House Met

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Friday, March 15, 1776.

The House met according to adjournment.

The Committee appointed by both Houses, to hear the complaint of Aaron Quimby, Ebenezer Collins, and Daniel Murray, against Captain John Parker, and to examine into said Parker' s Roll, made report as follows, viz:

First. That the stoppages on said roll are not well vouched. Secondly. That Asa Pette, Jun˙, Stephen Lowell, James Brown, and Joshua Bedel, are made up in the roll, and were never in the service. Thirdly. That John Kennedy was made up in the roll about two months more than he was in the service. Fourthly. That it appears that Ebenezer Collins served as a Sergeant, and made up in the roll as a Corporal.

NATHANIEL FOLSOM, Chairman.

Which Report being read and considered,

Voted, That the same be received, accepted, and filed, and that the parties be further heard thereon, on the second day of the next sitting of this Assembly.