[Watertown] Wednesday, July 26, 1775
The Committee on the Petition from Deer-Island reported that an Address be sent to the honourable Board on the subject thereof.
Whereupon, Ordered, That Colonel Bowers, Captain Partridge, and Dr. Baylis, be a Committee to prepare an Address accordingly.
Afternoon
The Committee appointed to prepare an Address to the honourable Board, relative to the circumstances of the eastern part of the Colony, reported the following, which was accepted:
To the Honourable the Council of the Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay
May it please your Honours,
The papers accompanying this request will inform you of the critical situation of the inhabitants of the eastern parts of this Province. We request your Honours to take this matter under your consideration, and take such orders thereon as the exigency of their circumstances may require; and this House will concur in those measures which may be judged necessary for their defence.
Ordered, That Colonel Bowers, Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Jewet, Mr. Greenleaf, and Dr. Baylis, be a Committee to carry the above Address to the honourable Board, together with the Petition from Deer-Island, the Petition from St. George's, and the Letter from Mr. [John] Murray.
