Capt. Noble's company :-these men came down with Col. Patterson, and are returning home, being dismissed.

Voted, That Capt. John Currier have one set of beating orders for Col. Fry's regiment, and in case it should not be consented to by the colonel, he agrees to join that regiment which shall be thought most convenient.

Mr. Andrew Craigie, commissary of the medicinal stores, &c., was directed and empowered to impress beds, bedding, and other necessaries for the sick, as they may be wanting, giving the owners a receipt for such articles as he may take for the purpose aforesaid.

Resolved, That it be recommended to the committee of supplies, to engage ninety-seven barrels of tar, in the sloop Adventure, Samuel Foot, master, just arrived at Salem from Virginia, it being apprehended, that the service of the colony requires said tar being secured.

A vote of the council of war, desiring a supply of hoes and brooms, was recommended to the committee of supplies by this committee.

The following was sent to the gentlemen, the selectmen of the town of Lynn:

Whereas Josiah Martin has, under guard, been brought before this committee to be inquired of touching his conduct, respecting his appearing in favor of carrying into execution the tyrannical designs of administration for the enslaving of this province: upon examination of the evidences produced, Resolved, that the said Martin's conduct has, in some instances, been unfriendly to his country; but that, on his being charged with the same, he has promised, with his life and fortune, to stand forth for the defence of his country, and that so long as he evinces this disposition, by his conduct, and does not any more attempt to go into the town of Boston, that he be received with the favor of his countrymen, and that no insult nor injury be offered him or his property.

The following resolve, relative to the live stock on the islands near Boston, passed this committee, viz:

Resolved, as the opinion of this committee, that all the live stock be taken from Noddle's island, Hog island, Snake island, and from that part of Chelsea near the sea coast, and be driven back; and that the execution of this business be committed to the committees of correspondence and selectmen of the towns of Medford, Malden, Chelsea and Lynn, and that they be supplied with such a number of men as they shall need, from the regiment now at Medford.

Resolved, That Col. Palmer and Col. Orne be directed to apply to the committee of supplies, at Watertown, for a particular account of the

ordnance and military stores, and where the same are deposited, agreeably to the request of the council of war.

Voted, That it is the opinion of this body, that all persons escaping from their imprisonment in the town of Boston, ought to be received and protected in the several towns in this and the neighboring colonies, except such as are of principles inimical to the liberties of their country, who are not to be received, but on their first recanting their said principles, and making their peace with their countrymen to the satisfaction of the selectmen, committees of inspection, &c., in the town to which they shall apply: and that the wives and children of such persons, who shall choose to remain in Boston with General Gage, may and ought to be treated with humanity and tenderness in the several towns they may go to dwell in, during the present troubles, and, by no means, to suffer the least injury, or meet with the smallest mark of disrespect upon account of their said husbands or fathers.

The council of war having recommended that forty persons of the regiment commanded by Col. Fellows, have liberty to return to their several homes. Resolved, that they be dismissed accordingly, and that the commissary general be directed to supply said persons with six days' provisions to serve them on their return home.

This committee, having been informed by the committee of supplies, that they had secured as many naval stores as Col. Gridley of the train had indented for, Voted, that Capt. Foot be permitted to deliver his cargo, naval stores not excepted, agreeably to the bills of lading he had signed for the same.

Voted, That Mr. William Haskins be, and he hereby is appointed, first clerk to the deputy commissary general.

The council of war having recommended that Capt. Joseph Foster, Thomas Jenkins, James Lammans, John Rutherford, Jonathan March, J. Mensh, J. Simmins, J. Crost, of Col. Porter's regiment, who are not enlisted, may be dismissed, they were accordingly dismissed, and had an order on the commissary general for four days' provisions each. Voted, That Matthew Clark and five other persons, who are repairing the boats brought to this town, be supplied with provisions while they are at work for the colony.

MAY 15, 1775.

The sub-committee, appointed to apply to the committee of supplies for a particular account of the ordnance and military stores, reported, and handed in to the committee the following list, viz. :

A List of Military Stores under the care of Capt. Foster, viz.:

At Cambridge;-pick axes, 460: hatchets, 23: seven-inch shells, 298: spades, 190: pieces of cannon, 24: axes, 156: boxes of grape shot, 41 1-4: hogsheads of flints containing 75,000, 2: carpenter's tool chests, 2 boxes of axes, 4: 4 barrels 1 cask leaden balls: boxes small arm cartridges, 18: barrels of bomb fuses, 1: barrels of matches, 1: chests of tin cannisters, 2: boxes of paper for cartridges, 1: nine pound ball, 607: six-pound balls, 1123: four-pound ditto, 200: twopound ditto, 800: seven-inch shells, 298: twenty-four pound ball, 122: three-pound ball, 620: No. 1 and 2 paper cartridges for cannon boxes, 2 one barrel containing four tube cannisters, 16 straps, 4 packs, 4 powder horns, 5 skeins dry matches: 1 barrel cannisters filled with langrage, but no cartridges affixed to them, for 6 pounders: 4 casks, marked, paper cartridges filled : 1 barrel, marked, 84 two pound cartridges.

