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Powder-Mill ordered to be built at Stoughton without delay, 1403 |
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A Regiment to reinforce the Army in Canada, ordered to be raised forthwith in the Counties of Hampshire and Berkshire, 1403 |
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Field-Officers for the Regiment chosen, 1404 |
| Jan.20, |
Committee to confer with General Washington, at large, on the subject of raising a Regiment for reinforcing the Army in Canada, 1404 |
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Committee to see that the Men proportioned on certain Counties be immediately raised, 1405 |
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Information received that a Vessel belonging to Solomon Nye, of Falmouth, has sailed to the West-Indies, contrary to the Resolution of the Continental Congress, 1405 |
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Committee to divide the Men to be raised for a temporary reinforcement of the American Army into Regiments, 1405 |
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One month's Pay to be advanced to the Regiment to be raised for Canada, over and above what will be paid by General Washington, 1405 |
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Resolve for raising the Regiment to go into Canada, 1405 |
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Instructions to the Committees appointed to superintend the raising of the six Regiments, 1407 |
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Committee to see that the Men to be raised in Hampshire and Berkshire Counties be equipped with all possible expedition, 1407 |
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Form of Inlistment for the Regiment to be raised for Canada, 1408 |
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Resolve for removing the concern and uneasiness of some People in the Colony, on account of the high wages to be paid to the Officers of the American Army, 1408 |
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Resolve to facilitate the inlisting and marching of the Regiment for Canada with the utmost despatch, 1408 |
| 22, |
Bill for regulating the Militia passed, 1408 |
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Treasurer authorized to lend the Commissary-General of the American Army two thousand Pounds, to enable him to make provision for the Troops marching to Canada, 1409 |
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Committee to use their utmost endeavours to have Men apportioned to each Town in Berkshire and Hampshire Counties, for the Regiment for Canada, raised with the utmost despatch, 1409 |
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Committee to revise the several Resolves of the Court relative to Saltpetre, 1409 |
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Apportionment among the several Counties of the six Regiments to be raised from the Militia to serve in the American Army until the 1st of April next, 1410 |
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Field and Staff-Officers for the six Regiments chosen, 1413 |
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Resolve of the Council relating to Dr. Samuel Gelston disagreed to, and the House adhere to their own vote, 1414 |
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Committee to consider meet allowance for the gentlemen who served as General Officers previous to the Continental establishment of the Army, 1415 |
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Accounts for Supplies to Soldiers after the battle of Lexington, 1417 |
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Resolve of the House relative to Dr. Gelston disagreed to by the Council, and recommitted, 1417 |
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Receiver-General authorized to pay the fifty thousand Pounds to General Washington, either in Continental Bills or other Money, 1417 |
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Two hundred Pounds, and the rents of Massachusetts-Hall, allowed Dr. Langdon, President of Harvard College, for his services for one year, 1417 |
| 25, |
Petition of Timothy Munro, wounded on the 19th of April, 1418 |
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Memorial of the Selectmen of the Town of Sherburne, praying the repeal of a Resolve forbidding the importation of Fuel and Provisions into that Town, 1418 |
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Resolve for establishing Fees for the Court of Admiralty, 1418 |
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Inhabitants of the Island of Martha's Vineyard permitted to receive Provisions, 1419 |
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Allowance to the General Officers of the Massachusetts Army, 1419 |
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Compensation to be made for the loss of Arms, Accoutrements, and Clothing, sustained by certain Persons who engaged the Ministerial Forces on the 19th of April and 17th of June last past, 1419 |
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Petition of Nathan Putnam, wounded at the battle of Lexington, 1420 |
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Petition of Dennison Wallis, made prisoner on the 19th of April last, 1420 |
| Jan, 26, |
Committee to take measures for the apprehension of Dr. Samuel Gelston, who has fled from the custody of the Messenger of this House, 1421 |
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Petition of Solomon Pierce, wounded at the battle of Lexington, 1421 |
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Petition of the Committees of Machias, &c.: Their Lumber trade is stopped, and they have no means of supporting their families, 1421 |
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Guardians for the Grafton Indians chosen, 1422 |
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Committee to consider at large the matter of building Powder-Mills, 1422 |
| 27, |
Report of Committee of both Houses on the Resolve of Congress relative to Persons whose going at large may endanger the safety of the Colony, or the liberties of America, considered and recommitted, 1423 |
| 29, |
Report of Joint Committee on sundry Resolves of the American Congress, 1423 |
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Petition of Benjamin Foster, in behalf of the Committee of Machias, praying the consideration of the Court with respect to the Estate of Ichabod Jones, 1424 |
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Committee on an intercepted Letter from Elisha Allis, Jun, of Hatfield, to Major Gray, of Stockbridge, 1425 |
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Petition and Muster-Roil of Jeremiah O'Brien, representing that, on the 21st of August last, he was appointed Commander of two Armed Vessels, and asking a proper allowance, 1425 |
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Petition of the Indian Inhabitants of the Town of Stockbridge, praying they may not be sued for debts for two years, and that Tavern-keepers may be restrained from selling them spirituous Liquors, 1425 |
| 30, |
John Hancock chosen First, James Warren Second, and Azoi Orne Third Major-General, 1425 |
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Brigadier-Generals for the several Counties elected, 1426 |
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Committee to wait upon General Washington on the subject of a Regiment raising in the County of Berkshire by Colonel Fellows, 1426 |
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Further elections of Officers, 1426 |
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Two hundred Pounds to be paid to the Committee for receiving the Inhabitants of Boston at Chelsea, to prevent the spreading of the Small-Pox, 1426 |
| 31, |
Petition of Benjamin Crocker, of Falmouth, for permission to send a Vessel to Tobago, 1426 |
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Report of Committee on Petition of the Committee and other Inhabitants of Machias, Goldsborough, and other Towns m Lincoln County, 1427 |
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Committee on anonymous Letter, dated Dartmouth, January 12, hinting that English Goods are clandestinely imported from England, by way of the West-Indies and Nantucket, into the Town of Dartmouth, 1427 |
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Resolve for punishing Persons who shall endeavour to prevent the credit of the Continental or other Bills of Credit, 1427 |
| Feb, 1 |
Committee to repair to Rehoboth to examine the Fortifications there, 1428 |
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Committee to bring in a Bill establishing a Test, 1428 |
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Committee to see if there is sufficient provision made to make Continental and other Bills of Credit a tender in all payments, 1428 |
| Jan. 26 |
Benjamin Crocker permitted to make a voyage to the West-Indies, 1428 |
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Council reject John Cumming for Brigadier-General, and propose James Prescott, 1429 |
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Amendment of the Council to the Resolve appointing a Committee to bring in a Bill establishing a Test, rejected by the House, 1429 |
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Joseph Henderson appointed to repair to Philadelphia with the Accounts of the Colony, 1429 |
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Committee to employ some Person to take charge of Dr. Gelston, and one Brown, who assisted him in making his escape, 1429 |
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Committee to repair to Falmouth, in the County of Cumberland, in the recess of the Court, to inquire into the circumstances of that Town, 1430 |
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Committee to make a representation of the conduct of the Inhabitants of the Island of Nantucket to the American Congress, 1431 |
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