Committee to give directions for the fortifying of Boston Harbour

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Friday, April 5, 1776.

Present in Council: Honourable James Otis, Benjamin Greenleaf, Caleb Cushing, John Winthrop, Joseph Gerrish, John Whetcomb, Eldad Taylor, Benjamin Lincoln, Charles Chauncy, Michael Farley, Joseph Palmer, Samuel Holten, Moses Gill, John Taylor, Benjamin White, Esquire.

In Council: Ordered, That Joseph Palmer, with such as the honourable House shall join, be a Committee to give directions for the fortifying Boston Harbour.

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In the House, of Representatives: Read, and concurred, and Nathan Cushing, Esq˙, is joined.