Resolve relative to Dr. STOCKBRIDGE and others, and Persons who, having fled to HALIFAX, & c., shall return to this Colony; passed JUNE 21, 1776.

Resolved, That Dr. Benjamin Stockbridge, John Tilden Ephraim Little, John Baker, Elisha Ford, Sylvanus White, and Cornelius White, remain under confinement in Plymouth Jail, at their own cost and charge, until the further order of this Court; and that Nathaniel Garnet, Warren White, Stephen Tilden, and Joseph Tilden, be put under the care of the Committees of Correspondence for the Towns of Scituate, Pembroke, and Marblehead, to be by them put out to labour to some proper person or persons, who live remote from the sea-coast, and there to remain within the limits of such Towns where they shall be placed, until they shall be discharged by order of this Court, or to inlist on board some armed Vessel fitted out by this Colony or Continent, for the defence of the same; and that Joseph Younk, a minor, be ordered by the aforesaid Committee to return to his father in the Town of Scituate, his said father giving them bonds for his said son's future good behaviour.

And it is further Resolved, That those persons who have been inimical to the liberties of this Colony and the Continent of America, and have fled to Halifax, or elsewhere, in order to join the British Army, that on their arrival into any Port or Town within this Colony, the Committee of Correspondence in the Town or Towns where they shall so come, be, and they are hereby, directed and empowered to take them up and confine them immediately in any Jail within the same County; and the keeper or under-keepers of any of the Jails within this Colony are directed to receive them by orders from the Committees of Correspondence where they are taken up, and them safely keep till further orders of this Court; and the said Committee or Committees are directed to inform this Court of their proceedings.

Resolve on the Petition of JOHN STEDMAN; passed JUNE 21, 1776.

On the Petition of John Stedman,

Resolved, That there be paid to John Stedman, out of the Colony Treasury, the sum of £4, in full of the extraordinary expenses he was at in his sickness while belonging to the Army in Roxbury, and after his return, for doctoring and other extra charges home.

Mr. ALEXANDER SHEPPARD directed to receive Saltpetre; JUNE 21, 1776.

Ordered, That Mr. Alexander Sheppard, Jun., be, and he hereby is, directed to receive Saltpetre into the Commissary-General's Store, he observing the Resolves of this Court relative to receiving in that article.

Resolve on the Petition of the Committee of BRUNSWICK; passed JUNE 22, 1776.

On the Petition of the Committee of the Town of Brunswick,

Resolved, That the Commissary-General of this Colony be, and he hereby is, directed to deliver to Mr. Samuel Stanwood one barrel of Gunpowder, for the use of the inhabitants of the Town of Brunswick, he paying him after the rate of 5s. per pound for the same.

Resolve for supplying the Brig RISING EMPIRE with Cannon, &c; passed JUNE 22, 1776.

Resolved, That the Commissary-General be, and he hereby is, directed to deliver to Thomas Durfee, Esq., out of the Colony Stores now at Dartmouth, in the care of Mr. Lemuel Williams, 4 Cannon, (four-pounders,) 14 Swivel-Guns, 12 Blunderbusses, 80 Cutlasses, 2,000 pounds of Gunpowder, one ton and a half of four-pound Shot, 600 Swivel-Gun Shot, 70 Hand-Grenades, 60 Small-Arms, and 700 pounds of Sheet-Lead, for the use of the Brig called the Rising Empire.

Resolve on the Return made to the Court by Major BARACHIAH BASSET; passed JUNE 22, 1776.

Whereas the four Cannon mentioned in said Return are proper for the sea service, and the armed Brig belonging to this Colony at Dartmouth is in want of the same, and with them can proceed on a cruise: Therefore,

Resolved, That Thomas Durfee, Esq., one of the Committee for fitting out the said Brig, be, and he hereby is, empowered and directed to cause the said Cannon forthwith to be removed and put on board said Brig, and the said Committee are also directed to get the said Brig in readiness for a cruise as soon as may be.

Also Resolved, That in lieu of the said four Cannon, there be placed at Tarpaulin-Cove Harbour two pieces of Cannon, (nine-pounders;) and the Commissary-General is hereby directed to deliver the same to Mr. Durfee, or his order, to be conveyed to Major Basset; and also to deliver one hundred and nine pounds weight of Shot, together with Ladles and the necessary apparatus for the said two Cannon, and that the said Basset cause the same to be fitted and mounted as soon as may be for the defence of said Harbour.

And it is also Resolved, That the Hon. Walter Spooner, Esq., be, and hereby is, directed and empowered to provide ten old Whale-Boats, that are fit to be used for the protection of the neighbouring Islands and the shipping coming in and going out, and also purchase twelve Shovels, six Spades, and four Pick-Axes, the same to be for the use of said Basset and men under his command in the services aforesaid; and the said Walter Spooner, Esq., is directed to lay his account before this Court for payment thereof.

Additional Resolve relative to supplying the three Colonial Regiments with Medicines; passed JUNE 22, 1776.

Whereas, by a Resolve of this Court of the 19th current, directing how several Regiments raised by this Colony shall be supplied with Medicines, among other things it is resolved that all the Medicines that shall be received by the Surgeons of said Regiments shall be used for the sick and wounded persons in the Regiment to which he is Surgeon, which may be attended with some inconvenience in cases of necessity, and put said Surgeons to unnecessary trouble: Therefore,

Resolved, That when it shall so happen that any of the aforesaid Surgeons shall be called to give his assistance or advice for any sick or wounded person or persons in either of said Regiments, and he should find it necessary to make use of some of the Medicines delivered for the Regiment to which he is Surgeon, in such case he is directed to make use of such Medicines as are necessary, in the same manner he could if the sick or wounded person or persons belonged to the Regiment to which he is Surgeon; and in case it should at any time appear necessary to either of said Surgeons to make use of any Medicines for immediate relief of any person belonging to the Continental Army, he is directed to make use of the same, he keeping an account of all such Medicines as he shall make use of for the sick and wounded in said Army.

And it is further Resolved, That instead of the oath required to be taken by the Resolve afore recited, the Surgeon of each Regiment shall make oath before some Justice of the Peace that the Medicines he shall receive of Doctor Greenleaf shall be applied agreeable to the Resolves of this Court.

Resolve on the Abstract of Colonel ISAAC SMITH; passed JUNE 22, 1776.

Resolved, That there be paid out of the publick Treasury of this Colony unto Colonel Isaac Smith the sum of £9 12s. 8d., for himself and Field and Staff Officers borne on his Abstract; also for Captain Robert Dodge and Company the sum of £42 17s. 11d.; also for Captain Daniel Littlefield and Company the sum of £67 0s. 4d.; and for Captain William Rogers and Company £81 6s. 11d.; and for Captain Henry Merrill and Company the sum of £38 19s. 4½d.; and for Captain Benjamin Farnum and Company the sum of £42 6s. 8½d.; and for Captain Timothy Johnson and Company £16 15s. 5d.; and for Captain Benjamin Epcs and Company £40 16s. 6d.

Treasurer directed to receive two boxes of Money of Mr. GEORGE SPRIGGS; passed JUNE 24, 1776.

Resolved, That the Treasurer and Receiver-General of this Colony be, and he is hereby, directed to receive of Mr. George Spriggs two boxes of Money, marked "Massachu-