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Octr 14. 1775 On the Petition of Ichabod Jones now a Prisoner in North Hampton Goal it is Ordered By the major part of the Council That the sd Jones be indulgd the Liberty of the Goalers house & the Prison Yard, On Condition that he the sd Jones together with his Son John Coffin Jones jointly & Severally execute a good and sufficient Bond for the sum of Two thousand pounds to be forfeited...
Date: 14 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
The Committee then proceeded to the Consideration of such Matters as have been mentioned in the Generals Letters to the Congress upon which no Order had been made
2. What Distinctions are necessary to be made between Vessels & Cargoes taken by the armed Vessels in the Pay of the Continent & those taken by Individuals. Should not the fitting out Privateers by Individuals be done under some...
Date: 22 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Letter from his Excelly Genl Washington [November 9, 1775] relative to the Caption [Capture] of a Vessel & two Persons, John Ritchie & son, Read & Ordered that the said Ritchie & son be immediately sent to the Goal in Salem, & to be held in close confinement unless they produce sufficient sureties for the Liberty of the Yard, and that the following mittimus go to the keeper of...
Date: 9 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
You are hereby ordered & directed to receive into your Custody John Ritchie & Jn Ritchie junr, two persons taken at Beverly, on attempting to supply the Enemy in Boston with Provissions ー And them & each of them safely keep in close confinement, unless they give Bonds with sufficient Sureties for the Liberty of the Yard till the further order of the major part of the Council ー They to...
Date: 9 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
On the Examination of Robert Robbins Capt of the Schooner two Sisters, taken & brought into Beverly ー Ordered that the said Robt Robbins, be permitted to go at large thro this Colony he giving his own Bond to the Colony Treasurer, in the sum of Five hundred pounds, that he will not go into Boston without leave from the Council, nor Correspond with our Enemies there or Elsewhere, and that he...
Date: 14 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
On the examination of Charles Coffin Capt Jonathan Coffin Mate, Anderson Phillips, Henry Coffin &, Jack a Portuguese, foremast Hands, taken in the Schooner Industry, & brought into Plymouth by Capt Coit in the American Service ー Ordered that the said Charles Coffin & Jonathan Coffin be permitted to go at large thro this Colony, they, & each of them for himself, giving Bonds to the...
Date: 14 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
On the Examination of Sibeline White, Capt John Sutton Mate, John Cook & George Hamblin foremast Hands ー Ordered ー That the said Sibeline White, John Sutton & John Cook, be allowed to go at large thro' this Colony, they, and each of them. for himself, giving Bonds to the Colony Treasurer, in the sum of five hundred pounds, that he will not go into Boston, without leave from the Council,...
Date: 14 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
On the Examination of Capt Jabez Hatch, taken in the Sloop Polly, by Capt Coit ー Ordered, that the said Hatch be allowed to go at large thro' the Colony, he giving Bonds to the Colony Trea[s]urer with sufficient Suerty, in the some of One thousand pounds, that he will not go into Boston without leave from the Council, nor correspond with our Enemies there or elsewhere, & that he will not...
Date: 14 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Order of the House to appoint a Committee of both Houses to confer with his Excellency General Washington, relative to depriving the Enemy of the Advantages they receive from Cape Cod Harbour ー read and Concurred and Walter Spooner, Esqr is joined. ー
A Letter from General [Joseph] Frye, relative to the Military Forces in the County of Cumberland, under his command ー read and sent down. Came up...
Date: 1 December 1775
Volume: Volume 2
On the Examination of John Moodie Captain, John Smith Mate, Saml Ward, Derby Hogan & Lawrence Colbert, foremost Hands of the Schooner Fisher,2 taken & brought into Salem ー
Ordered ー That the said John Moodie and John Smith be permitted to go at large thro['] this Colony, they & each of them, for himself giving Bond, to the Colony Treasurer, in the sum of five hundred pounds...
Date: 6 December 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Gentlemen Greeting;
W.Sever
B.Greenleaf.
