Committee on the Complaint Against Colonel Folsom

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Saturday, March 16, 1776.

Met according to adjournment,

The House resumed the consideration of the Petition of the Inhabitants of New-Market against Lieutenant-Colonel Folsom; and, after conference on the same,

Voted, To choose a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to advise with the said Lieutenant-Colonel Folsom and the Petitioners; and to propose to, this House a method of reconciliation between the Petitioners and said Folsom; and that Jonathan Lovewell, Esq˙, Matthew Patten, Esq˙, and Captain Josiah Moulton, be a Committee of this House for that purpose.

Voted, That the Officers and Soldiers for the Regiment now to be raised for the defence of this Colony, upon their being mustered, receive each one month' s advance Wages; and that there be a Mustermaster and Paymaster appointed in each County where they are to be raised, to take the money out of the Treasury and pay them. And that Nicholas Gilman, Esq˙, Receiver-General, for the County of Rockingham, Deacon Nahum Baldwin, for the County of Hillsborough, and Colonel Otis Parker, for the County of Strafford, be Mustermasters and Paymasters to the said Regiment; and that Captain Pierce Long, Captain Josiah Moulton, and Colonel Timothy Walker, be a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to commission and fit out said Regiment.

Sundry Petitions of the Officers and Soldiers of the Sixth Regiment in this Colony, against their Field-Officers, being read,

Voted, That the said Field-Officers be cited to appear before this House on the second Tuesday of the next session of this House, that they may show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of the said Petitioners may not be granted.

Voted, To choose a Committee to confer with a Committee from the honourable Board, respecting the expediency of purchasing a quantity of Firewood for the use of the Fortresses at Piscataqua Harbour, and make report thereon; and that John Dudley, Esq˙, Jonathan Lovewell, Esq˙, and Samuel Cutts, Esq˙, be the Committee for that purpose.

Voted, That James McCluer be appointed Adjutant of the Regiment now to be raised for the defence of this Colony.

Adjourned to Monday next, three o' clock, afternoon.