of the General Assembly before circulation; also, we recommend that one hundred and eight of said coppers be equal to one Spanish-milled Dollar; that the said coin be of pure copper, and equal in weight to English half-pence, and bear such device thereon as the General Assembly may approve.

WYSEMAN CLAGETT, Chairman.

Adjourned to half-past two o’clock, afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

The Petition of the Inhabitants of New-Market against Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremiah Folsom, being read,

Ordered, That the consideration thereof be postponed to Friday next, afternoon.

Voted, That the Letters prepared to send to Colonel Bedel and Colonel Morey be transcribed, and sent to them, respectively, signed by the President of the Council.

Voted, That Colonel March have leave to go home.

Voted, That Major Downing have leave to go home.

Voted, That Mr. Speaker have leave to go home.

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

Thursday, March 14, 1776.

Met according to adjournment.

Voted, That the following persons be appointed to their respective offices in the Regiment now to be raised for the defence of this Colony, viz: David Gilman, Esq., Colonel; Hercules Mooney, Esq., Major; Nathan Brown, of Poplin, John Calfe, of Hampstead, Caleb Hogdsdon, of Dover, and Timothy Clements, of Hopkinton, Captains; William Cooper, of Southampton, James Aiken, of Londonderry, Abraham Perkins, of Sanbornton, and Nathan Fifield, of Ware, Lieutenants; Ebenezer Perry, of Wilton, Meshech Bell, of New-Castle, Thomas Gorden, of Raymond, and William Stillson, of Somersworth, Ensigns.

Voted, That Colonel Henry Gerrish be, and hereby is, appointed to repair to Orford, and deliver the Letters prepared by this Court to Colonel Bedel and Colonel Morey, and to return back and make report to this House, or to the Committee of Safety, as soon as may be, agreeable to Instructions to be given him by the Council and House of Representatives.

Also, Voted, That Colonel Walker, Mr. Lovewell, and Mr. Brainard, be a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to prepare Instructions for said Gerrish, and lay the same before this House as soon as may be.

Whereas Aaron Quimby, Ebenezer Collins, and Daniel Murray, have made complaint to this House against Captain John Parker, for wronging them in making up his Muster-Roll, &c.

Voted, To choose a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to hear the said parties, examine the said Roll, and make report to this House as soon as may be; and that John Dudley, Deacon Nahum Baldwin, and Colonel David Gilman, be a Committee of this House for that purpose.

Voted, That a Committee be chosen, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to confer upon the expediency of joining with the Massachusetts Colony in granting a Bounty unto the Privateers belonging to this and the Massachusetts Colony, that may take any of our enemy’s Ships-of-War upon this coast; and that Captain Long, Mr. John Bell, and Major Tash, be a Committee for the above mentioned purpose, and make a report to this House.

Voted, That the Widow Mary Shannon draw the Wages due, and for Clothing and Gun lost by her dead husband, George Shannon, at the battle of Bunker-Hill, the 19th of June, last; and in case there is an administration upon said Shannon’s Estate, Mr. Thomas Clough is to be accountable for the Money.

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

Met according to adjournment.

Voted, That the Account of the Selectmen of Sandown for Blankets, amounting to nine Pounds, 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 Jeremiah Bryent, Esq., be allowed and paid out of the Treasury forty Shillings for his services to this Colony up to this time, and that the eleven men that assisted him in carrying down the Fire-Raft to Portsmouth, be allowed and paid six Shillings each for their assistance, amounting to three Pounds and six Shillings, and that the President of the Council give order on the Treasurer for payment thereof.

Adjourned to five o’clock this afternoon, and attended the funeral of the Rev. Mr. Odlin; and then met according to adjournment.

Voted, That Mr. Cutts, Colonel Evans, and Captain Long, be a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to confer on the expediency of commissioning the Officers of an Independent Company at Portsmouth, and to make report to this House as soon as may be.

Voted, That Samuel Dudley, Esq., James Betton, Esq., Mr. Sherburne, Mr. Knowles, and Major Mooney, be a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to hear the matters of accusation laid against Joseph Kimball, Esq., and William Kimball, by the Committee of Safety of Henniker, and to make report to this House as soon as may be.

Voted, That the Account of the Committee of Safety of Somersworth, amounting to, twenty-nine Pounds ten Shillings and one Penny 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.

The Committee of both Houses, appointed to hear the matters of accusation against Joseph Kimball, Esquire, and William Kimball, by the Committee of Safety of Henniker, made report as follows, viz:

That the complaint, so far as it relates to Joseph Kimball, be dismissed, and that William Kimball be cited to appear and answer.

WYSEMAN CLAGETT, Chairman,

Which Report being read,

Voted, That the same be received and filed.

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

Friday, March 15, 1776.

The House met according to adjournment.

The Committee appointed by both Houses, to hear the complaint of Aaron Quimby, Ebenezer Collins, and Daniel Murray, against Captain John Parker, and to examine into said Parker’s Roll, made report as follows, viz:

First. That the stoppages on said roll are not well vouched. Secondly. That Asa Pette, Jun., Stephen Lowell, James Brown, and Joshua Bedel, are made up in the roll, and were never in the service. Thirdly. That John Kennedy was made up in the roll about two months more than he was in the service. Fourthly. That it appears that Ebenezer Collins served as a Sergeant, and made up in the roll as a Corporal.

NATHANIEL FOLSOM, Chairman.

Which Report being read and considered,

Voted, That the same be received, accepted, and filed, and that the parties be further heard thereon, on the second day of the next sitting of this Assembly.

Voted, That the Rev. Dr. Haven have and receive out of the Treasury twenty Pounds, for his, good services amongst our Soldiers at Piscataqua up to this time; and that the President of the Council give order on the Treasurer for payment thereof.

Voted, That a form of a Proclamation for a Publick Fast throughout this Colony, now read in this House, be forthwith printed, and dispersed throughout this Colony.

Voted, That Mr. Lovewell, Captain Moulton, David Gilman, Esq., John Dudley, Esq., and James Betton, Esq., be a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to examine into the matters of dispute between Colonel Samuel Hobart, Paymaster of the Troops of this Colony, and Colonel John Stark and other, and to make report to this House as soon as may be.

Voted, To choose a Committee of three members of this House, to confer with a Committee from the honourable Board, about the appointment of Tobias Leigton for an