The Journals of Each Provincial Congress of Massachusetts in 1774 and 1775: And of the Committee of Safety, with an Appendix, Containing the Proceedings of the County Conventions-narratives of the Events of the Nineteenth of April, 1775-papers Relating to Ticonderoga and Crown Point, and Other Documents, Illustrative of the Early History of the American Revolution

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commissions
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DEC 10Expense of transmitting address to the Canadians to be paid by the gov
74
FEB 9Committee to report a resolve for the publication of the names of
94
15Committee of correspondence of Boston directed to open a correspon
100
16Committee to correspond with the neighboring governments
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MARCH 22Met according to adjournment and Rev Mr Emerson appointed
109
APRIL 7Two members added to the committee on the state of the province
132
APRIL 22Congress meets at Concord Richard Devens chosen chairman
147
APRIL 27Committee to confer with the officers of the army relative to the
160
MAY 1Mr Gerry directed to bring in a resolve granting leave to the members
174
JUNE 7Committee to prepare a resolve for printing two resolves of the Continen
185
MAY 3Rev Mr Gordon requested to officiate as chaplain
189
6Committee of supplies empowered to procure powder in any of the colo
197
MAY 8Committee to transcribe the narrative of the proceedings of the kings
201
MAY 10Committee to consider a resolve of the committee of safety relative
212
15Ordered that a committee be directed to desire the Continental Congress
224
MAY 15Report of the committee appointed to bring in a resolve for establishing
228
MAY 18Report of the committee relative to the attack upon the kings ships
237
JUNE 17Colonels David and Jonathan Brewer recommended to Congress for com
242
MAY 22Committee to take the above letter into consideration
251
MAY 31Convened in Watertown Samuel Freeman chosen secretary and
273
JUNE 1Report of the committee appointed to consider Gen Thomas letter rel
282
JUNE 10Committee to consider the expediency of establishing a number of armed
318
14Resolves for the payment of advance pay to the soldiers under Col
332
16Resolve for supplying the soldiers with rum
340
JUNE 16Deacon Plympton appointed to countersign the notes
347
18Resolve for the security of the records and papers of Congress
353
JULY 1Committee to bring in a resolve for removing the sick and wounded to
355
JUNE 20Committee to report a resolve relative to the killed and wounded in
360
JUNE 22Petition of Col Paul Dudley Sergeant
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JUNE 24Committee to consider the expediency of stationing a part of Col Phin
383
26Order for an inquiry into the conduct of Capt Thompson at Falmouth
397
JUNE 26General Whitcomb commissioned as major general
400
Report of the committee relative to supplying the wounded persons in cap
408
JUNE 28Resolve for defending the towns on the sea coast
412
JUNE 29Report on the account of Mr Ichabod Goodwin
422
JUNE 50Resolve recommending to Congress to take measures to prevent
423
THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY AND THE COMMITTEE OF SUPPLIES
503
Nov 8Mr Gill desired to get seven large cannon from Boston
506
APRIL 1The stores at Concord not to be removed without orders from the com
514
28Vote relative to an establishment for post riders
525
Petition of the selectmen of said towns
535
MAY 14Vote relative to the treatment of persons escaping from their imprison
546
27Order for securing animals put into the enclosures of Thomas Oliver
558
25Representation to Congress relative to the appointment of two supervi
577
JULY 1Order for the disposal of the hay under the care of Mr David Sanger
584
8Mr Jonathan Hastings recommended to Congress for postmaster at Cam
592
JULY 11Resolve relative to fifteen prisoners taken at Long Island
595
CONVENTIONS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTIES OF MASSA
601
13Governor Gage refuses to receive the address of the committee in form
609
Convention of Essex County
615
SEPT 6 7Resolutions reported by the committee and unanimously accepted
616
1774
626
31Resolutions reported by the committee and accepted
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SEPT 6Convention met at the house of Timothy Bigelow
635
21Letter of apology from Mr Samuel Paine
641
DEC 6Adjourned to Jannary 26 1775
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Convention of Cumberland County
655
NARRATIVES OF THE EXCURSION OF THE KINGS TROOPS
661
List of the Provincials who were killed wounded or missing in the action
678
Statements of the losses sustained by the inhabitants from the ravages of the Brit
684
APRIL 30Letter from Benedict Arnold to the committee of safety stating the mil
694
List of cannon mortars and stores taken at Ticonderoga and Crown
700
18Resolve of the Continental Congress relative to the removal of the can
706
30Letter from James Easton to the Provincial Congress explaining his
712
JULY 6Report of the committee appointed by the Provincial Congress to pro
717
Letter from the same committee to the Congress of New York on
723
Ост 8Resolve approving the opposition of Massachusetts to the acts of parlia
729
1775
737
MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS
743
Letter from the inhabitants of Montreal to the committee of safety on the state
751
Letter from Mrs Elizabeth Bowdoin to the committee of safety giving informa
753
Resolve for supplying the chaplain with a horse
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