| 1775. Dec. 19, |
Committee to draft a Proclamation, 1238 |
| 20, |
Petition of Charles Chauncey, in behalf of Neal Mclotyre, of Portsmouth, 1238 |
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Petition of Abiel Wood, of Pownalborough, 1238 |
| 21, |
Memorial of Jacob Boardman, of Newburyport, 1240 |
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Committee to wait on General Washington, and learn from him to what limits he will extend his Guards, 1240 |
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Petition of Samuel Brewer, 1240 |
| 22, |
Memorial of Hannah Sewall, of Brookline, 1240 |
| 23, |
Abiel Wood ordered to be confined until he gives security in one thousand Pounds that he will not correspond with the enemies of his country, 1241 |
| 25, |
Committee to provide Wood for the Army, 1242 |
| 26, |
Regulation for the payment of Post-Riders, 1242 |
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Statement of facts relating to the Companies at Braintree, Weymouth, and Hingham, to be laid before General Washington, 1243 |
| 27, |
Petition of Deborah Gushing, wife of Thomas Cushing, one of the Members of the Continental Congress, 1244 |
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Petition of the Town of Harvard, expressing their dissatisfaction with the large stipends granted to Officers, and some others, (except Soldiers.) This has chilled the spirits of the commonalty, and has been a bar against the Army's filling up, 1245 |
| 28, |
Selectmen of the several Towns requested to encourage the making of Saltpetre in private families, 1245 |
| 27, |
Instruction to the Committee appointed to examine the Muster-Rolls, 1245 |
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Draft of a Proclamation reported, read, and recommitted, 1246 |
| 29, |
Committee to consider and report a plan for fitting out Armed Vessels for the defence of American liberty, 1246 |
| 30, |
A Field-Officer, with the rank of Colonel, and Officers for the First and Second Companies, to be stationed at Gloucester, elected by joint ballot, 1247 |
1776.
Jan. 1, |
Officers for the Third and Fourth Companies at Gloucester elected, 1247 |
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Petition of John Bragdon, 1248 |
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Officers for the Companies at Marblehead, Elizabeth Island, and Martha's Vineyard, elected, 1248 |
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Colonel and other Officers of the Forces to be stationed at Falmouth, and for one Company at Kittery-Point, elected, 1249 |
| 2, |
Petition of Selectmen of Dorchester, 1250 |
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Petition of Daniel Pierce for payment for Medicines furnished the Continental Army, 1250 |
| 3, |
Report of Committee of what further is necessary to be done before the Minute-Militia and Sea-Coast Rolls are paid off; 1251 |
| 4, |
Petition of William Brown, and others, 1251 |
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Message to the House of Representatives, setting forth the facts respecting the Guard at the Town of Hull, and the necessity of suitable Guards at Braintree, Weymouth, and Hingham, 1252 |
| Jan.1, |
Committee to examine into the conduct and character of Dr. Samuel Gelston, lately apprehended by an order of the General Court, 1252 |
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Committee on the subject-matter of the Militia Bill and the manner in which the Officers shall be appointed, 1252 |
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Letter from General Gates, with Prisoners, 1253 |
| 5, |
Petition of Silas Ball, Surgeon of Colonel Wood-bridge's Regiment, 1253 |
| 6, |
Doorkeeper ordered to place Dr. Samuel Gelston under a proper Guard, 1254 |
| 8, |
Petition of Joseph Pearse Palmer, 1254 |
| 9, |
Petition of the Selectmen of Topsfield, 1254 |
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Petition of John Bunker, of Mount-Desert, 1255 |
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Report of Joint Committee on the conduct of the Officers at Falmouth, 1255 |
| 10, |
Petition of a number of the Inhabitants of Majabigwaduce, complaining of the tyrannical conduct of John Bateman, 1257 |
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Letter to Hugh Orr, directing the confinement of James Seward within the limits of the Town of Bridgewater, 1258 |
| 11, |
Memorial of John Tufft, of Belfast, in Penobscot, setting forth that some of the Inhabitants of Long-Island, in Penobscot Bay, have supplied the Ministerial Forces with Cord-Wood, 1258 |
| 1776. |
