Voted, That Ichabod Rawlins, and John McClary, Esqs., and Mr. Baker, be a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to consult on that matter, and commission him in such manner as they shall think best, and lay the same before this House for their approbation.

Adjourned till to-morrow morning, nine o’clock.

Wednesday, January 24, 1776.

Met according to adjournment.

Voted, To direct our Delegates at the Continental Congress to purchase and send here, on freight, one thousand barrels of Flour, on account and risk of this Colony, at the best and cheapest rate possible.

Voted, That Colonel Morey, Colonel Gerrish, and Dr. Dearborn, be a Committee to view and buy twenty Fire-Arms, procured for the use of this Colony by Mr. Moses Parsons.

Voted, That Dr. Joshua Brackett be Judge of the Court of Admiralty for the Colony of New-Hampshire; and that Samuel Penhallow, Esq., be Register of said Court.

Voted, That Colonel Walker and Samuel Sherburne, Esq., be a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to consult and draw up such Rules and Regulations for the Court of Admiralty to be governed by, as may appear to be legal and necessary at this time, and to make report to this House as soon as may be.

Voted, To choose a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to draw up Instructions for the Committee voted to be sent to General Washington about officering the Regiment now raising for the Continental Army; and that Colonel Walker and James Betton, Esq., be the said Committee from this House.

Voted, That the draft for a Commission for Captain Daniel Jackson, as master and commander of the Privateer Enterprise, brought by Mr. Clagett into this House by order of Council, is acceptable to the House, and that the same be sealed up in a letter and sent to the Committee of Safety of Portsmouth, who are to take bond of said Jackson for his faithful discharge of his trust, in case the same measure is adopted by the General Court of the Massachusetts-Bay; the bond to be for one thousand Pounds.

Adjourned to half-past two o’clock, P. M.

Met according to adjournment.

Voted, That in case the Regiment now raising for the Continental Army be raised at the lines or elsewhere, or nearly filled up under the officers appointed by General Sullivan, that the same officers stand according to his appointment. Otherwise that the Committee of this House nominate six persons as candidates—three of which to be Field-Officers of said Regiment, viz: Colonel William Stark, Major Thomas Tash, Major David Copp, Colonel Jonathan Burnam, Colonel Henry Gerrish, and Captain Hercules Mooney.

Voted, That the sum of eleven hundred and twenty-eight Pounds and fifteen Shillings, in paper Bills, on interest, received out of the Treasury by the Committee of both Houses, be forthwith burnt to ashes in presence of both Houses; and that the said Committee be, and hereby are, discharged in full from the receipt thereof.

Voted, That the balance of the Account of Amos Eastman, for Guns, amounting to thirty-two Pounds sixteen Shillings, be allowed and paid out of the Treasury, and that the President of the Council give order on the Treasurer for payment thereof.

Voted, That Captain Richard Emms, now a prisoner at Portsmouth, receive out of the Treasury fifteen Pounds, towards his subsistence, to be by him accounted for, and that the President of the Council give order on the Treasurer for payment thereof.

The Vote of this House of January 15, 1776, relating to the Pay of the Members of the honourable Council and of this House, being sent up to the honourable Board; and being sent down to this House, (by Mr. Giles,) concurred with this amendment, viz: That the money drawn out of the Treasury, by each Member of the House of Representatives, for their attendance, shall be added to the next Tax Bill of the constituents of each respective Member. Which being read and considered,

Voted, That this House adhere to their former Vote.

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

Thursday, January 25, 1776.

Met according to adjournment.

Voted, That John Dudley and James Betton, Esqs., be a Committee of this House, to confer with a Committee of the honourable Board, concerning settling the dispute between Colonel Hobart and Colonel Stark, and make report thereon to this House as soon as may be.

Voted, That Colonel David Gilman and Captain Prentice be added to the Committee of Safety, for the purpose of fitting out the Regiment under command of Colonel Bedel for Canada.

Voted, That the Committee of Safety proceed to fit out and send off to Canada the Regiment under command of Colonel Bedel, the sitting of the General Assembly notwithstanding.

Voted, That Colonel Walker, Mr. Gibson, and Captain Bell, be a Committee of this House, to confer with a Committee of the honourable Board, about an adjournment of the Council and House, and to make report as soon as may be.

Voted, To send no answer to Colonel Hobart’s message by Mr. Gray.

Voted, That Samuel Cutts, Esq., Commissary, receive out of the Treasury five hundred Pounds, to be by him accounted for, and that the President of the Council give order on the Treasurer for payment thereof.

Voted, The Committee of Safety of New-Market their Account for Fire-Rafts, amounting to thirty-nine Pounds six Shillings and three Pence half-penny, be allowed and paid out of the Treasury, and that the President of the Council give order on the Treasurer for payment thereof.

Voted, That John Dudley, Esq., Otis Baker, Esq., Mr. Jacob Abbott, Captain Prentice, and Mr. Emerson, be a Committee to join with a Committee of the honourable Board to nominate proper persons in the respective Counties in the Colony to administer an Oath to the respective Officers of each County in said Colony, and to nominate a Committee in each County to receive Bonds of the Recorders of Deeds and Conveyances, Register of Probate, and County Treasurer, in the respective Counties in this Colony; also, to nominate a Committee in each County to remove the Record of Deeds and Conveyances and of Probate to the places where they are to be kept in the respective Counties.

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

Friday, January 26, 1776.

Met according to adjournment.

Voted, That Matthew Morley, a prisoner here, receive out of the Treasury twelve Pounds, towards his subsistence, to be by him accounted for, and that the President of the Council give order on the Treasurer for payment thereof.

Voted, That John Dudley, Esq., Major Barker, Captain Prentice, Captain Worthen, John McClary, Esq., and James Betton, Esq., be a Committee, to join a Committee of the honourable Council, about settling the Wages of both Houses.

Voted, That Captain Long, Major Downing, and Deacon Knowles, be a Committee, to join a Committee of the honourable Council, to consider of the petitioning the honourable the Continental Congress, with regard to the settling one or more Battalions of Soldiers at Portsmouth, or any other part of this Colony, for the defence thereof, upon the Continental charge and establishment.

Voted, That Philips White, Esq., and Noah Emery, Esq., for the County of Rockingham; Colonel Baker and Ichabod Rollins, Esq., for the County of Strafford; Matthew Patten, Esq., and Moses Nichols, Esq., for the County of Hillsborough; Thomas Sparhawk, Esq., and Benjamin Bellows, Jun., Esq., for the County of Cheshire; Samuel Emerson, Esq., and Daniel Brainard, Esq., for the County of Grafton, be, and hereby are, appointed Committees, in conjunction with a Committee from the honourable Board,