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Wednesday, April 26, 1775, 8 o' clock, A˙ M.
Met according to adjournment.
Ordered, That Mr˙ President, Doctor Taylor, Mr˙ Freeman, Henry Gardner, Esq˙, and Colonel Stone, be a Committee to draught a Letter to our Agent in Great Britain.
Ordered, That William Burbeck be and he is hereby appointed an Engineer of the Forces now raising in this Colony for the defence of the rights and liberties of the American Continent; and that there be paid to the said William Burbeck, out of the publick Treasury of this Colony, during his continuance in that service, at the rate of one hundred and fifty Pounds, lawful money, per annum. And it is further Resolved, That from and after the time when the said Troops shall be disbanded, during the life of the said Burbeck, there be paid to him, out of the Treasury, the sum of ninety-seven Pounds six Shillings and eight Pence, lawful money, annually.
Ordered, That Colonel Gerrish, Deacon Fisher, Colonel Orne, Mr˙ Batchelder, and Captain Brown, be a Committee to take into consideration the Letter laid on the table by the Committee of Safety, from James Sullivan, Esq˙, and the Committee to sit forthwith.
Ordered, That the Letter drawn by the Committee, to send to Doctor Franklin, as Agent, be copied and authenticated by the President pro tempore.
The Depositions taken by the Committee for that purpose, laid on the table, and ordered to be read.
Ordered, That the Committee make Duplicates of the same, and Captain Stone, Jonas Dix, Esq˙, Colonel Tyng, Colonel Dwight, Captain Whittemore, Major Fuller, and Mr˙ Freeman, assist as scribes, in that business.
Adjourned to three o' clock.
Afternoon.
Met according to adjournment.
Ordered, That the Letters and Papers just now received from Rhode-Island, by Doctor Perkins, be sent to the Committee of Safety now sitting in Cambridge, by him, and that he have leave to go home for a few days.
Resolved, That Richard Gridley, Esquire, be and he hereby is appointed Chief Engineer of the Forces now raising in this Colony for the defence of the rights and liberties of the American Continent; and that there be paid to the said Richard Gridley, out of the publick Treasury of this Colony, during his continuance in that service, at the rate of one hundred and seventy Pounds, lawful money, per annum. And it is further Resolved, That from and after the time when the said Forces shall be disbanded,
Ordered, That the duplicates lay on the table till the Narrative comes in.
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during the life of the said Gridley, there be paid to him out of the said Treasury, the sum of one hundred and twenty-three Pounds, lawful money, per annum.