Order of the Day

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Afternoon.

The Order of the Day moved for.

The County of Suffolk having nominated, the Congress chose Mr˙ John Pitts, Mr˙ Nathaniel Baylies, Colonel Aaron Davis, Mr˙ Moses Bullen, and Mr˙ Abner Ellis.

ESSEX. — Joseph Gerrish, Esquire, Colonel Michael Farley, Major Samuel Holten, Captain Samuel Osgood, and Captain Josiah Batcheldor.

MIDDLESEX. — James Prescott, Esquire, Major Eleazer Brooks, Mr˙ Richard Devens, Colonel Simeon Spalding, and Captain Jonathan Brown.

WORCESTER. — Colonel Jedediah Foster, Captain Timothy Bigelow, Mr˙ Edward Rawson, Captain Samuel Brooks, and Colonel Jonathan Grout.

BRISTOL. — Doctor David Cobb, Benjamin Atkin, Esquire, Doctor William Baylies, Captain William Holmes, and Captain Thomas Carpenter.

BARNSTABLE. — Daniel Davis, Esquire, Captain Stephen Nye, Mr˙ Moses Swift, Mr˙ Benjamin Freeman, and Mr˙ Naaman Holbrook.

BERKSHIRE. — Mr˙ Samuel Brown, Mark Hopkins, Esquire, Captain Charles Goodrich, Major Jonathan Smith, and Captain Caleb Hide.

PLYMOUTH. — Honourable James Warren, Esquire, Col. Edward Mitchell, Captain Joshua White, Doctor Jeremiah Hall, and Mr˙ Ebenezer White.

LINCOLN. — James Howard, Esquire, Mr˙ Timothy Langdon, Mr˙ Dumer Sewal, Mr˙ ——- Cobb, and Mr˙ Joseph Waldo.

NANTUCKET. — Josiah Coffin, Esquire, Grafton Gardner, Esquire, Mr˙ Josiah Barker, Timothy Folger, Esquire, and Mr˙ Stephen Hussey.

DUKES COUNTY. — Joseph Mayhew, Esquire, John Summer, Esquire, Colonel Beriah Norton, Shubael Cottle, Esquire, and Mr˙ Rainsford Smith.

CUMBERLAND. — Solomon Lombard, Esquire, Mr˙ Samuel Freeman, Mr˙ John Lewis, Colonel Samuel Thompson, and Mr˙ Timothy McDaniel.

YORK. — Charles Chauncey, Esquire, Captain Daniel Bragdon, Mr˙ Ebenezer Sawyer, James Sullivan, Esquire, and Major Ichabod Goodwin.

HAMPSHIRE. — Major Hawley, Colonel Timothy Danielson, Mr˙ Noah Goodwin, Colonel Elisha Porter, and Colonel John Mosely.

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Resolved, That the Resolve recommending the aforesaid Committees, he printed in Handbills, and sent to all the Towns and Districts.

Ordered, That Mr˙ Devens, Captain Rawson, and Colonel Davis, be a Committee to distribute the Handbills.

Ordered, That the Committee be enjoined to sit and complete the business.

An application from the Plantation of New-Providence, read, committed to Colonel Dwight, Captain Goodridge, Colonel Pomeroy, Colonel Patterson, and Mr˙ Crane.

Adjourned to nine o' clock to-morrow morning.