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Two Ships ordered to be built at the expense of the Colony: one to carry thirty-six Guns, the other thirty-two Guns, 1259 |
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Committee on a Letter from General Washington, on the critical state of the Army, 1259 |
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Committee on a Letter from William Williams, of Connecticut, communicating measures adopted by that Colony, and discoveries made of a Lead-Mine, 1259 |
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Letter to the Committee of Northampton, directing them to send Joshua Young to Marshfield, 1259 |
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Letter to the Committee of Marshfield, directing them to take charge of Joshua Young, and be careful be does not pass the limits of the Town, 1259 |
| Jan, 12, |
Committee on a Deposition of Ebenezer Goodell, relative to Joseph Bowditch, refusing a tender of Bills of Publick Credit, 1260 |
| 13, |
Report of Committee on General Washington's Letter of the 10th instant, 1260 |
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Committee to wait on General Washington, 1260 |
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Petition of John Tidd, of Lexington, wounded on the 19th of April, 1260 |
| 15, |
Committee on a Letter from General Washington, respecting the want of Fire-Arms for the new Recruits now coming in, 1260 |
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Officers to be stationed at Plymouth, Truro, and Tarpaulin Cove, elected, 1261 |
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Petition of James Lemony 1262 |
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Letter from Robert Treat Paine, dated January 1, declining the appointment of one of the Justices of the Superior Court, 1262 |
| 16, |
Report of Joint Committee on General Washington's Letter respecting the want of Fire-Arms, 1263 |
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Council authorized to lend General Washington, as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, fifty thousand Pounds, on his obligation to return the same when demanded, 1263 |
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Committee on a Letter from the President of Congress, 1263 |
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Officers to be stationed at Salem and Sheepscut-River, and Mustermasters for Cumberland, Dukes, Plymouth, and Essex Counties, elected, 1264 |
| 17, |
Instructions to the Delegates in Congress, 1265 |
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Report of Joint Committee on the Petition of the Town of Dorchester, 1266 |
| 18, |
Amended Instructions to the Delegates in Congress, 1266 |
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Letter to the Delegates, informing them of their appointment, and enclosing the Instructions, 1266 |
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Petition of Elizabeth Sampson, and other Indian Inhabitants of Grafton,. 1267 |
| 19, |
Proclamation by the General Court, to be read at the opening of Courts, at the Town-Meetings, and in all Churches, 1268 |
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Letter from Isaac Smith to John Adams, 1271 |
| 20, |
Permission to Isaac Smith to export one hundred and fifty quintals of Fish, the proceeds to be laid out in the purchase of Powder, Saltpetre, or Sulphur, 1271 |
| 21, |
Committees in the several Counties to aid in raising Men for a temporary reinforcement of the Army, 1272 |
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Orders for raising a Regiment to serve in Canada, 1272 |
| 22, |
Petition of James Curtis, of Brunswick, 1275 |
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Letter to the Committee of Safety of Newbury-port, directing them to take charge of William Miller, 1275 |
| 23, |
Petition of Joseph Deane for permission to send a Vessel to Surinam, 1276 |
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Petition of Thomas Russell for permission to send a small Schooner to the Foreign West-Indies, 1277 |
| 24, |
The Delegates of the Colony in Congress to be paid one hundred and thirty Pounds each, in Continental Bills, to enable them to defray their expenses, and support the dignity of their office, 1278 |
| 25, |
Order of the General Court of 9th of December last, so far as it relates to Martha's Vineyard, annulled, 1279 |
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Memorial of the Selectmen of the Town of Sherburne, in the Island of Nantucket, praying to be released from the order of the 9th of December, 1279 |