on Accounts be, and they hereby are directed to receive and examine all the Accounts of Tavern keepers which shall be presented to this House in consequence of a Resolve of the Court of the 7th of November last, and that they certify on such Accounts the sums that are due to such Taverners, whose Accounts shall be vouched agreeable to said Resolve; and having thus proceeded, they are further directed to deliver them to the Committee which shall be hereafter appointed to receive and pass upon the Muster-Roils of the Militia and Minute-Men ordered in said Resolve, and not to send them without further directions, to the Committee of Council appointed to concur, and make payment of such Accounts as shall have been passed by the first-mentioned Committee.

Upon a motion, Ordered, That Dr. Fletcher be added to the Standing Committee on Accounts, to assist them in passing on such Accounts as may be exhibited against the Colony by Physicians and Surgeons.

Mr. Speaker communicated to the House a Letter received from Colonel Joseph Otis, of Barnstable.

Whereupon Ordered, That Colonel Orne, Mr. Caldwell, and Mr. Story, with such as the honourable Board shall join, be a Committee to take the same into consideration, and to inquire into the conduct of the people at Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, and report.

Moses Gill, Esq., brought down the Report of a Committee appointed to wait on the General Officers, and confer with them on the measures proper to be taken that our lines may be duly defended at this crisis.

Afternoon.

Upon a motion, Ordered, That Colonel Lovell, Captain Toby, and Captain Knowles, be a Committee to receive all Petitions and Accounts of those who received wounds from the enemy on and since the 19th of April.

A Petition from John Tidd;also from Joseph Cornell;also from Dennison Wallis;setting forth, that they sustained losses and suffered wounds from the enemy on the 19th of April;also a Petition of Alexander Parren, representing that he is rendered incapable of serving his country any longer as a soldier, or supporting his family, by means of a wound received in the battle on Bunker's Hill;and praying consideration.

Read, and committed to the Committee appointed this day to receive Petitions of this nature.

Moses Gill, Esq., brought down from the honourable Board a Memorial from General Frye, setting forth the importance of Falmouth Town and Neck, the works that are there prepared, and the necessity of further provision for the safety of that Post.

Read, and Ordered, That Mr. Gerry, Colonel Sawyer, and Colonel Barrett, with such as the honourable Board shall join, be a Committee to take into consideration this Memorial, and report.

Upon a motion, Ordered, That Mr. Speaker and Colonel Orne, with such as the honourable Board shall join, be a Committee to acquaint his Excellency General Washington with the importance of Cape-Cod Harbour, and confer with him on some method to deprive the enemy of the advantage they now receive therefrom.

Ordered, That Mr. Story bring in a Resolve providing for the settlement of Accounts that are and may be exhibited by Innholders and others, for entertainment afforded to Soldiers on their march from their homes to Head-Quarters; also for support of prisoners and their guards, as well as others.

Upon a motion. Ordered, That the Committee who are appointed to provide for the removal of those Inhabitants of Boston, to the several Towns in the country, who are unable to remove themselves, be directed to procure teams for this purpose, on the best terms they are able.

Benjamin White, Esq., brought down a Report of the Committee for proportioning three thousand and eight men among the several Regiments in particular Counties in this Colony.

Samuel Holten, Esq., brought down the following Vote of Council, viz:

In Council, December 1, 1775: Ordered, That Mr. Spooner and Colonel Lincoln, with such as the honourableHouse shall join, be a Committee to take into consideration the state and circumstances of the Sea-Coasts, and report whether, in their opinion, the whole or any part of the men stationed for the defence thereof, can with safety be discharged, and if any can be, in what part of the Colony, that they may have an opportunity, if they see cause, of joining the recruits.

Read, and concurred, and Mr. Gerry, Dr. Baylies, and Colonel Spaulding are joined.

Ordered, That Colonel Orne procure five hundred copies of the Resolve for raising part of the Militia to be printed as soon as possible.

Ordered, That Mr. Gardner go (o the honourable Board, and inquire if they have passed on the Resolve for raising part of the Militia.

Who reported that he had delivered the message.

Moses Gill, Esq., came down, and informed the House that the honourable Board had passed on the Resolve for raising part of the Militia, by concurring the same.

Mr. Stone, according to order, brought in a Resolve providing for the settlement of certain Accounts of Innholders, which was accepted, and is as follows, viz:

In the House of Representatives, December 1, 1775.

Resolved, That the Standing Committee of this House on Accounts be, and they are hereby directed to receive and| examine all the Accounts of Tavernkeepers and others, which shall be presented to this House, for supporting the Soldiers in their march from their homes to HeadQuarters, and that they allow such Accounts as shall be properly vouched, and that they keep all such Accounts upon a separate file, and deliver the same to the Committee appointed to examine the Muster-Rolls of the Army, that they may be able to make such deductions as shall be necessary.

And it is further Resolved, That the Standing Committee aforesaid be, and they hereby are directed (o receive and examine all Accounts of Tavernkeepers and others, for support of prisoners and their guards, and also for support of sick Soldiers and Indians;and upon their being properly vouched, that they allow and pass the same.

Resolved, That the Standing Committee of this House on Accounts be, and they are hereby directed to receive and examine all the Accounts of Tavernkeepers which shall be presented to this House, in consequence of a Resolve of the Court of the 7th of November last, and that they certify on such Accounts the sums that are due to such Taverners, whose Accounts shall be vouched agreeable to said Resolve, and having thus proceeded, they are further directed to deliver them to the Committee, which shall be hereafter appointed to receive and pass upon the Musler-Rolls of the Militia and Minute-Men ordered in said Resolve: And not to send them without further directions, to the Committee of Council appointed to concur;and make payment of such Accounts as shall have passed by the first-mentioned Committee.

A Petition of Francis Brown; also of Nathaniel Farmer;setting forth the loss and damage that they sustain by means of wounds which they received on the 19th of April, and praying relief.

Read, and committed to the Committee for receiving Petitions of wounded men.

The House then adjourned, to nine o'clock, to-morrow morning.

Saturday, December 2, 1775.

Upon a motion, Ordered, That Colonel Sayer bring in a Resolve directing Mr. Nye to use his utmost endeavours to raise one hundred and twenty-eight men in the East Regiment, in the County of Barnstable.

The Committee appointed at the last sitting of the Court to procure Wood and Hay for the Army, made report of their doings, and proposed a measure for the more effectual supply of the article of Wood. Whereupon the following Order was passed, viz:

Whereas, it appears that the camps at Cambridge, Charlestown, and Medford, consumes fifty-eight cords of Wood per day, viz: twenty-four at Cambridge, sixteen at Prospect-Hill, and eighteen at Winter-Hill;and the camp at Roxbury consumes seventeen cords per day. In order that there may be a daily supply,