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A Letter from Mr [John] Barber read;
Thereupon, Ordered, That it be committed to Doctr [Samuel] Holton, Mr [Nathaniel Peasley] Sargeant, and Colo [Seth] Pomeroy, to consider thereof, and Report.
The Committee thereon reported, Verbally, that Colo [Samuel] Thompson be desired immediately to repair to Brunswick, Casco Bay, Woolwich, Georgetown, and other places, and take the most effectual measures...
Date: 11 April 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Resolved, That the inhabitants of Chelsea and Malden be, and hereby are absolutely forbidden to fire upon, or otherwise injure any Seamen belonging to the Navy, under the command of Admiral [Samuel] Graves, unless fired upon by them, until the said inhabitants of Chelsea and Malden receive orders from this Committee, or the General of the Provincial Forces, to do so.
Date: 24 April 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Resolved, That Colonel [Nathaniel] Freemen, of Sandwich, be directed to take such a number of Men as may be sufficient for the purpose, and secure the Whale and such other Boats at Cape Cod, as may be of use to this Colony.
Date: 25 April 1775
Volume: Volume 1
On the twenty-fourth of April it was resolved that the inhabitants of Chelsea and Malden be, and hereby are absolutely forbidden to fire upon or otherwise injure any Seamen belonging to the Navy, under the command of Admiral [Samuel] Graves, unless fired upon by them, until the said inhabitants of Chelsea and Malden receive orders from this Committee, or the General of the Provincial Forces, so...
Date: 26 April 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I came into this place through Roxbury last evening & find great numbers of troops or rather armed men in much more confusion than I expected, but perhaps with as little as possible in this disordered state of the Massachusetts; most of the soldiers here are inhabitants of this Province who are now enlisting in a regular manner ー General [Artemus] Ward is at Roxbury ー Genl [Israel] Putnam is...
Date: 27 April 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Resolved, That Captain [John] Derby be directed and he hereby is directed, to make for Dublin, or any good port in Ireland, and from thence to cross to Scotland or England, and hasten to London. This direction is, that so he may escape all cruisers that may be found in the chops of the Channel to stop the communicating of the Provincial Intelligence to the Agent.2
Ordered, That Colonel...
Date: 27 April 1775
Volume: Volume 1
You have desired me to state the number of cannon, &c. at Ticonderoga.I have certain information that there are at Ticonderoga eighty pieces of heavy cannon, twenty brass guns, from four to eighteen pounders, and ten to twelve large mortars. At Skenesborough, on the South-Bay, there are three or four brass Cannon. The Fort is in a ruinous condition, and has not more than fifty men at the most...
Date: 30 April 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Capt [Benedict] Arnold Captain of a Company from Connecticut attended & Reports, that there are at Ticondarogo 80 peices heavy Cannon, 20 ps. Brass Cannon from 4 to 18 pounders, 10 or a doz. Mortars at Sckenesborough on the South Bay 3 or 4 ps. Brass Cannon. the Fort in a ruinous condition suppose has about 40 or 45 Men a number of Small Arms and considerable Stores ー A Sloop on the Lake of...
Date: 30 April 1775
Volume: Volume 1
You are desired to send to Charlestown Neck about 20 men to take the five Boats that lye there & carry them up Mistick river, to Monotomy, or such Other place as you Judge will be safe from the Men of War's Boats, assistance will be ready to help launch them tomorrow morning at nine o'Clock
N.B. You must send oars.
[Endorsed] In Committee of Safety [Ordered] that Richd Devers be directed to...
Date: 30 April 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Doctor [Joseph] Warren, Colonel [Joseph] Palmer, and Colonel [Henry] Gardner were appointed a Sub-Committee to confer with General [Artemus] Ward, relative to the proposal made by Colonel [Benedict] Arnold, of Connecticut, for an attempt upon Ticonderoga.
Voted, That General [John] Thomas be desired to give such orders respecting the Whale-Boats at Falmouth, and other parts southward, as he may...
Date: 2 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
To Benedict Arnold, Esquire, commander of a body of Troops on an expedition to subdue and take possession of the Fort of Ticonderoga:
Sir: Confiding in your judgment, fidelity and valour, we do, by these presents, constitute and appoint you Colonel and Commander-in-Chief over a body of men, not exceeding four hundred, to proceed with all expedition to the Western part of this and the...
Date: 3 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Voted, that two Companies be raised in the Towns of Malden & Chelsea for the defence of the Coast of Said Towns, the said Companies to be joined to such regiments in future as they may be ordered to, should there be occasion to discharge them from Service as soon as the public Good will admit of it and that Capt Benjamin Blaney & Capt [Samuel] Sprague be furnishd with a set of Beating...
Date: 3 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Voted, That Daniel Taylor, of Concord, be desired to send down to Cambridge, about sixty Oars for boats, from twelve to sixteen feet in length.
Date: 9 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Whereas, the Council of War are of opinion, that many Batteaus, Whale-Boats and other vessels, will immediately, or very soon be wanted in Charles River, and other places; and as there are not a sufficient number of such vessels to be now obtained; it is therefore,
Resolved, That it would be of publick utility to have one or more Master Carpenters immediately engaged in that service; and that...
Date: 10 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
A Spanish ship of about 150 Tons, bound from the Ravanna to Cadiz, having lost her Rudder and all her Masts, was met with in great Distress on the Grand Bank, by two Marblehead fishing schooners, who took up her Men, together with a Quantity of Snuff, Tobacco, &c. and 23,000 Dollars in Cash; all which were brought safe into Marblehead on Saturday last [May 6], but soon after taken Possession...
Date: 12 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Whereas, it is recommended by the Council of War, that fifty-four Whale-Boats be, provided for the use of this Colony immediatelyー
Resolved, That a copy of said Vote of the Council of War be transmitted to the Committee of Supplies, and they be desired to procure & place said Boats, agreeably to the recommendation by the Council of War.
Date: 16 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Yesterday Colonel [James] Easton arrived at the Provincial Congress in Watertown from Ticonderoga, & brings the glorious News of the taking that Place by the American forces, without the loss of a man; Of which interesting Event we have collected the following Particulars, viz.
Last Tuesday se'nnight [May 9], about 240 Men, from Connecticut and this Province, under Col. [Ethan] Allen and...
Date: 18 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Whereas, our enemies make frequent excursions to the Islands and SeaCoasts, from whence they plunder Hay, Cattle and Sheep, which not only greatly injures many individuals, but also the publick, and strengthens the hands of our enemies: Therefore,
Resolved, That it be recommended to the Honourable [Provincial] Congress to take some effectual measure to secure the stock on the Islands and Sea-...
Date: 23 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Resolved, That it be recommended to [the Provincial] Congress immediately to take such order respecting the removal of the Sheep and Hay from Noddle's Island, as they may judge proper, together with the stock on the adjacent islands.
Date: 24 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Last Sabbath (May 21] about 10 o'Clock A.M. an Express arrived at General [John] Thomas's Quarters in Roxbury, informing him that four Sloops (two of them armed) were sailed from Boston, to the South Shore of the Bay, and that a Number of Soldiers were landing at Weymouth. Gen. Thomas ordered 3 Companies to march to the Support of the Inhabitants. When arrived, they found the Soldiers had not...
Date: 25 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1