names of the persons so drafted and ordered to be held in readiness.

Upon an application for a sum of Money to be employed in the recruiting service for the Regiment of Artillery,

Ordered, That Mr. President do issue his Warrant for three thousand Pounds for that service.

And two Warrants were issued accordingly.

On motion, Ordered, That Captain Lempriere be required forthwith to attend his duty on board the Ship Prosper; that the subordinate officers be immediately nominated and appointed; and that every effectual measure be pursued for the speedy fitting and manning the said ship-of-war.

The following Letter was accordingly written:

By order of Congress.

Charlestown, November 21, 1775.

To CLEMENT LEMPRIERE, Esq.:

SIR: Your presence being absolutely necessary on board the Prosper, in order to expedite her fitting out, you are therefore hereby ordered to repair on board the said ship Prosper, there to discharge the duties of a commander.

I am, Sir, your most humble servant,

WILLIAM HENRY DRAYTON, President.

Ordered, That the Contractor for victualling the Forces of this Colony already raised, be applied to, also to furnish rations for the Regiment of Artillery to be raised.

Ordered, That Mr. President do issue Commissions appointing John Joiner, Esquire, to be commander of Fort Lyttlton, near Beaufort; and also to appoint him to be Captain, and Tunes Tebout and Thomas Hughes, gentlemen, to be Lieutenants of a Company of Artillery.

Ordered, That Captain Benjamin Wofford have leave to trade here, upon his taking an oath to observe the strictest neutrality, agreeable to the late treaty of Ninety-Six.

Ordered, That Hon. Mr. Drayton's Letter to Captain Robert Cunningham, dated the 21st of September last, and Captain Cunningham's answer, dated the 6th of October, be forthwith printed in handbills, to be distributed amongst the inhabitants in the back country.

Ordered, That Mr. President do issue his Warrant for two thousand Pounds sterling, or fifteen thousand four hundred Pounds currency, to be paid out of the Treasury, to the Commissioners for fitting out the Ship Prosper, in order to be by them tendered to Captain—Smith, the late master, as payment of the purchase money, or value by appraisement.

And a Warrant was accordingly issued.

Adjourned to eleven o'clock, to-morrow.

In Congress, Wednesday, November 22, 1775.

Mr. President adjourned the meeting of the Congress to six o'clock, in the evening.

In Congress, Wednesday evening, November 22, 1775.

The Congress met according to adjournment.

And yesterday's Journal was read.

Read a Letter from the Committee of Rowan County, North-Carolina, dated October 23, 1775, recommending that no trade or intercourse be carried on with persons who cannot produce certificates of their being friends to the American cause.

Read also, a Letter from Captain Edward Blake, of this day's date, enclosing a certificate of the value, by appraisement, of six Schooners, sunk on the bars of Hog Island Creek, and the Marsh Channels, to obstruct the passage of ships of war through those channels, amounting to four thousand five hundred Pounds.

Ordered, That Mr. President do issue his Warrant for payment of the said sum of four thousand five hundred Pounds, to Captain Blake, in order to pay for said Schooners.

And a Warrant was issued accordingly.

Read a Letter from Clement Lempriere, Esq., declining to take upon him the command of the ship to which he had been appointed by this Congress.

Adjourned to nine o'clock, to-morrow morning.

In Congress, Thursday, November 23, 1775.

The Congress met according to adjournment.

And the Journal of yesterday was read.

Captain Lempriere's Letter, laid before the Congress yesterday, being again read,

Ordered, That Mr. President do issue a commission, appointing Captain Simon Tufts to the command of the Ship Prosper, armed in the Colony service.

Ordered, That Capt. Robert Cochran have leave to take stone ballast, for the use of the Colony vessels, from such parts of the Fortifications, where such taking may be least injurious to the works.

Ordered, That the Ordnance Storekeeper do from time to time deliver to the commanding officer of the Regiment of Artillery, from the publick Arsenal, such Stores as the said officer shall require, taking receipts for the same, and making proper endorsements on the general account of publick stores in his custody, so that what remains may be seen at one view.

Colonel Pinckney, from the Committee on the state of the Colony, made a further report respecting the Militia.

Which being immediately taken into consideration, the Congress thereupon

Resolved, That all persons shall do patrol duty in the District wherein they respectively reside, under the command and direction of the Captain of the District, without regard to their having entered into a Volunteer Company.

Resolved, That it be recommended to the commanding officers of the Regiments of Militia, without delay, to oblige all the inhabitants to do duty in some Company or other, so that no one, who by law is obliged to do duty in times of an alarm, shall be excused.

Resolved, That where any person hath regularly entered into a Volunteer Company, he shall not be at liberty to leave the same, without giving his Captain three months notice in writing of his intention to do so, and without first producing to his said Captain a certificate from some other Captain of the Regiment, that he hath enrolled himself in another company; unless the commanding officer of the Regiment shall, on sufficient cause to him shown, make order to the contrary.

Resolved, That it be recommended to the Council of Safety, without delay, to divide the several Regiments in the Colony into different Regiments or Battalions, so as not to have less than seven hundred and fifty men in each Regiment or Battalion.

Captain William Cattell reported the situation of the Troops on duty at Dorchester, and some inconveniences which they laboured under.

Read a Letter from Captain Peyer Imhoff, on the same subject, dated Dorchester, November 21, 1775.

Ordered, That the Contractor for supplying the Colony Infantry with Provisions be desired also to supply the Rangers posted at Dorchester, until further orders.

Ordered, That the Secretary do forthwith advertise all persons willing to supply Rations to the Regiment of Artillery in the Colony service, to deliver in their proposals, sealed up, to him, by the 25th instant.

Ordered, That the Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant be desired to cause the said corps to be properly supplied, until a Contractor shall be appointed by this Congress, or the Council of Safety for the time being.

On motion, Resolved, That the Pay of the Commander of the Colony Schooner Defence be three Pounds currency per day.

Ordered, That Mr. President do issue his Warrant for the payment of the sum of one thousand Pounds currency, to Captain Simon Tufts, in part of account, for pay due to the Officers and Seamen employed on board the Colony Schooner Defence.

Doctor Gould, Surgeon to the First Regiment of Foot, attended, made a verbal report of the state of the Troops in the Barracks, and represented some grievances.

Ordered, That Doctor Oliphant, Captain Shubrick, and Capt. John Huger, be a Committee to inquire into the state of the Hospitals, with power to supply such articles as they shall appear to stand in immediate need of.