Ordered, That Mr. [Walter] Spooner, Colonel [Ezra] Richmond, and Colonel [Nathaniel] Dwight, be a Committee to take into consideration the expence Captain [Elisha] Phelps has been at in supplying the Massachusetts Forces at Ticonderoga, and report.

Ordered, That Deacon [Nathaniel] Bayley, Honourable Joseph Gerrish, Esq., Josiah Johnson, Esq., Mr. John Hale, Honourable William Sever, Esq., Colonel Joseph Otis, Honourable Jerethmia1 Bowers, Col. [Edward] Cutt, Captain Stephen Maynard, Colonel [Samuel] Thompson, Mr. Joseph North, and Timothy Edwards, Esq., be a Committee to take into consideration and circumstances of the seapcrt Towns and Islands in this Colony, which are exposed to the incursions and ravages of the enemy; and in particular to consider the Letter of Mr. Stephen Nye to Colonel [Nathaniel] Freeman, the Petition from the Town of Kittery, the

Resolve of the last Congress in relation to the invasion of the enemy on our seacoasts,&c., and a Petition from some inhabitants of Deer Island, and sit forthwith, and report as soon as may be.

Afternoon

The Committee appointed to consider the expences Mr. Phelps had been at in supplying the Massachusetts Forces at Ticonderoga, exhibited an account which they looked upon was not supported by any vouchers, and therefore submitted the matter to Congress.

Ordered, That the consideration of the same be put off to to-morrow morning.