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The Committee appointed to take into consideration a Letter from Joseph Greenleaf, Esq˙, one of the Committee for establishing a Post-Office in this Colony, reported. Read and accepted.

Resolved, That the said Joseph Greenleaf be, and he hereby is directed to settle with the several Postmasters and Post-Riders, to the 5th of October last, and discharge their several Bonds; provided, nevertheless, that if the Postmaster-General should choose to undertake (by himself or his Agent) to settle the whole matter from the beginning, in such case,

It is further Resolved, That the said Joseph Greenleaf be, and he hereby is directed to put over said settlement into the hands of the Postmaster-General, or his Agent, and to empower either of them to receive the moneys now due to said Colony, from the several Postmasters, for said purpose.

In Council, November 11, 1775: Read and concurred.