WHERE AS his Excellency General Washington, has represented to this Court the Necessity of providing Blankets for the Army and has requested the im­mediate Assistance of this Court, in this interesting Affair:

Therefore,

Resolved, That there be collected from the several Towns hereafter named, accord­ing to the Schedule hereto annexed, Four Thousand Blankets.

And whereas it is of great Importance that said Blankets should be speedily in Camp:

It is also Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to repair to the Selectmen of the several Towns mentioned in said Schedule And the Selectmen in each of said Towns. are hereby earnestly desired to use their utmost Endeavours, in aiding and assisting the Committee in effecting the above Business. And that the Sum of Two Thousand six Hundred Pounds, be delivered into the Hands of said Committee, in the following Proportions, viz.

To Mr. Lincoln, the Sum of One Hundred and sixty nine Pounds.

To Col. Barrett, the Sum of Three Hundred and seventy eight Pounds six Shillings.

To Major Moody, the Sum of Two Hundred and thirty two Pounds one Shilling.

To Mr. Mills, the Sum of One Hundred and ninety five Pounds

To Mr. Knowles, the Sum of One Hundred and ninety Pounds nine Shillings.

To Mr. Thomas Dursy, the Sum of Two Hundred and fifty eight Pounds fourteen Shillings.

To Col. Mitchel, the Sum of One Hundred and seventy six Pounds sixteen Shillings.

To Mr. Singletary, the Sum of Three Hundred and eighty eight Pounds fourteen Shillings.

To Mr. Thomas Dursy, the Sum of Four Hundred and twenty two Pounds ten Shillings.

To Deacon Hovey the Sum of Forty eight Pounds two Shillings.

To Capt. Hide, the Sum of Fifty two Pounds.

To Deacon Allen, the Sum of Eighty eight Pounds eight Shillings, to enable them to pay for said Blankets, and the transporting them to the Commissary General of the Colony, the Committee to be accountable to this Court for the same. And said Com­mittee are further directed to deliver said Blankets to the said Commissary-General, and take his Receipt therefor.

And 'tis further Resolved, That the Price, which shall be agreed upon by the above Committee and Selectmen, together with the Name of the Town where such Blackets are purchased, be by them [...] to each Blacket.

[Page] Resolved. That the following Gentlemen be a Committee for the Purpose mentioned in the foregoing Resolve, viz.

• For the Counties of Suffolk,
• Mr. Lincoln,
• Col. McIntosh,
• Deacon Sale.
• Essex, Major Moody,
• Mr. Ingalls,
• Mr. Story,
• Capt. Epes.
• Middlesex, Col. Barrett,
• Mr. Whitney,
• Col. Spaulding.
• Capt. Sartell,
• Mr. Bryant.
• Hampshire. Mr. Mills.
• Col. Field.
• Mr. Dickinson,
• Capt. Needham.
• Plymouth, Col. Mitchel,
• Deacon Thomas.
• Barnstable. Major Hallet,
• Capt. Knowles.
• Bristol. Mr. Durfy,
• Capt. Stearns.
• Mr. Godfry.
• York, Deacon Hovey.
• Dukes-County, Deacon Allen.
• Worcester. Esq; Singletary.
• Mr. Allen,
• Mr. Rice.
• Nantucket, Mr. Durfy.
• Berkshire, Capt. Hyde
• Sent up for Concurrence.