receipt for the same, agreeable to the request of George Gaines, Esq., by order from the Committee of Newburyport; and that the President give directions accordingly.

Voted, To choose a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to consult and examine into the expediency of delivering Powder to the inhabitants of Piermont, Oxford, and Alexandria, and in what quantity, and on what condition the same shall be delivered to each of said Towns, and to make report thereon as soon as may be; and that Captain Moulton, Deacon Knowles, and Mr. Wheeler, be the Committee of this House for that purpose.

An Act for establishing the style of Commissions, and for altering the style of Writs, &c, was read a third time, and passed to be enacted.

Voted, That Captain Prentice, Doctor Dearborn, and Major Philbrick, be a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to try and see how cheap they can get two hundred and fifty copies of each of the Acts and Laws passed in this present session, printed, and to get them printed in the cheapest manner they can, as soon as may be, at the charge of this Colony.

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

Tuesday, July 2, 1776.

The House met according to adjournment.

Voted, That the Committees of Plymouth, Campton, and Thornton, have and receive out of the Treasury £250, for the purpose of purchasing Firearms, Powder, Lead, and Flints, for the use of said Towns; they giving security to the Treasurer to repay said sum when required; and that the President give order accordingly.

Voted, That General Folsom deliver to Captain Benjamin Hickocks two hundred pounds weight of Powder out of the Colony stores, according to the desire of the Committee of Portsmouth, in consequence of an order from the Committee of Newburyport, and that the President give order accordingly.

The whole Council and House being resolved into a Committee of both Houses, to confer on the necessary measures Jo be immediately pursued in the present alarming circumstances of our Canada affairs, &c.,:

Having met in the Town-House, at Exeter, the Honourable Meshech Weare, Esq., in the chair, after conferring upon the said measures;

Voted, That the General Court proportion to each Colonel or Commanding-Officer of each Regiment in this Colony, how many men shall be raised in each Regiment forthwith, to reinforce our Army in Canada; and that the said Colonels and Commanding Officers shall be directed to proportion the said men among the several Companies in their respective Regiments, including the Alarm List; and that the number of men to be raised shall be fifteen hundred, including the seven hundred and fifty men already voted to be raised for that service; and that they remain in the service till the 1st day of December next, and have the same allowance, pay, and bounty, as those heretofore appointed to be raised for Canada.

The above Vote being read,

Voted, That the same be made a Resolve of this House.

Also, Voted, That Captain Long, Mr. Abbot, and Captain Moore, be a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to make a proportion of what number of men shall be raised in each Regiment in this Colony for a reinforcement of our Army in Canada.

Voted, That there be paid by the Treasurer, for all such good Firearms as shall be manufactured in this Colony, and brought to the Treasurer, agreeable to a former vote of this House, within one year from this time, 10s. each, in addition to the £3 heretofore voted.

Voted, To choose a Committee of three of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to consult and examine into the expediency of delivering Powder to the inhabitants of Walpole, Westmoreland, New-Chester, Rumney, Wentworth, Warren, Lyme, and Salisbury, and what quantity and on what condition the same shall be delivered to each of said Towns, and make report thereon as soon as may be; and that Captain Moulton, Deacon Knowles, and Mr. Wheeler, be the Committee of this House for that purpose.

Adjourned to three o'clock, afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

Voted, That there be delivered to the Towns hereafter named, and to the several Colonels hereafter named, the several quantities of Powder hereafter mentioned, (they being accountable for the same,) viz: To the Town of Wentworth, 9 pounds weight; to the Town of Warren, 9 pounds weight; to the Town of Lyme, 30 pounds weight; to the Town of New-Chester, 30 pounds weight; to the Town of Rumney, 30 pounds weight; to the Town of Piermont, thirty pounds weight; to the Town of Oxford, 15 pounds weight; to the Town of Alexandria, 20 pounds weight; to the Town of Salisbury, 25 pounds weight: to Colonel Benjamin Bellows, for his Regiment, to be divided between them in due proportion, 200 pounds weight; and to Colonel Samuel Ashley, for his Regiment, to be divided between them in due proportion, 100 pounds weight; amounting in the whole to 500 pounds weight, to be accounted for as aforesaid; and that the President give orders accordingly.

Voted, That Major Alexander Craige and Michael Dwyer have and receive out of the Treasury £45, for the purpose of purchasing Firearms, Lead, and Flints, for the use of the Town of Rumney, in this Colony; they giving good security to the Treasurer for the repayment of said sum into the Treasury when required; and that the President give order accordingly.

Voted, That Captain Jonathan Chandler have and receive out of the Treasury £50, for the purpose of purchasing Firearms, Lead, and Flints, for the use of the Town of Piermont, in this Colony, he giving good security to the Treasurer for the repayment of said sum when required, and that the President give order accordingly.

Voted, That Colonel Israel Morey have and receive out of the Treasury £50, for the purpose of purchasing Fire-arms, Lead, and Flints, for the use of the Town of Oxford, in this Colony, he giving good security to the Treasurer for the repayment of said sum into the Treasury when required, and that the President give order accordingly.

Whereas it is strongly suspected that Major Robert Rogers, and one Samuel Dyer are inimical to the rights and liberties of Americans: Therefore,

Voted, That it be, and hereby is, strongly recommended to the several Committees of Safety and of Correspondence in this Colony, or either or any of them, that they take effectual care to seize the bodies of the said Samuel Dyer and Robert Rogers, whenever or wherever found in this Colony, and to secure them, or either of them, under a proper guard; and convey them or either of them to this House, or Committee of Safety of this Colony, as soon as may be, for examination.

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

Wednesday, July 3, 1776.

Met according to adjournment.

Voted, That the following numbers of men be raised in the several Regiments hereunder mentioned, for the reinforcement of our Army in Canada, viz: Colonel Whipple's Regiment, 115; Colonel Evans's Regiment, 150; Colonel Moulton's Regiment, 88; Colonel Gilman's Regiment, 163; Colonel Ashley's Regiment, 100; Colonel Belloivs's Regiment, 73; late Colonel John Hole's Regiment, 157; Colonel Bartlett's Regiment, 111; Colonel Thornton's Regiment, 66; Colonel Enoch Hole's Regiment, 107; Colonel Webster's Regiment, 55; Colonel Moore's Regiment, 126; Colonel Stickney's Regiment, 116; Colonel Badger's Regiment, 73—1,500.

And that General Folsom give orders to the several Colonels or Commanding Officers of said Regiments accordingly.

"The Committee on Colonel Morey's Account agree to report that the goods Colonel Morey has on hand, for which he charges £100, ought to remain as his own property, and the charge against the Colony taken off. And the state of the Account being such that they cannot at present enter into an examination thereof, they would recommend that no money be paid thereon until a proper settlement can be made.

M. THORNTON, Chairman."

Which Report being read:

Voted, That the same be received and entered as a resolve of this House.