Under the care of Col. Barrett and Capt. Heywood.

Musket balls, 9,000: grape shot, 1,600 bar lead, 700: musket cartridges, about 3,000 weight: 3 barrels of bandages.

More at Cambridge, under the care of Capt. Foster.

2 casks of tubes: 1 barrel, marked, 60 cases with flannel cartridges for three pair single fortified guns: 2 barrels containing case shot, part fuses and tubes : 1 barrel containing a number of paper cartridges not filled : 2 casks of cases with flannel cartridges, marked I. T. T. Attest, ALEXANDER SHEPHERD, Jr.,

By order of the Committee.

Moved and Voted, That the original list of military stores be handed in to the council of war, and it was handed in accordingly.

Voted, That the Hampshire companies, now at Medford, if enlisted into this colony's service, under Col. Stark or Col. Sargent, and properly equipped, shall be provided with barracks: those of them, if any, who are not, and do not choose to be enlisted, and are not equipped, are to be furnished with provisions for their return.

Voted, That Capt. John Walker of Worcester, who came down to this committee for liberty to go into Boston, upon the proclamation issued by Congress, be apprehended and confined as a prisoner of war,

he being an half pay officer, and under the orders of General Gage; and so not included in said proclamation.

Upon a motion made, the question was put, whether Col. Phipps be permitted to have a cow, calf, and a load of hay, to go into the town of Boston passed in the negative.

Voted, That Capt. Naler Hatch [with the] Malden company be assigned to Col. Gardner's regiment, but they are to remain in Malden until the special order of Col. Gardner shall be received for their attendance elsewhere.

Voted, That nine indians, of Col. Porter's regiment, have liberty to return home, and that the commissary general be directed to furnish them with six days' provisions for that purpose, the same having been recommended by the council of war.

Upon the application of Lady Frankland, Voted, that she have liberty to pass into Boston with the following goods and articles for her voyage, viz. :

6 trunks: 1 chest: 3 beds and bedding: 6 wethers: 2 pigs: 1 small keg of pickled tongues: some hay: 3 bags of corn and such other goods as she thinks proper.

The following permit was granted:

To the Colony Guard :

Permit Lady Frankland of Hopkinton, with her attendants, goods, and the provisions above mentioned, to pass to Boston, by express order of the committee of safety.

BENJAMIN CHURCH, JR., Chairman.

HEAD QUARTERS, May 15, 1775.

Voted, That the letters and writings from New York, via New London, relative to the establishing a post office and riders for the service of the colony be sent to the Congress.

Voted, That John Tucker of Col. Porter's regiment be dismissed from the service, and that he be furnished by the commissary with seven days' provisions.

Voted, That Jonathan Blaisdel of Amesbury, be appointed an armorer for the army.

Resolved, That Mr. Borland's house be appropriated for the use of the committee of safety, and the quarter master general is directed to provide quarters for the troops now lodged at said house.

Voted, That the quarter master general be directed to remove as

many of the three companies now at Mr. Borland's, to the house of Doct. Kneeland, as the house can accommodate, and that the three companies at Mr. Vassal's house, be placed at Mr. Foxcroft's house, and that Mr. Borland's house be cleared and cleansed as soon as possible. Resolved, That it be recommended to the honorable Congress, that the records of the probate office for the county of Middlesex, supposed to be at Mr. Danforth's and Doct. Kneeland's houses, be removed to Doct. Minot's, at Concord, and, that the records of the county at Mr. Foxcroft's office, be removed to said Minot's house.

The following certificate was delivered Mr. Goddard, viz.:

This is to certify, that Mr. John Goddard, has been appointed by the joint committees of safety and supplies as waggon master to this colony, to convey such articles of stores from one part of this colony to another as the public exigency may require, under the direction of the commissary general and the ordnance store keeper, and, that such other waggoners or drivers are to be employed, as he shall recommend for that purpose.

The following permit was given to Capt. Walker.

Permit Capt. John Walker, now on his parole of honor, to pass unmolested to his family at Worcester.

Mr. John Goddard, waggon master, was directed and empowered, in case of emergency, to impress such waggons and cattle as shall be requisite for the public service.

Voted, That the clearing Mr. Borland's and Mr. Vassal's houses be suspended till further orders.

Voted, That Thomas Austin, of Charlestown, be, and hereby is appointed an armorer for the army.

Voted, That the above vote, appointing Mr. Thomas Austin one of the armorers for the army, be, and hereby is reconsidered.

MAY 16, 1775.

In a letter from Col. James Barrett, of this day, it is represented, that a prisoner now at Worcester, is a paper-maker, and that Mr. James Boice, of Milton, is in want of such a person in his paper manufactory; therefore, Resolved, that Col. Barrett, be, and he hereby is directed and empowered, to remove said prisoner from Worcester to said Boice's manufactory in Milton.