Voted, That there be one Captain, two Lieutenants, one Master, one Gunner, one Mate, one Steward, two Sergeants of Marines, two Corporals of Marines, one Boatswain, one Drummer, one Fifer, one Cook, one Carpenter’s Mate, one Surgeon, one Mate at £4. And, after nine o’clock, dismissed.

At a meeting of the Governour, &c., in the morning, at Hartford, Friday, June 7, 1776, Present:

His Honour the Governour and the rest, as at the last meeting: Considered the Wages and allowances of the Officers and Men for the Row Galleys.

Voted, That the Officers and Marines shall receive one month’s advance Wages on their inlistment; and voted that the sum of £129 12s. be advanced and drawn for to the Captains of said Galleys, to enable them to pay said advanced Wages. (Said three Orders drawn and delivered them respectively.)

Voted, and established the form of an Inlistment.

Voted, That the Governour be desired to give proper Commissions to the Officers, in form of the land service, nearly mutatis mutandis.

Voted, That Captain Stanton proceed without delay on board his Galley, and carry such Stores as Captain Bill shall ship, and deliver to Captain . . . . ., at Saybrook, for the use of the Ship building at Haydon’s yard, and return, as soon as may be, to enlist Men and fit his Galley, &c.

Voted, That an Order be drawn for Mr. Nathaniel Shaw, for £200, to be accounted for by him in his account with the Colony. (Order delivered Mr. Ledyard, at Hartford; and adjourned until the rising of the House at noon.)

At noon met again.

N. B. Mr. Shaw’s above, Mr. L. says, is on Captain Harding’s account; and voted an Order of £200 be drawn in favour of Captain Ephraim Bill, to be accounted for by him, as he was Overseer of building the Colony ship at Saybrook. (Order delivered Colonel Huntington.)

Voted, That an Order be drawn on the Treasurer in favour of Captain John Deshon, as Commissary of the Companies stationed at New-London, for the sum of £500, to be accounted for by him on settlement of his account. (Order given; delivered at Hartford.)

GENERAL WARD TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.

Boston, June 6, 1776.

SIR: Enclosed is the invoice of the ordnance stores which I have forwarded to Norwich, to the care of Captain Huntington, to be forwarded from thence by him to New-York, agreeable to General Putnam’s request in his letter to me of the 24th of May. All those articles were taken in the ship Hope, lately brought into this harbour by Captain Mugford.

I am, your Excellency’s obedient, humble servant,

ARTEMAS WARD.

To General Washington.

Invoice of Ordnance Stores forwarded to Captain HUNTINGTON, at NORWICH for the Army at NEW-YORK, viz:

Powder, five hundred barrels.

Carbines complete, five hundred.

Sand-bags, (bushel,) five thousand.

Sand-bags, (half-bushel,) five thousand.

Musket Ball, two tons.

Carpenters’ Tools, three chests.

One case Hand-saws, containing forty-two.

One case Hand-hammers, containing fifty.

Ten casks of Bill-hooks.

Two casks Felling-Axes; two casks Broad-Axes.

Thirteen casks Hatchets.

Six casks 24d. Nails.

One cask 5-inch Spikes; three casks 6-inch Spikes; one cask 7-inch Spikes; two casks 8½-inch Spikes.

Iron-shod Shovels, three hundred and forty-one.

Iron Shovels, one hundred and fifty-nine.

Spades, one thousand. Mantelets, one hundred.

MASSACHUSETTS ASSEMBLY TO THEIR DELEGATES IN CONGRESS.

Watertown, June 6, 1776.

GENTLEMEN: At the same time that we think ourselves obliged to acknowledge the vigilance and care of our Delegates to the defence of our Colony, and the attention of the Congress to an impartial defence of every part of the United Colonies, in the late provision made for the Massachusetts, by their resolve for adding three more battalions to those left for the defence of it,—we conceive it necessary to inform you that we think it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to raise the battalions proposed to be raised here without some additional encouragement. We are sensible of the importance and necessity of raising them. We are willing to give every encouragement in our power to effect it. We know of no encouragement but by a bounty; but yet dare not venture on such a measure without some assurances that such a step would be agreeable to Congress. You will therefore please to give us the sense of Congress on this subject, or such assurances of approbation of Congress, if we should adopt the measure, as we may rely on. We request this to be done as soon as possible, that the necessary steps for raising the battalions may be taken and executed with the despatch that the situation of this Colony requires. We cannot conclude without expressing our approbation of the promotion of Generals Gates and Mifflin, and our wishes that they may be appointed to the command of the troops here.

We will return, agreeable to the resolve of Congress, a list of Field-Officers as soon as it can be prepared. We should be glad to be informed of the extent of the encouragement Congress would be willing to give, and if they would disapprove of any addition this Colony may think necessary to make.*

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM GENERAL HOWE TO LORD GEORGE GERMAINE, DATED HALIFAX, JUNE 7, 1776.

On the 11th of May I had the honour of your Lordship’s despatches of the 28th March, by the Despencer packet, with duplicates of the 1st and 7th February, the originals of which were delivered by Captain Dickson, commanding the Greyhound frigate, on the 16th following.

I have suffered the most sensible mortification by being so long detained at this place; but the late arrivals of the provision ships, and the repairing of those included in the number requisite for transporting the troops (a return of which was forwarded to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury in my despatch of the 8th May) have made an earlier removal impracticable.

The troops, however, are at length embarked, waiting only for favourable weather to proceed to Sandy-Hook. In the early operations there, I shall have the closest attention to the reinforcements daily expected, and not hazard any

*IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, June 6, 1776.—Read, and ordered to be sent immediately to the Delegates of this Colony at the honourable Continental Congress.

IN COUNCIL, June 6, 1776. Read and concurred.

JOHN LOWELL, Deputy Secretary P. T.