It was resolved, that Jabez Hamlin, Matthew Talcott, and Titus Hosmer, Esq'rs., be a committee to provide stores of lead, as they should judge necessary for the use of the colony, or to take the lead ore raised out of the mine at Middletown, and refined and fitted for the use of the colony; with power to receive out of the colony treasury any sums of money that should be necessary to procure said lead, or purchase said lead ore and smelt and refine it, not exceeding the sum of £400-Provided that the owners of said mine, should be allowed for any loss or damage they might sustain by reason of the premises.

It was resolved, that the commander-in-chief of the forces raised in the colony, at their respective destinations, were empowered to procure armorers to repair all fire arms damaged in service.

And the committee of pay table were directed to repair the arms of the colony in the hands of the treasurer, and deliver them to the inhabitants enlisted, to have them appraised, and take a receipt for them.

Samuel Mott, Esq., was appointed an engineer to repair forthwith to Ticon. deroga and Crown Point, to act in that capacity, and to take rank as a lieuten. ant colonel among the troops raised for the defence of the colony of Connecticut.

The Legislature appointed the Hon. Matthew Griswold, Hon. Eliphalet Dyer, J. Huntington, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, N. Wales, Jr., J. Elderkin, Joshua West, and Benjamin Huntington, Esq'rs., to assist the Governor when the Assembly was not in session, to direct the marches and stations of the soldiers enlisted for the defence of the colony, or any part of them, as they should judge proper, and supply with every matter and thing that should be needful for the defence of the colony.*

That the commissions ordered by the special Assembly in April, be dated May 1st, 1775.

That the warrants for the staff be dated 20th day of May, 1775, viz. chap. lain, surgeon, and surgeon's mate.

The sum of £4 per month was granted to Major General Wooster, to assist him to provide a proper secretary for the necessary service of his department. Also the sum of £4 per month to Brigadier Generals Spencer and Putnam, to provide secretaries for their respective departments.

Jonathan Fitch, Esq., was appointed commissary, in the room of Thomas Howel, resigned.

It was resolved, that the commissaries should be allowed one and a half per cent. commission on all supplies purchased and paid for by them, by order of the Assembly.

The Treasurer of the colony was ordered to pay Captain Edward Mott, the sum of £20, and said Mott to account to the Assembly.

Jabez Hamlin and Jesse Root, Esq'rs. were added to the committee to sign the bills of credit in the colony, ordered by the Assembly on the 26th day of April, 1775.

It was resolved, that 500 pounds of powder should be forthwith borrowed by the committee of pay table from the town stocks of the adjacent towns, and to,

* This was the first Committee of Safety appointed by Connecticut, to aid the Governor in his deliberations and acts during the recoss of the General Assembly.

be transported by Col. James Easton, with the utmost expedition, to Crown Point and Ticonderoga, and to be there used for the immediate defence of those posts, until the resolves of the Continental Congress should be carried into execution; directing the committee of pay table to draw on the colony treasurer in favor of Col. Easton for the sum of £200, to be expended in defraying the expenses of transporting said powder, and other necessary purposes, for the immediate support of said fortresses.

The pay of an adjutant was fixed at £6 per month; the pay of the 1st lieu tenant of the colonel's companies in each regiment fixed at £6 per month. £10 was ordered paid to Capt. Eleazer Oswald.

Fees of six shillings per day was allowed for the committee of the pay table for each attending on the service, and so in proportion for the time served. David Johnson, Jr., was appointed 2d lieutenant, 2d company, 4th regiment, in the room of David Bissell, superseded.

Capt. John Chester enlisted five men more than his quota, the Assembly gave him liberty to retain them in his company.

Col. Charles Burrall received an order of £12:9:11 for repairing arms of the colony.

Jabez Thomson, Ichabod Lewis, Thomas Belding, John Mead, Henry Cham. pion, Comfort Sage, and Nathan Denison, were appointed lieutenant colonels of militia.

Zebulon Butler, Matthew Talcott, Samuel Chapman, William Williams, and Gold S. Silliman, were also appointed colonels of the militia.

William Douglass, John Chester, Stephen St. John, Dyer Throop, John Penfield, William Judd, and Oliver Smith, were also appointed majors in the militia of the colony.

Abraham Blakely, of New Haven, captain of a company, was cashiered, and removed from office, for manifesting dissatisfaction with the government.

