The Delegates ordered to write to their colleagues who are absent, and inform them that the Congress expect their immediate attendance,

No Member to absent himself from Congress without leave,

Committee on the disposal of such Vessels and Cargoes, belonging to the enemy, as shall be taken by the inhabitants of the United Colonies,

Prisoners taken at Chambly and St. John’s ordered to be sent to the Towns of Reading, Lancaster, and York, in Pennsylvania,

Henry Knox appointed Colonel of Artillery in place of Colonel Gridley,

Colonel Gridley to be indemnified for any loss of half pay he may sustain, in consequence of his having been in the service of the United Colonies,

Commissioned Officers taken at Chambly and St. John’s paroled,

Officers taken at Chambly permitted to reside at Trenton, in New-Jersey,

Officers taken at St. John’s to be sent to Windham and Lebanon, in Connecticut,

Secret Committee authorized to contract for the importation of one hundred tons of Lead,

Trade of the United Colonies further considered in Committee, of the Whole,

Report of the Committee of the Whole on the several Petitions from the Island of Bermuda, considered and agreed to,

Supplies of Provisions to be furnished annually to the inhabitants of Bermuda,

The supplies to be paid for in Salt,

Proportions of the supplies from the several Colonies,

Rules for the government of the American Navy, submitted by the Committee for fitting out four Armed Vessels,

Report on the Treaty at Albany with the Indians, considered and agreed to,

Committee to consider of a plan for carrying on a Trade with the Indians,

Committee to inquire into certain frauds said to have been attempted in executing contracts for the Continent,

Lieutenant Hamar, one of the prisoners at Trenton, permitted to reside with Mr. Duer, near Saratoga,

Lieutenant Symes permitted to reside at Trenton, on parole,

Committee to consider the refusal of sundry per sons to receive in payment or give currency to the Bills issued by the Congress, and by the Assembly of Pennsylvania,

Extracts from sundry intercepted Letters ordered to be published,

Committee to prepare a Letter to the Colony Agents,

Timothy Edwards elected Indian Commissioner in the room of Major Hawley,

Committee to consider the state of North-Carolina,

Committee on Petition from Downham Newton,

Field-Officers elected for the Battalion raising in Pennsylvania,

Report of the Committee on disposing of such Vessels and Cargoes, belonging to the enemy, as may be taken by the inhabitants of the United Colonies, considered and agreed to,

Capture of Vessels engaged in the war against the United Colonies, declared lawful,

Courts for deciding on Captures, to be erected in the several Colonies,

Lord Stirling directed to collect the Troops in New-Jersey, and place them in Barracks as contiguous to New-York as may be,

Report on the disputes between Connecticut and Pennsylvania, considered and recommitted,

Rules for the regulation of the Navy of the United Colonies,

Report of the Committee on North-Carolina, considered and agreed to,

29, Letter from General Schuyler, with an account of the surrender of Montreal,

Report on the Petition of Downham Newton, of the Island of New-Providence, considered and agreed to,

Committee to take measures for securing and bringing away a large quantity of Powder, now in the Island of New-Providence,

Bills of Credit, to the amount of Three Millions of Dollars, ordered to be emitted by Congress,

Letter to the Colony Agents in England,

Committee appointed for the sole purpose of corresponding with our friends in Great Britain, and other parts of the world,

Committee to engage Seamen for the Fleet,

Committee to prepare a Letter of Thanks to the three General Officers in the Northern Department, for their services,

Two Battalions of Marines to be raised, independent of the Army already ordered for the service in Massachusetts-Bay,

No Bounty to be allowed the Army on re-enlistment,

Soldiers that will re-enlist for the succeeding year, to be paid for the months of October, November, and December, and to have an advance of one month’s pay,

Governments in New-England desired to pro mote the recruiting service,

Letter from the Committee of Frederick County, Maryland, containing an account of the seizure of Major Connolly, read, and referred to the Delegates of Virginia,

Letter from the Committee of Northampton, in Virginia, read and referred to the Committee appointed to consider the slate of Virginia,

Committee for fitting out Armed Vessels directed to engage Captain Stone and his Vessel, for taking or destroying the Armed Vessels in the Chesapeake Bay, under Lord Dunmore,

Colonel Harrison directed to go to Maryland, and endeavour to procure two or three Vessels, to be employed on the same service,

Committee for fitting out Armed Vessels directed to employ the Armed Sloop commanded by Captain Abraham Whipple, of Rhode-Island, and despatch her forthwith to aid in the marine business at the Southward,

Same Committee directed to prepare a proper Commission for the Captains or Commanders of the Ships of War, in the service of the United Colonies,

Credentials of the New-Jersey Delegates, dated New-Jersey House of Assembly, November 22, 1775,

Permission to Captain Jenkins to take a quantity of Provisions for the internal consumption of the inhabitants of Nantucket,

Number and denomination of the Bills ordered to be emitted by Congress,

Report of the Committee of Conference with the General, considered and agreed to,

Indians may be called on, in case of real necessity,

Committee on establishing Expresses, for conveying intelligence,

General Washington directed to write to General Howe in relation to Ethan Allen, who is confined in irons on board a Vessel in the River St. Lawrence,

Report of the Committee on the state of Virginia. considered and agreed to,

Inhabitants of Virginia advised to resist the arbitrary Government intended to be established there by Lord Dunmore,

Convention of Virginia recommended to take proper measures to establish a Government in that Colony, if they find it necessary,

Committee to confer with the Assembly of New-Jersey,

Colonel Knox requested to examine and report upon the Fortifications in the Highlands,

Seamen and Marines to be engaged to the first day of January, 1777,

Form of the Bills ordered to be emitted by Congress,

Report of the Committee on Recaptures, considered and adopted,

Declaration by Congress on a Proclamation is sued from the Court of St. James’s, on the 23d of August last,

Major Preston and the Officers with him permitted to remain in Philadelphia,