Proceedings of the Assembly of Massachusetts on the Letter of General Washington

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In Council, November 30, 1775: Read and accepted; and thereupon

Resolved, That Joseph Palmer, Esq˙, with such as the honourable House shall join, be a Committee to wait upon his Excellency General Washington, and, with the other General Officers, to devise some method whereby the deficiency in the Army, which may be caused by the Connecticut Forces leaving the service, and the furloughs granted to part of the forces enlisted for the next year, can be supplied, and make report. And, also, that Benjamin Lincoln, Esq˙, with such as the honourable House shall join, be a Committee to draught a Letter to his Excellency General Washington, in answer to the last paragraph in his said Letter, showing the reasons of this Colony' s paying their men by lunar months; [A] that it is not an innovation; and that it is matter of concern to this Court, that while we are doing justice to our men, by complying with our contract with them, that it should produce disorders in the Army. [B]

Sent down for concurrence.

PEREZ MORTON, Deputy Secretary.