Gave orders, by letter, to the Pay-Table, that they must examine and settle the Pay-Rolls of the Officers of the late Northern Army, and pay the balances, taking proper receipts and orders on the Paymaster of the Northern Department for the money, to replace in the Treasury, in consideration of the great uneasiness of the people who served and claim their pay.

Passed an Order for Captain Harding to go to Saybrook, and assist in forming the plan of the Ship, &c., as on paper by itself. (And copy sent by B. H., Esq.)

Drafted a Proclamation on the Congress plan of raising a Battalion, &c., for Quebeck, and passed, &c.; to be eight Companies, ninety men each, including officers.

Adjourned until Monday next, nine o'clock, A. M.

Monday, January 29, 1776.

Met again, P. M., present:

His Honour the Governour, the Honourable Matthew Griswold, Esq. Jabez Huntington, William Williams, Nathaniel Wales. Jedediah Elderkin, Joshua West, and Benjamin Huntington, Esquires.

Captain Lester came in from viewing the Row-Galleys at Philadelphia, and, also, Mr. Winslow, from the same view at Providence; and reported the construction, &c., and showed plans, and were consulting about them, fee, A. M.

P. M., the said builders came in, having consulted a plan of building two of said Row-Galleys, and considered the same, and agreed that two to be built, one by said Lester, and one by said Winslow, shall be sixty feet keel, eighteen feet beam, and five feet hold, four inches dead rising; and agreed with them that they, as master-builders, shall have one dollar per day for themselves, and they employ good workmen, at the best and easiest rate they possibly can, and faithfully do and discharge every part of the duty, by their best skill and fidelity.

Captain Lester moves, that he should have some allowance for the use of his yard and tools, and is willing to submit it to our future consideration; and that they may allow their workmen liquor necessary, and as they used to do when they employed men for themselves. And that Captain Lester procure the necessary iron work, and apply, as occasion shall be, to Colonel Huntington and Benjamin Huntington, Esq.; and they withdrew.

And Colonel Elderkin gave in his Account and Report of the circumstances, &c., of the Furnace, &c., at Salisbury, and the Works thereabouts, Colebrook, &c., for which lie was appointed 9th instant. Among many other things, that a lot of about two hundred acres of Land lies near the Furnace, with about one hundred and fifty acres of wood upon it, and may be bought in order for coal; and very difficult to get it any other way, &c. And, on consideration, is

Voted and agreed, That Captain Elijah Hyde, of Lebanon, be appointed to repair to Colonel Hamlin and the Reverend Mr. Whittlesey, whose Ladies are owners of said Lands, to know upon what terms the Land may be purchased, or part of it, or how the wood, or any part thereof, may be had, and to obtain the terms under the hands of those gentlemen and their wives, and make report to this Board.

Sundry Regulations, relating to arming the people, &c., and on the question about making Scabbards and Belts for the Bayonets for the Guns, &c., made or fixed for the Colony:

Voted, That they ought to be provided.

Adjourned till to-morrow morning.

Tuesday, January 30, 1776.

Met again the same as yesterday.

Colonel Saltonstall came in, and the time taken up in considering how and in what manner the Fortifications at New-London and Groton shall be made and carried on; the subject discoursed, &c., &c.

P. M. On application, &c., Doctor Robert Usher, of Chatham, is appointed Surgeon and Physician for Colonel Wadsworth's Regiment, in the recruits raising for Cambridge, &c.; and Doctor Elias Norton, Surgeon's Mate pr the same Regiment.

Doctor Elisha Perkins is appointed Surgeon and Physician for Colonel Douglas's Regiment, in the same service, and Doctor Thomas Gray, Surgeon's Mate for the same Regiment; and this Board do appoint the Rev. John Fuller, Chaplain of said Colonel Douglas's Regiment.

A number of Officers came in, moving sundry questions about Guns, Blankets, &c., for the Recruits, &c., and on the question,

Voted, That each Officer and Soldier, or other person, supplying a Gun and Bayonet for the service, shall be allowed one Shilling and six Pence for the use of it; and each person supplying a Blanket be allowed three Shillings for the use of the same. And if either be lost, without any default of the Soldier, the owner shall be paid for it, they being both appraised before hand; if by his default, to be borne by the carrier.

That in case any shall not be able, and with assistance of their Officers, to provide themselves with Gun and Blanket, the Selectmen of the several Towns are directed to use their utmost endeavours and speed to procure them. And, if they cannot be otherwise obtained, that they procure warrants to impress them.

Voted, That an Armourer be provided for each Regiment.

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

N. B. Colonel Porter came in just before, and talked with him about the Furnace, &c., at Salisbury.

Wednesday, January 31, 1776, A. M.

Met according to adjournment.

Present the same as yesterday; and, also, Colonel Dyer came about ten o'clock.

Captain Uriah Hayden, present, being sent for, he, to conclude about building the Ship for defence, &c., and have and do agree that he shall, and he undertakes to build said Ship, to be eighty feet keel, twenty-seven feet beam, and twelve feet hold; to have six Shillings per day for, and finding himself; and that he shall employ good and faithful workmen, and on the best and easiest terms he possibly can, and discharge every part of the duty with the greatest fidelity, care, and despatch, and is to advise and consult Captain Harding, who is sent for that purpose, or any other person, or persons, who may be appointed by this Board, and to attend every direction he may receive from the Governour and this Council, about the moulding and manner of building and finishing the same, and keep and render careful and exact accounts of his doings in the premises.

The foregoing agreed to.

URIAH HAYDEN.

(Copy given him of the same.)

Agreed with Benjamin Williams, Esq., of Saybrook, that he be employed to do the work (all the necessary Iron work) for the War-Ship Captain Hayden is employed to build; that is to say, all the Smith's work, larger and smaller, as low, and including deck-nails, and the same deliver at said Hayden's Ship-Yard, at the rate of twenty Shillings per hundred weight, and to do the same in good and work-manlike manner, and in good and due season, as fast as it shall be wanted for its proper use and uses, and to do and perform the whole in good, faithful, and upright manner, to be done and wrought of Iron, to be found and delivered at his Shop, at or near said Yard.

Said Williams agrees to the above.

BENJAMIN WILLIAMS.

(Copy given him.)

On further consideration, Voted, That the dead-rising for the Row-Galleys ordered to be built by Captains Lester and Winslow, be about seven inches instead of four, as before agreed.

Sundry Letters prepared for General Schuyler, Colonels Wolcott and Wadsworth, Governour Cooke, &c., and consideration had about supplying Colonel Burrell's Regiment on their march, &c., to Albany, and many things for promoting the general service.

Mr. Harpin came A. M., and heard him P. M., to have orders, &c., about Fortifications at Milford, &c., and as no orders had been given by the Assembly, save that they