Andrew Philip Skeen, of Skeensborough, in the State of New York, on the 9th of May, 1775, was taken at home, with his aunt, two sisters, and a man by the name of Beach, and brought to this colony. On his application to the Assembly to return with his family, and be protected in their return to his farm; or that the Legislature would send some suftable person to take care of his farm in Skeensborough. The Assembly granted liberty to the family of said Skeen to return home, or to Quebec, under the direction of O. Wolcott, Elisha Shel. don, of Salisbury, and John Bigelow, of Hartford. And said Skeen had liberty granted under the direction of said committeo, to appoint and send a suitable man to take charge of his farm and business. And the commander from this colony at Ticonderoga and Crown Point, were directed to see that Major Skeen's estato should receive no unnecessary damage from the troops under their charge. Public affairs were such, that public attention was called from private matters to things of greater importance.

Therefore it was resolved, that all private business of a civil nature, and disputable, should be referred over to the October session of the Assembly.

The Assembly adjourned, subject to the call of the Governor, and in his absence, the Deputy Governor.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

SPECIAL SESSION.

The General Assembly, convened by special order of the Governor, on the 1st day of July, A. D. 1775.

Hon. JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Governor.

Only eight of the Council present; and Samuel Huntington, added to the Assistants.

An act in addition to an act passed 26th day of April, 1775, to raise troops, it was enacted, that in addition to, and reinforcement of, the inhabitants in and by said act directed to be assembled, &c., to raise a further body of 1,400 men, exclusive of commissioned officers, who were forthwith enlisted, equipped, accoutred, and assembled for the special defence of the colony, to serve during the pleasure of the Assembly, not exceeding five months, to be led and conducted as the Assembly should order; to be formed into two regiments, of ten companies each, and each company to consist of seventy non-commissioned officers and privates, (besides commissioned officers) with the same number of commission and staff officers as in the regiment then raised and assembled for defence by the act aforesaid. And that the said troops, both officers and soldiers, should receive the same bounty and pay, and be allowed for arms, blankets, knapsacks, accoutrements, and provisions; be furnished with the same quantity of ammunition, and in every respect be under the same regulations as was provided for troops assembled.

In pursuance of the above act, the following appointments were made, and in the form following, viz.: This Assembly do appoint the persons hereafter named to the respective offices hereinafter mentioned, to take the command of the inhabitants to be enlisted and assembled for the special defence and safety of this colony, in addition to the six regiments heretofore raised for the same purpose, to lead and conduct them as the General Assembly shall order; and his Honor the Governor is desired, and is hereby authorized and empowered to give commissions according to the form provided and ordered for each officer, according to his office and rank, and warrants to such as are appointed in the staff, viz.:

SEVENTH REGIMENT.

This Assembly do appoint Charles Webb, Esq., colonel of the 7th regiment, and captain of the 1st company.

1st company-Ebenezer Hill, captain and lieutenant; Stephen Betts, Jr., 2d lieutenant; Sylvanus Mead, ensign.

Street Hall, lieutenant colonel, and captain of 2d company.

2d company-William Hull, 1st lieutenant; Stephen Potter, 2d lieutenant; Titus Moss, ensign.

Jonathan Lattimer, Jr., Esq., major, and captain of 3d company.

3d company-Nathan Hale, 1st lieutenant; John Belcher, 2d lieutenant; Joseph Hilliard, ensign.

4th company-Joseph Hoit, captain; Joseph Allen Wright, 1st lieutenant; Gamaliel Northrop, Jr., 2d lieutenant; John Odell, ensign.

5th company-Nathaniel Tuttle, captain; John Watkins, 1st lieutenant; Lemuel Gibbs, 2d lieutenant; Samuel Hurlbut, ensign.

6th company-Edward Shipman, captain; Aaron Stevens, 1st lieutenant; Lemuel Nichols, 2d lieutenant; John Shumway, ensign.

7th company-Isaac Bostwick, captain; Jesse Kimball, 1st lieutenant; Peter Mills, 2d lieutenant; Daniel Brinsmade, ensign.

8th company-William Gaylord Hubbel, captain; John Trowbridge, Jr., 1st lieutenant; Jesse Cook, 2d lieutenant; David Lilly, ensign.

9th company-Peter Perrit, Jr., captain; John Yates, 1st lieutenant; Henry Firman, 2d lieutenant; Charles Pond, ensign.

