the Instructions to the Commitee on the Clothing for the Army,
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346
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Committee appointed to procure a Blanket for Lewis, the Indian Chief, directed to procure Blankets for four others,
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348
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22,
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Committee to consider the manner of supplying the Armed Vessels with Provisions and Ammunition, |
349
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Act to confirm and establish the Resolves of the several Provincial Congresses of this Colony,
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350
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Petition of Joshua Davis,
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350
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Committee on a Petition of Edward Emerson for permission to fit out a Privateer,
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351
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Act prescribing the form of an Oath to be taken by all Commission Officers, civil and military, of the Colony,
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352
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Committee to make inquiry in the Colony for virgin Lead and Leaden Ore,
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353
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Committee on the Petition of George Armstrong, praying a reward for his bravery at Noddles Island, &c., while a volunteer in the American Army,
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353
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23,
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Jeremiah Obrian, Commander of the armed Schooner Diligent, and of the Sloop Machias-Liberty, authorized to fit out the Vessels at the expense of the Colony, |
354
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Committee to repair to Swanzey, and inquire into the complaints made against Jerathaneel Bowers, a Member of this House,
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354
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Petition of Hannah Guldthwait, of Boston,
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355
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Pay Roll of the Sloop Enterprise, on Lake Champlain,
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355
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Act for making and emitting Bills of Publick Credit, to the amount of One Hundred Thousand Pounds, lawful money,
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357
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