Petition of Lawrence R. Campbell

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IN COUNCIL, August 30th, 1776. — Read, and committed to Jabez Fisher and John Taylor, Esq˙, to confer on the subject-matter of the above Petition with Mr˙ George Kimbal, Representative from Lunenburg.

JOHN AVERY, Deputy Secretary.

Whereas, by the Report of the Committee appointed to hear Captain Campbell' s Petition, it appears to this Board that which breach of his parole occasioned an order of this Board for his commitment to the Jail at Concord, in the County of Middlesex: And whereas by the Report of the Committee appointed to hear the said Campbell on his Petition, it appears to this Board that what he said to the above-mentioned Thomas Dodge was through inadvertence, and with no design to injure the cause of the United States, and that his conduct in other respects had been unexceptionable:

Therefore, Ordered, That he, the said Campbell, be liberated from the Jail at Concord, and proceed to Reading, there to reside, and not go beyond the limits prescribed by his parole; he paying all charges that have arisen in consequence of the said commitment. And the Keeper of the said Jail is hereby ordered to liberate him accordingly.