In the House of Representatives, January 4, 1776. Whereas 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 ... Massachusetts. General Court. Approx. 17 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 3 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI : 2008-09. N11756 N11756 Evans 14851 APW9193 14851 99015482

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In the Houſe of Repreſentatives January 4, 1776.

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.

From the County   Holliſton 12 Shelburn 7 Dartmouth 183 Bolton 18 〈…〉   Tewksbury 10 Co ••• y 7 Norton 16 Upton 9 Roxbury. 16 Acton 10 Sunderland 10 Marſhfield 9 Sturbridge 14 Dorcheſter 17 Dunſtable 11 Montage 7 Attleborough 20 Leominſter 14 Milton 13 〈◊〉 14 Northfield 7 Freetown 1 • Hardwick 14 Brad • tree 22 Wilmington 10 South Brimfield 6 Eaſton 13 Holden 8 Plymouth 11 Cambridge 15 ••• ſon 6 Ray •••• 8 Weſtern 14 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Douglaſs 8 〈◊〉     11 〈◊〉 7 Dighton 1 • Grafton 13 ••• ham 22 A •••• • ••••• ord • 2 From the County of plymouth 2 • 2, viz.   Petersham 15 Medfield 15 Shirley 5 Laurent 4     Weſtminſter 13 Wrentham 22 Hopkinson 14 Palmer 6     Athol 8 Brookline 15 From the County of Eſſex 3 • 7. viz.   Greenville 14 Plymouth 23 Templeton 8 Needham 13     New-Salem 7 Scituate 28 Princeton 13 Stoughton and Stoughtonham 22 Salem 52 Belchertown 7 Duxbury 〈◊〉 •• nd • n 20     Danvers 18 Brimfield 10 Marſhfield 20 Oakham 10 Medway 15 Ipſwich 29 Colrain 7 Middleboro' 36 Hubbardſton 8 Bellingham 1 • Newbury 26 Bernardston 2 Rocheſter 23 New Branitree 13 Walpole 1 • Newbury Port 26 Cheſter field 5 Plympton 20 Fitchbourgh 10 Chelſea 9 Lynn 14 Southwick 7 Pembroke 26 R •• ſton 8 From the County of Middleſex 583, viz.   Andover 22 Weſt Springfield 12 Kingſton 13 Waſhburnham 7     Beverly 20 Warwick 4 Hanover 13 Winchendon 7 Watertown 20 Rowley 16 From the County of Barnſtable 293 viz.   Halifax 13 Northbridge 5 Woburn 2 • Saliſbury 16     Wartham 10 From the County of Nantucket viz.   Concord 20 laverhill 26     Bridgwater 30     Reading 27 Topfield 10     Abington 8 Sherburne 650 Newton 30 Boxford 16 Barnſtable 45 From the County of Worceſter, 598, viz.   From the County of York 74. viz   Marlborough 30 Amesbury, 16 Bandwith 40         Billerica 18 Bradford 26 Yarmouth 40     York 13 Framingham • 0 Wenham • Horwich 40 Worceſter 27 Kittery 15 Lexington 20 Middleton 8 Eaſtham 40 Lancaſter 33 Wells 10 Chelmsford 12 Mancheſter 10 Wellſtreet 18 Brookfield 30 Berwick 17 Sherburn 11 Methuen 8 T •• re 18 Oxford 9 Arundell 9 Sudbury 20 From the County of Hampſhire 300 viz.   Chatham 26 Charlton 13 Biddeford and Pepperell boro' 12 Meldon 20     Falmouth 26 Sutton 30     Weſton 30 Springfield 12 From the county of Dukes County 136. viz.   Leiceſter 14     Bedford 12 Wilbraham 6     Spencer 14 From the County of Berkſhire 80 viz.   〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Northampton 17     Paxton 18     ••• ford • 5 Southampton 6 Edgartown 〈◊〉 Rutland 14 Great Barrington 10 Waſhburn • 4 Hadley 10 Chilmark 41 Hutchinſon 18 Sheffield 12 Stow 11 South Hadley 6 Tiſbury 40 Southborough 10 Pittsfield 9 Groton 18 Amherſt 8     Weſtborough 13 Stockbridge 7 Pepperrell 13 Granby 7 From the County of Briſtol 398, viz   Northborough 13 New-Marlboro' 6 Townſhend 10 Hotfield 11     Lunenburg 25 Tyringham 6 Stoneham 9 Whately 7 Freetown • 0 Shrewſbury 13 Lewes 7 〈◊〉 3 Weſtfield 32 Rehaboth 60 Uxbridge 7 Richmond 6 Dr •••• 12 Deerfield 10 Swanſey & 〈◊〉 33 Harvard 13 Lanesboro' 8 Medford 25 Greenfield 10     Dudley 15 Williamſtown 9

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. In Council January 5. 1776. Read and concurr'd. WILLIAM COOPER. Sp. pro. Tem. Conſented to, PEREZ MORTON. Dep. Sec'ry. W. SPOONER. CALEB CUSHING, B. CHADBOURN. JOHN ADAMS. JOHN WHETCOMB. JAMES PRESCOTT, ELDAD TAYLOR, CHARLES CHAUNCY, J. PALMER, MICHAEL FARLEY, S. HOLTEN. JABEZ FISHER, B. WHITE, B. LINCOLN, JOHN TAYLOR.