W.Spooner
Caleb.Cushing
Jh Gerrish
Jn Whitcomb
Jedh Foster
Js Prescott
Ed Taylor
Cs Chawncey
J.Palmer
S.Nolton
J.Fisher
Jno Taylor
B.White
Whereas Jonathan Titcomb, Tristram Dalton Mosses Little Stephen & Ralph Cross Jackson Tracy, J Tracy all of Newburyport in the Colony of Afores'd have at their own Expence fixed out & Equipped for the...
Date: 11 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Read & Ordered that the said Peter Roberts be Commissionated for the purposes aforesaid on his giving Bond with one sufficient Surety to the Colony Treasurer for the faithful performance of his Duty therein agreeable to the Act prescribing the same,
Read & Ordered that the said Offin [Boardman] be Commissioned for the purposes aforesaid. on his giving Bond agreeable to the Act of this...
Date: 12 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
The Committee of both Houses appointed to take into Consideration sundry Resolves of the Continental Congress and Report, have attended that service, and Report on the Resolve of said Congress dated October the 26th, 1775 as their Opinion, that a Committee of both Houses be appointed to engage & Fix out with all possible dispatch on the Account and Risque of this Colony, Ten Vessels to be...
Date: 16 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Read 2 & on the Examination of the said Shubael Lovell by the Major Part of the Council, Ordered that the said Shubael Lovell be sent to the Goal in Plymouth & there held in close confinement unless he give Bond, with good Security for the Liberty of the Yard, & to be supported there at his own Expence, untill the further Order of the Major Part of the Council, And that a...
Date: 18 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Whereas several of the united Colonies have of late thought it expedient and necessary to fitt out armed Vessells for the Defence of American Liberty, and it appears to this Court necessary that Measures be taken by this Colony for our further Protection by Sea therefore
Resolved that Jno Adams & Joseph Palmer Esqrs with such as the Honourable House shall join be a Committee to consider and...
Date: 29 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Colony of the Massachusetts Bay } The Major part of the Council ー
To the Keeper of the Goal in Worcester in the County of Worcester ー
Greeting ー
You are hereby order'd & directed to take into your Custody, John Guilderoy, Wm Collins, John Smith, Benja Ward, George Morrison Alexr Gordon Soldiers; George Mitchell, James Richardson, Francis Ossy, Anthy Simmins, Jacob Wilson, Joseph Mason Seamen...
Date: 5 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
On Examination of the Prisoners by the Major part of the Council ー Orderd ー That a Letter be wrote to his Excelly Genl Washington & sent with 2 of the prisoners vizt. Lieut. Hill & his Servant to be at his Excellys disposal ー That a Letter be wrote to the Comtee of Safety of Newbury Port & that the Captains of the 2 Vessels 2 be sent to their care & disposal ー And John...
Date: 20 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
Gentlemen We have sent to your care Archibald Bowie and Madatt Engs Masters of the two Vessels lately taken and carried into Newbury port, 2 and you are requested to see that the Abovemention'd persons do not go without the Limits of sd Town, and if you see cause therefor you are desired to confine sd persons or either of them 'till the further order of the Council ー
In the Name &...
Date: 20 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
Whereas. Isaac Smith Esqr late of Boston, has Imported into the Town of Barnstable, within this Colony, in the Schr Sally, Ebenezer Nickerson Master, from St. Eustatius, a Quantity of Powder. ---- 2
Order'd, agreeable to a Resolution of the American Congress of the 15th July last, that he be & hereby is permitted to export, one hundred and fifty Quintals Fish to the West Indies (...
Date: 20 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
Petition of Joseph Deane, setting forth that he has for several years past used the Surrinam Trade, in Consequence of which a very considerable part of his Interest, to the amount of Five hundred pounds, now remains in the Hands of the Merchants in that place ー The time limitted for the payment of which, has already expired ー Your Petitioner begs leave further to represent to the Honle Court,...
Date: 23 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3