| 1775. |
The Council requested to bring Abiel Wood before them, and deal with him in such a manner as may be for the security of this Colony and all America, 1340 |
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All the Post-Offices and Post-Riders employed by the late Provincial Congress dismissed from any further service, 1340 |
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Memorial of Committee of Newburyport, relative to the conduct of Benjamin Balch in exporting Fish contrary to a Resolve of Congress, 1340 |
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Petition of William Crawford, setting forth the circumstances of the People at Penobscot River 1340 |
| Dec. 16, |
Committee to consider a Letter from the Committee of Fairfax County, Virginia, 1341 |
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Committee to consider and report some further and more effectual measures for supplying the Army with Wood, 1341 |
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Memorial of Jacob Boardman, of Newburyport, relative to a voyage to Europe for Gunpowder and other Military Stores, 1342 |
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Further Regulations for supplying the Army with Wood, 1342 |
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Petition of Joshua Fabyan, for payment for Supplies to the Militia assembled in consequence of the burning of Falmouth, by Captain Mowat, on the 18th of October last, 1342 |
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Quantity of Hay to be furnished by certain Towns for the American Army, 1343 |
| 18, |
Petitions of William Tollman, of Dartmouth, and of Joseph Dean, for permission to send Vessels to the West-Indies, 1343 |
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Similar Petitions from the Convention for Cumberland County, and from the Committees of the Towns of Biddeford Pepperelborough, and Arundel, 1345 |
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Committee to draft a Proclamation to be read at the opening of the several County Sessions, for the purpose of inculcating a general obedience of the People to the several Magistrates appointed under the present Government of the Colony, 1345 |
| 19, |
Full compensation to be made to the Officers and Soldiers who sustained loss of Arms, Accoutrements, or Clothing, on the 19th of April and 17th of June, last, 1345 |
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Committee to hear Mr. Derby in his own defence, 1346 |
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Report of Committee appointed to inquire into the number, &c, of Ordnance belonging to this Colony, now under the care of General Washington, 1346 |
| 20, |
Committee on Garrisons for the Sea-Coast discharged of that part of their duty which directs them to confer with General Washington, 1347 |
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Memorial of Hannah Sewall, of Brookline, 1347 |
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Jacob Boardman's Vessel permitted to proceed to any part of Europe, (the Dominions of Great Britain excepted,) 1348 |
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Committee to publish a Report on making Saltpetre, 1348 |
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Petition of Abiel Wood for the appointment of a Committee to hear his defence, 1349 |
| 21, |
Petition of the Delegates of the several Towns in the County of Cumberland, met in Convention, 1349 |
| 22, |
Committee appointed to procure Hay for the Army directed to proceed immediately to execute their commission, 1351 |
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Number and Stations of Men to be raised for the defence of the Sea-Coast, 1351 |
| 23, |
Petition of Joshua Hayaes Jun., setting forth that he was wounded at the battle of Lexington, 1352 |
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Resolution for erecting Powder-Mills at Button and Stoughton reconsidered, 1352 |
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Further measures adopted for supplying the Army with Wood, 1353 |
| 25, |
Petition of James Perry for payment for a Horse killed on his return home from the battle of Lexington, 1354 |
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Resolve for stationing Men to defend the Sea-Coast, again read and recommitted, 1354 |
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Petition of the Town of Harvard, praying the Court to use its influence with the Continental Congress, to reduce the stipends granted to Officers, and others, in the American service, 1354 |
| 1775. |
Committee on a Letter from General Washington, requesting the Court to take some measures for supplying the Army with Blankets, 1354 |
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Resolutions condemning the conduct of Abiel Wood, 1355 |
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Committee to sign the Bills of Credit of the last emission, 1355 |
| Dec. 26, |
Committee to consider a meet grant to the President of Harvard College, 1355 |
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Committees to repair immediately to the several Towns, to represent the great danger the country is exposed to from a dispersion of the Army, which must take place if it is not supplied with Wood, 1356 |
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Report of the Joint Committee appointed to wait on and represent to General Washington the circumstances of the four Companies stationed at Braintree, Weymouth and Hingham, 1357 |
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Petition of Duncan Campbell, for permission to send a Vessel to Tobago, in ballast, 1358 |
| 27, |
William. Powell, of Salem, permitted to send a. Schooner of sixty tons to Europe, or the West-Indies, for Gunpowder, 1358 |
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Committee on Saltpetre report that, in a month or two, one ton, at least, of Saltpetre, will be collected, 1359 |
| 28, |
Committee to consider of some method by which the Colony may be supplied with Wood, 1360 |
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Instructions to the Committee on Muster-Rolls, 1361 |
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Establishment for the Forces to guard the Sea-Coast, 1862 |
| 29, |
Form of Beating Orders and Inlistments for raising Men to defend the Sea-Coast, 1364 |
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Committee to proportion four thousand Blankets to be procured for the Army, 1365 |
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Committee-on the Resolve of this House relating to the Estates of the Refugees, 1365 |
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Committee on the complaint against Haskitt Derby, relative to his having violated a Resolve of the Continental Congress, authorized to call certain Witnesses before them, or have their Depositions taken, 1365 |
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Committee to consider and report a plan for fitting out one or more Armed Vessels for the defence of American liberty, 1365 |
| 30, |
Officers and Men of the four Companies stationed at Braintree, Weymouth, and Hingham, who are not inlisted in the Continental Army, directed to remain at their Posts 1366 |
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Letter received from General Washington, informing the House that he does not think himself at liberty to extend the Continental Guards beyond Squantum and Chelsea, 1366 |
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Election of Officers for the first and second Companies at Gloucester, 1367 |
| 1776.Jan, 1, |
Petition of John Williams, representing that he received a wound at the battle on Bunker-Hill, 1367 |
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Further election of Officers, 1367 |
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Committee on the Petition of Ebenezer Bradish, 1368 |
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Memorial of John Lane, of Buxton, setting forth that he has been in commission upwards of twenty years, and prays rank according to his services, 1368 |
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Further election of Officers, 1368 |
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Petition of Ivory Hovey, in behalf of the Eastern Districts lying between Penobscot and Machias, praying an Admiralty Court may be established at Union River, 1370 |
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Committee to inquire into the conduct of the Of ficers of the Companies stationed at Falmouth at the time of the late fire there, 1370 |
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Petition of Joseph Pearse Palmer, praying pay for his services as Quartermaster-General, 1370 |
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Committee to confer with Mr. Phillips, on his proposal to erect a Powder-Mill at Andover 1370 |
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Committee to wait on General Washington, relative to a Donation for the Poor of Boston, from Fairfax County, Virginia 1370 |
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Committee to consider some proper Orders and Regulations for the Militia, when they shall be called out on alarms, 1370 |
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Committee to look into the Establishment of the Fields-Officers of the Forces raised by the Colony in April and May last, 1371 |
| 4, |
Message from the Council, 1372 |
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Secretary directed to attend the House, that he may he inquired of concerning the Proceedings of the Council with respect to Dr. Gelston, 1372 |
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