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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

[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.
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.

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