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April 14, 1775.
At a meeting of the Committee of Safety, at Concord, at the house of Mr˙ Taylor, on Saturday, the 14th of April 1775, Present:
The Honourable John Hancock, Esq˙, Colonel Heath, Captain White, Mr˙ Devens, Colonel Gardner, Mr˙ Watson, Mr˙ Palmer.
Voted, That the Cannon now in the Town of Concord be immediately disposed of within said Town, as the Committee of Supplies may direct.
Voted, That the Cannon-powder, now at Leicester, be removed, one load at a time, to this Town, and made into cartridges, under the direction of the Committee of Supplies.
N˙B˙ Mr˙ Devens acted as Clerk pro tempore. Colonel Gardner this day was chosen as one of the Committee of
Cannon in Concord to be disposed of immediately within the Town
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Safety, instead of Deacon Fisher, who resigned, in consequence of the distance he lives.