The Journals of Each Provincial Congress of Massachusetts in 1774 and 1775

Resolve recommending the preservation of rags for making paper,
"10-Committee to watch British troops said to be on the road to Cambridge,
Committee to sit in the recess of Congress to prepare rules and regula-
tions for the army,

Committee appointed to estimate the loss to the province by reason of

the Boston port bill, reported,

Report of committee and resolves for the payment of the delegates to the

Continental Congress,

Petition from the delegates of the several towns in the counties of Hamp-

shire and Berkshire,

"11-Report of the committee appointed to revise the commission of the com-

mittee of safety,

The secretary directed to have the names of the mandamus counsellors
published,

Committee to revise the commission of the committee of safety, and of

the committee of supplies,

Resolve authorizing the appointment of a commissary,

Committee of safety requested to possess themselves of all the bayonets

and implements of war purchased at the expense of the province,

Committee to report a resolve expressing the determination of the peo-
ple to support their rights at all hazards,

"13-Committee to bring in a resolve for an inquiry into the state of the mili-

Committee to consider what should be done for the encouragement of
the manufacture of saltpetre,

Committee to bring in a resolve for the appointment of an agent to Que-
bec,

"14 Report of the committee on the state of the militia,

"15-Committee of correspondence of Boston directed to open a correspon-

dence with the inhabitants of Quebec,

Resolutions for the encouragement of the manufacture of saltpetre in the

province,

100

Form of receipt to be signed by the receiver general,

101

Committee to bring in a resolve relative to the danger of the people from

Militia and minute men recommended to perfect themselves, forthwith, in

military discipline,

103

Resolve for the encouragement of the manufacture of fire-arms,

103

Votes of Congress approving the conduct of the committees of correspon-

dence of Plymouth and other towns,

Address of the selectmen of Plymouth and other towns to General Gage,

Committee to confer with a deputation from Connecticut,

"16-Committee to correspond with the neighboring governments,

106

Resolves respecting the business and duty of the above committee,

Day of fasting and prayer throughout the province appointed,

Injunction of secrecy on the members removed,

106

107

108

Resolve providing for the calling together of Congress in case of emer-

gency,

108

Congress adjourned to March 22d, at Concord,

109

MARCH 22-Met according to adjournment, and Rev. Mr. Emerson appointed

chaplain,

Debates and resolutions to be kept secret,

Committee to receive the returns of the officers of the militia,

Two members added to the committee on the state of the province,

23-Committee to prepare a resolve declaring the danger to the people

should they relax in their preparations for defence,

"24-Report of the committee,

27-The committee to prepare rules for the army reported,

28-Report considered and recommitted,

29-Consideration resumed, recommitted for additions,

Committee to bring in a resolve introductory to publishing the names of

the mandamus counsellors,

"30-Report of the committee on the state of the province relative to what

movement of the troops should make it necessary to call out the militia,
Resolve, that on the calling out of the militia, members of Congress re-
pair to the place to which they shall be adjourned,
Committees to sit immediately, that Congress may adjourn,
"31-Mandamus counsellors who have refused to publish a renunciation of

their commissions, and resolve for publishing their names,

Constables and collectors required to pay public moneys to the receiver
general, immediately, .

APRIL 1-Committee to prepare rules for the army report; report passed, and af-

terwards recommitted,.

Resolve for furnishing with blankets the Indians who have enlisted as

minute men.

114

Address to the Stockbridge Indians,

115

Committee to draught an address to the chief of the Mohawk Indian

tribes,

116

Resolve respecting duty of towns if General Gage should issue precepts

for a general assembly,

116

Resolve for choosing delegates to a new Provincial Congress,

116

Committee on an application from the committee of correspondence of

Boston,.

117

"3-Resolve for collecting intelligence from Great Britain,

117

Committee to bring in a resolve to require the immediate attendance of

absent members,

"6 4-Letter to the Rev. Dr. Kirkland, with an address to the Mohawk In-

Town of Northfield desired to elect an additional member to the Con-

gress,

Committee on the application of the committee of Boston and of other

towns, report, .

129

"6-Application to Congress from the committees of inspection of Bristol rel-
ative to an apprehended visit from his majesty's troops,
Letter to the committees of inspection of the county of Bristol, advising
them to keep the militia in the best posture of defence,

Application from Billerica and from the committee of Boston, again com-