Committee to consider the verbal information of the capture of three Vessels, by a King' s Cutter

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Tuesday, May 16, 1775, A˙M.

Ordered, That Doctor Taylor, Mr˙ Greenleaf, and Captain Dix, be a Committee to apply to the Committee of Safety for a list of such persons as they have given Listing Orders to, and, in particular, a list of such as have completed, or nearly completed their respective Regiments, and, as far as can be speedily obtained, the number of men each Officer has enlisted, that this Congress may commission such persons as they think proper, without delay.

The Committee appointed to consider the Petition of Messrs˙ Boice and McLean, reported. A long debate was had thereon, and it was finally determined that the Petitioners have leave to withdraw their Petition .

Ordered, That Mr˙ Sullivan, Captain Stone, Colonel Farley, Major Brooks, and Doctor Rawson, be a Committee to take into consideration a verbal information of the capture of three Vessels, by a King' s Cutter, at Dartmouth, and the retaking two of them, and fifteen Marines, prisoners.

Adjourned to three o' clock, P˙ M.