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The Committee who were appointed to consider of measures for assisting the poor of Boston to move out of said Town, haying amended their Report, again reported: which Report being read, was accepted, and one hundred and fifty copies thereof ordered to be printed, and a copy forthwith transmitted to the Committee of Donations in Boston, and that Mr˙ Gill take the charge of transmitting the same.
The Report is as follows, viz:
"In Provincial Congress, Watertown,
"May 1, 1775.
"Whereas, the inhabitants of the Town of Boston have been detained by General Gage, but at length, by agreement, are permitted to remove, with their effects, into the country; and as it has been represented to this Congress, that about five thousand of said inhabitants are indigent, and unable to be at the expense of removing themselves:
"Therefore, Resolved, That it be, and it is hereby recommended to all the good people of this Colony, and especially to the Selectmen, and Committee of Correspondence
Ordered, That Mr˙ Patridge, Mr˙ Lothrop and Doctor Baylies, be directed to assist the Secretary in copying the foregoing Report, &c.
Resolutions for the removal of the Poor from Boston
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most convenient to Boston, that they aid and assist such poor inhabitants with teams, wagons, &c˙, as shall procure a certificate from the Committee of Donations that they are unable to remove themselves; and it is further recommended to the Selectmen of the several Towns specified in the schedule annexed, to provide for said inhabitants, in the best and most prudent way, until this, or some future Congress shall take further order thereon; and that the said Selectmen receive, support, and employ their proportion of said inhabitants, assigned them in said schedule, and no other; and render their accounts to this or some future Congress, or House of Representatives, for allowance; which reasonable accounts shall he paid out of the publick Treasury. And it is further recommended to the Committee of Donations, to apply said donations for the removal of said inhabitants, and for their support whilst removing; and in case that is insufficient, it is further recommended to said Committee of Donations, that they make up said deficiency, and lay their accounts before the Congress for allowance, which reasonable expense shall be paid out of the publick Treasury of the Colony. And it is further Resolved, That the inhabitants of Boston thus removed, shall not, in future, be considered as the poor of said Town into which they remove; and it is to be understood, that if the number of the poor who shall be removed in consequence hereof, should surpass or fall short of the number herein calculated, the distribution of them shall be increased or diminished, in proportion to this regulation:
Wrentham,
persons,
89
Stoughtonham
"
32
Medway,
"
38
Bellingham,
"
25
Walpole,
"
31
215
Concord,
persons,
66
Marlborough,
"
80
Billerica
"
54
Framingham,
"
63
Chelmsford,
"
49
Sherburne,
"
31
Sudbury,
"
85
Weston,
"
41
Westford,
"
45
Littleton,
"
41
Hopkinton,
"
42
Stow,
"
36
Groton,
"
61
Pepperel,
"
34
Townsend,
"
26
Natick,
"
20
Dracut,
"
35
Bedford,
"
29
Holliston,
"
34
Tewksbury,
"
28
Acton,
"
32
Dunstable,
"
30
Lincoln,
"
29
Wilmington,
"
25
1016
Brigewater,
persons,
81
Abington,
"
22
Halifax,
"
12
115
Taunton,
persons,
103
Rehoboth,
"
129
Dartmouth,
"
113
Norton,
"
47
Mansfield,
"
30
Attleborough,
"
75
Raynham,
"
31
Easton,
"
35
Berkley,
"
25
588
Sheffield,
persons,
54
Great-Barrington
"
24
Stockbridge,
"
25
Pittsfield,
"
31
New-Marlborough,
"
30
Egremont,
"
13
Richmond,
"
23
Lenox,
"
16
Tyringham,
"
13
Lanesborough,
"
32
Sandisfield,
"
23
Williamstown,
"
20
East-Hoosock
"
10
314
Springfield,
persons,
68
Wilbraham,
"
31
Northampton,
"
70
Southampton,
"
25
Hadley,
"
30
South Hadley,
"
23
Amherst,
"
34
Granby,
"
17
Hatfield,
"
35
Whately,
"
13
Williamsburgh,
"
9
Westfield,
"
50
Deerfield,
"
36
Greenfield,
"
24
Shelburn,
"
14
Conway,
"
17
Sunderland,
"
19
Montague,
"
18
Northfield,
"
26
Brimfield,
"
44
South-Brimfield,
"
26
Monson,
"
23
Pelham,
"
25
Greenwich,
"
24
Blandford,
"
19
Leverett,
"
4
Palmer,
"
25
Granville,
"
44
New-Salem,
"
22
Belchertown,
"
28
Colrain,
"
17
Ware,
"
13
Warwick,
"
10
Bernardston,
"
14
Murraysfield,
"
17
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Charlemont,
persons,
12
Worthington,
"
6
Shutesbury,
"
14
Chesterfield,
"
22
Southwick,
"
19
West-Springfield,
"
72
Ludlow,
"
10
1069
Worcester,
persons,
82
Lancaster,
"
103
Mendon,
"
76
Brookfield,
"
99
Oxford,
"
35
Charlton,
"
35
Sutton,
"
98
Leicester,
"
36
Spencer,
"
31
Paxton,
"
20
Rutland,
"
48
Oakham,
"
14
Hutchinson,
"
42
Hubbardston,
"
9
New-Braintree,
"
32
Southborough,
"
36
Westborough,
"
38
Northborough,
"
25
Shrewsbury,
persons,
32
Lunenburgh,
"
51
Fitchburgh,
"
19
Uxbridge,
"
36
Harvard,
"
50
Dudley,
"
32
Bolton,
"
48
Upton,
"
20
Sturbridge,
"
45
Leominster,
"
38
Hardwick,
"
55
Holden,
"
26
Weston,
"
35
Douglass,
"
22
Grafton,
"
38
Petersham,
"
38
Royalston,
"
8
Westminster,
"
31
Athol,
"
20
Templeton,
"
25
Princeton,
"
24
Ashburnham,
"
12
Winchendon,
"
9
Northbridge,
"
13
1586
Whole number,
4903