Tuesday, June 18, 1776.

The House met according to adjournment.

Voted, That a half-barrel of Gunpowder be delivered out of the Powder-House in Exeter to the Selectmen of Chesterfield, or their order, for the use of said Town of Chesterfield, and that the said Selectmen of Chesterfield, or some person, give a receipt therefor, and promise to account with the Treasurer of this Colony for the same.

Voted, That Major James Hackett be First Colonel of the Regiment now to be raised for Canada, and that Joseph Senter be Lieutenant-Colonel, and Colonel Stephen Peabody be Major of said Regiment.

Adjourned to half-past two, P. M.

Met according to adjournment.

Voted, To choose a Committee of this House to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to confer together, and nominate to this House certain persons to take the hard Money now collected in this Colony, and carry the same to General Schuyler at Ticonderoga, or wherever he may be found, for the support and supply of our Troops in Canada, and to make report as soon as may be; and that Major Bartlett, Captain Long, and Deacon Baldwin, be the Committee of this House for that purpose.

Voted, That John Drew of Harrington, James Hadlock of Southampton, William Harper 01 Brintwood, Joseph Dearborn of Chester, James Shephard of Canterbury, Augustus Blanchard of Merrimack, Samuel Wetherbee of Charlestown, and Joseph Parker of New-Ipswich, be Captains in the Regiment now to be raised and sent to Canada.

Voted, That Benjamin Giles, Esq., of the Council, and Matthew Patten, Esq., and Nahum Baldwin, Esq., of this House, be a Committee to receive what Gold and Silver Coin is now in the Treasury, and to carry the same to the Hon. General Schuyler at Ticonderoga, or Albany, or where-ever he may be, for the necessary supply of our Troops at Canada, and take his receipt for the same on account of this Colony.

Voted, That the Account of Jonathan Dearborn, amounting to 12s., be allowed and paid out of the Treasury, and that the President give order of payment.

Voted, To choose a Committee of this House to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to give out Inlisting Orders to the several Officers of the Regiment now to be raised and sent into Canada, and to commissionate the Officers, and make all necessary preparations for, and equip the said Regiment as soon as possible; and that John Dudley, Esq., Captain Pierce Long, and Mr. John Smith, be the Committee of this House for that purpose.

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

Wednesday, June 19, 1776.

The House met according to adjournment, and the Speaker being absent, the House made choice of Samuel Cutts. Esq., for their Speaker, pro tempore, who took the Chair accordingly; soon after which, the Speaker came in, and resumed the Chair.

Voted, That it be, and hereby is, recommended to all Colonels, and other Officers of the Militia in this Colony, to be aiding and assisting to the several Officers appointed to inlist Soldiers for the Regiment to be sent into Canada, by all good means in their power, that the said Regiment may be raised with all convenient speed.

Voted, That Mr. Baldwin and Matthew Patten, Esq., be excused from going to Canada, to carry the hard Money now in the Treasury to General Schuyler.

Voted, That James Betton, Esq., be joined to the Hon. Benjamin Giles, Esq., as a Committee to receive out of the Colony Treasury, and convey to General Schuyler, or to the Commanding Officer of the Continental Forces in Canada, all the hard Money in the Treasury, for the support of our said Forces, and to take his receipt for the same on account of this Colony.

Voted, That Benjamin Giles, Esq., and James Betton, Esq., receive out of the Treasury £30, lawful money, to be by them accounted for, and that the President give order of payment accordingly.

Voted, That the balance of the Account of Major John Bellows, amounting to £19 7s. 1d., be allowed and paid out of the Treasury, and that the President give order of payment.

Voted, That the several Mustermasters, hereafter named, receive out of the Treasury sufficient Moneys to pay off the Troops going to Canada, for their bounty and their month's advance wages; and that they pay them in their several departments, upon their being mustered and enrolled; and that Colonel Timothy Walker be Mustermaster of Captain Shepard's Company, Colonel Otis Baker of Captain Drew's Company, Captain Ezekiel Worthen of Captain Hadlock's Company, Samuel Dudley, Esq., of Captain Harper's Company, John Dudley, Esq., of Captain Dearborn's Company, Deacon Nahum Baldwin of Captain Blanchard's Company, Mr. Elijah Grout of Captain Wetherbee's Company, and Colonel Enoch Hale of Captain Parker's Company.

"The Committee of both Houses beg leave to recommend the reconsidering of two Votes lately passed, viz: one for raising a Battalion agreeable to a Resolve of the Continental Congress, probably to be stationed at Portsmouth, and nominating Field and other Officers for the same, and a Vote appointing Officers for a Battalion to be sent into Canada. And they further recommend the six gentlemen voted for Field-Officers for the two above mentioned Battalions, with others who may be named, in lieu of those who decline the service, stand nominated to appoint eight of them for the second Canada service

"M. THORNTON, Chairman."

Voted and Resolved, That the Vote of this House of the 11th instant, appointing Major Hackett, Major Tash, and Major Copp, to the command of the Battalion to be raised agreeable to a Resolve of the Continental Congress, to be stationed at Portsmouth; and the Vote of this House of the same day, for raising and equipping the said Battalion; and also a Vote of this House, of the 15th instant, appointing Officers for a Regiment to be sent into Canada, &c.;—that each and every of said Votes be, and hereby are, reconsidered and made null and void.

Voted, "That Mr. Thomas Clough go to Moultonborough and Canterbury, and carry a Letter to Colonel Senter and a Letter to Captain Shepard, and to return and report his doings as soon as may be.

The following Letter was presented to the House, viz:

To the Honourable House of Representatives for the Colony of New-Hampshire:

"Agreeable to the request of the late Congress of the Colony aforesaid to the Committees of Safety of the several Towns of the Colony, the Committees of the Towns of Dunstable, Hollis, Merrimack, and Litchfield, in said Colony, herewith return the names of Captain Leonard Whiting, Benjamin Whiting, and Samuel Cummings, Esqs., and Thomas Cummings, of Hollis, suspected persons of being unfriendly or inimical to the liberties and rights of the United Colonies, together with the evidences of such suspicion; which is humbly submitted to the examination and decision of the said honourable House of Assembly, agreeable to the handbills.

"Dated at Dunstable, 15th of June, 1776.

"REUBEN DOW, Chairman of Committee.

Whereas the Committees of Safety for the Towns of Dunstable, Hollis, Merrimack, and Litchfield, have returned the names of Leonard Whiting, Benjamin Whiting, Samuel Cummings, Esqrs., and Thomas Cummings, as persons suspected of being unfriendly or inimical to the liberties of the United Colonies, together with the evidences of such suspicion; which having been heard and fully considered, and also the said Leonard Whiting, Benjamin Whiting, Samuel Cummings, and Thomas Cummings, being heard by counsel upon their petition before both Houses, it appears to this House that the said suspicion is not sufficiently supported, and that the said Leonard Whiting, Benjamin Whiting, Samuel Cummings, and Thomas Cummings, be acquitted, and fully discharged.

Voted, That the Pay-Roil of Captain Eliphalet Daniel, for his Company of Matrosses, from the 17th of May, 1776, to the 17th of June instant, amounting to £154 12s., be allowed and paid out of the Treasury, and that the President give order of payment.