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

MAY 18-Report of the committee relative to the attack upon the king's ships in
the harbor of Falmouth by Col. Thompson,
Members of the committee of safety,

Committee to inquire where the treasurer may procure money for advance

pay to the soldiers,

Report of the committee upon the resolve of the committee of safety re-

specting Lady Frankland,

"19-Col. Warren directed to procure a list of the officers who are prepared
to receive their commissions,

Letter of the committee of correspondence of Connecticut respecting the

taking of Ticonderoga,

237

238

239

Resolve permitting Lady Frankland to remove or otherwise dispose of
her goods,

210

Mr. Gerry reported an answer to a letter from the committee of corres-

pondence of Connecticut,

Commission of the committee of safety,

Resolve appointing Mr. John Pigeon a commissary for the army,

Commission for General Artemas Ward,

Committee to get the depositions and narrative of the excursion of the

king's troops to Concord, printed,

Resolves relative to the commissions of the officers, and the rank and

number of the regiments in the colony army,

Resolves passed for granting commissions to Samuel Gerrish and other

officers,

244

"20-Committee to confer with Mr. Revere respecting an alteration in the val-

ue of notes to be emitted,

244

Petition from the inhabitants of Deer Island,

244

Report of the committee appointed to consider the situation of the pris-

oners in Boston, and the inhabitants there kept in duress,

Resolve for the payment of advance pay to the soldiers in the provincial

Resolve for the issue of paper money by the receiver general, and form

of the notes,

army,

Committee to consider what measures are necessary for the organization

of the provincial army,

Report of the committee appointed to consider the practicability of pro-

viding chaplains for the army,.

Commissions delivered to certain officers of the army, and resolves rela-

tive thereto,

248

Loss of the record of the Second Provincial Congress during the last

eight days of its existence,

"22-Report of the committee on the petition from the inhabitants of Deer

Island,

Report of committee, and resolve relative to business transactions with

the mandamus counsellors and other persons unfriendly to the coun-

try,

Letter from General Ward recommending that certain ordnance, arms,

and ammunition be procured, .

Resolve inviting the clergy to hold a convention during the next session

of the Provincial Congress, agreeably to their ancient custom,

250

Letter to Col. Benedict Arnold,

250

Letter from Hon. James Russell, commissioner of imposts, respecting

public moneys in his hands,

251

252

MAY 22-Committee to take the above letter into consideration,

"23-Letter from Brownfield asking for arms, powder, &c.,

Report of a committee respecting the depredations of the British troops

on the islands and sea coasts,

Resolves respecting the trial of certain persons charged with crimes com-

mitted in the camp,

Report of the committee upon the organization of the army,

"24-Resolve respecting Ebenezer Cutler of Northborough,

Report of Mr. Gerry respecting the appointment of additional armorers,

Committee to effect the removal of the poor of the town of Boston, and

resolve respecting their powers,

252

253

254

Committee to deliver out the commissions of the officers and to adminis-

ter the oath to them,

255

Address to the inhabitants of the Massachusetts Bay relative to an issue

of notes by said colony,

"25-Report of the committee appointed to inspect the towns' stocks of pow-

258

der, and consider what proportion could be spared,

Resolve for drafting from the towns a quantity of powder, in conformity

to said report,

Resolve respecting a dispute between Cols. Henshaw and Jonathan Ward

of Gen. Ward's regiment, as to the post of lieutenant colonel,

Letter from Mr. Dexter,

Letter from Gen. Thomas accepting the office of lieutenant general of the

"26-Letter to the Provincial Congress of New York,.

Resolve directing the Hon. James Russell to pay all public moneys to

Henry Gardner, Esq. .

Resolve for a post rider from Cambridge to Exeter, N. H.
Resolve authorizing the muster masters to accept all able bodied men,
notwithstanding they are not furnished with arms and accoutrements,
Charges against Mr. Jonathan Brewer of Waltham, and report of the
committee relative thereto,

"27-Committee of safety directed to write to Col. Arnold,

Report of a committee relative to certain charges against Lieutenant Col.

Brown, .