The Report of the Committee appointed to consider the situation of the Eastern parts of the Colony was again read, and accepted, and is as follows: viz.

Whereas it is necessary for the safety of this Colony, and the protection of the eastern parts of it in particular, that an additional force should be stationed in the County of Lincoln, to defend the Country from the inroads of our enemies and prevent their plundering the inhabitants of their Cattle, Sheep, Wood, &c., in order to supply the Fleet and Troops at Boston:

Therefore, Resolved, That the honourable Board be, and hereby are desired to direct Captain James Curtis's Company, lately arrived at the Camp in Cambridge, from Brunswick, to repair immediately to Deer Island with six Whale Boats, and when arrived there, to be under the direction of some person who may be appointed by the honourable Board. And the Committee of Supplies are hereby directed to supply Captain Curtis with two months' allowance of Provisions for his said Company.

And it is hereby Resolved, That the Officers and Soldiers of said Curtis's Company shall receive forty Shillings advance pay, on their being mustered; and the honourable Board are desired to appoint some persons to muster them as soon as may be, and also, that some person or persons be appointed to muster the other two Companies as soon as raised.

And it is further Resolved, That there be two other Companies of fifty-nine Men each, including Officers, immediately raised for the purpose aforesaid; and that it be recommended to the honourable Board to appoint a Committee to deliver out enlisting orders to such persons as the Committee may see fit. And the honourable Board are hereby desired to appoint some suitable person to order and direct the said Companies, in the said County of Lincoln, as they shall think will most promote the interest and safety of the Colony.

And be it further Resolved, That the Committee who may be appointed by the honourable Board to give out inlisting Orders, be impowered and directed to procure, or cause to be procured, eight other Whale Boats, for the use of the said Forces; and if such Boats cannot be readily provided, the said Committee are hereby impowered to draw an order on the Hon. Jedediah Preble, Esq., and the Hon. Enoch Freeman, Esq., of Falmouth, for the Boats they have been building; who are hereby directed to deliver the same to such order accordingly, and charge them to the Colony, and immediately to cause as many more to be built at the expence of the Colony, for the use of the Forces stationed in the County of Cumberland.

And the honourable Board are likewise desired to give instructions to the Commanding Officer in said County of Lincoln to order that Fort Pownal, at Penobscot, be immediately demolished.

[Endorsed] In Council, August 3, 1775. Read and concurred.

Order'd That Mr Bryant, Capt Goodman and Coll Cutt with such as the Honble Board shall join be a Committee to examine Mr Edward Parry who has been brought from Georgetown to this Court in consequence of a Resolve of the late Provincial Congress of the 26 June last ー & report what is best to be done with him Sent up for Concurrence

August 3d 1775

[Endorsed] In Council read & concurred, & Mr Lincoln and Mr Chauncey are joined.