[Watertown] Monday, August 14, 1775
The Petition from the Inhabitants of Machias, and the Account accompanying it, were read, and committed to Colonel Otis, Colonel Thompson, and Mr. Cushing.2
Ordered, That Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Story, and Captain Goodman with such as the honourable Board shall join, be a Committee to consult what measures can be taken to cut off the communication of intelligence which is said to go to the enemy by means of the Man of War at Portsmouth.
The Memorial from the Officers of the Eastern Regiment in the County of Lincoln read, and committed to Mr. Rice, Colonel Orne, and Colonel Davis, with such as the honourable Board shall join.3
1. Force, comp., American Archives, 4th, III, 328, from Mass. Arch.
2. Dated July 19, 1775.
3. Dated Aug. 2, 1775.
