Jabez Matthews

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Mr˙ Jabez Matthews was admitted to give an account of his embassy to Quebeck.

Ordered, That commissions be delivered to sundry Officers in Colonel Whitcomb' s Regiment, agreeable to a list of this date, by him exhibited.

Deacon Fisher, agreeable to order, reported the following Resolves; which were, accepted:

Resolved, That the sum of three Pounds and ten Shillings, be paid out of the publick Treasury by the Receiver-General, who is directed to pay the same, to John Caldwell, esq˙, for the use of the Committee that was chosen to collect Gunpowder within the County of Worcester, for the use of the Army, and that they be accountable to this Congress, or some future House of Representatives.

Resolved, That the sum of two Pounds and ten Shillings, be paid out of the publick Treasury by the Receiver-General, who is hereby directed to pay the same, unto Mr˙ Noah Goodman, to bear his expenses in collecting Gunpowder within the County of Hampshire, for the use of the Army, he to be accountable for the same to this Congress, or some future House of Representatives.