10th company-Eli Leavenworth, captain; William Rossiter, 1st lieutenant; Peter Johnson, 2d lieutenant; Robert Lewis, ensign.

Rev. Samuel Bird, chaplain.

Francis Forgue, surgeon.

Ebenezer Beardslee and Isaac Swift, surgeon's mates.

EIGHTH REGIMENT.

Jedediah Huntington, Esq., colonel of the 8th regiment, and captain of the 1st company.

1st company-Asa Kingsbury, captain and lieutenant; Jonathan Brewster, 2d lieutenant; Phineas Lyman Tracy, ensign.

John Douglass, Esq., lieutenant colonel, and captain of 2d company.

2d company-Elizur Hubbard, 1st lieutenant; Moses Campbell, 2d lieutenant; Nathaniel Bingham, ensign.

Joel Clark, Esq., major, and captain of 3d company.

3d company-Abiel Pease, 1st lieutenant; Epaphras Andrus, 2d lieutenant; Abraham Wright, ensign.

4th company-Elihu Humphrey, captain; Ebenezer Fitch, 1st lieutenant; Timothy Cossett, 2d lieutenant; Jonathan Filly, ensign.

5th company-Charles Ellsworth, Jr., captain; Moses Hall, 1st lieutenant; Samuel Bancroft, 2d lieutenant; Barzillai Markham, ensign.

6th company-Abijah Rowley, captain; Zebadiah Farnum, 1st lieutenant; Epaphras Bull, 2d lieutenant; Joseph Tinker, ensign.

7th company-Daniel Lyon, captain; Elijah Sharp, 1st lieutenant; Joseph Burgiss, 2d lieutenant; John Sumner, ensign.

8th company-Joseph Jewet, captain; Jabez Fitch, Jr., 1st lieutenant; Nathaniel Gove, 2d lieutenant; Elisha Leffingwell, ensign.

9th company-Abraham Tyler, Jr., captain; Timothy Percival, 1st lieutenant; Solomon Orcutt, 2d lieutenant; Aaron Hale, ensign.

10th company-John Ripley, captain; Thomas Tyrrell, 1st lieutenant; Joel Chamberlin, 2d lieutenant; John Vaughan, ensign.

Rev. John Ellis, chaplain.

Philip Turner, surgeon.

Albigens Waldo and Silas Holmes, surgeon's mates.

The commissions and warrants for the officers in the troops now to be raised, be made similar to those for officers already in the service, and to bear date 6th of July, 1775. If any declinature of officers should occur, the Governor was to fill such vacancies.

It was resolved, that there should be provided 48 marques, or officer's tents; 233 tents for soldiers; 281 iron pots, to contain ten quarts each, or tin kettles; 14 brass kettles, to contain from eight to twelve gallons each, for the use of each regiment; 600 wooden bowls; 3 frying-pans for the use of each company; 1400 quart canns; 20 drums; 40 fifes, for the use of said troops; 2 standards-for the seventh regiment, a blue one-for the eighth regiment, an orange; a medicine chest and apparatus, of the value of £30, to be under the direction of the surgeons; and if any apparatus or medicine should be left, it was to be returned to the colony; 15 books in quarto, consisting of one quire of paper each, covered with cartridge paper; half a ream of writing paper; 3 reams of cartridge paper; 1 cart or wagon for each company. The provisions, arms, and ammunition, to be provided and distributed in the same manner and proportion as was allowed to troops raised in April, 1775.

Also, an act was passed for supplying the troops to be raised as aforesaid, with the necessary fire arms, on the same terms, and with like arms, &c. as were ordered to be furnished to the six regiments previously raised, with the same duties devolving upon selectmen of towns, committee of pay table, captains, &c.

The committee appointed in May, 1775, to procure fire arms for the use of the colony, were again authorized to contract for such number of arms, of like construction of those ordered in May aforesaid, as are therein directed, and to draw on the Treasurer for the payment of the same.

Also, it was resolved, that the Governor and Council, (appointed to assist him in the recess of the Assembly,) should be authorized and empowered to direct the marches and stations of the troops then to be raised for the defence of the colony, either in whole or parts of said troops, as they should judge necessary for the public service, and to see they were furnished in every respect, and to every purpose, that should be needful to render the defence effectual.

It was resolved, that Jabez Hamlin, Matthew Talcott, and Titus Hosmer, Esq'rs., a committee appointed in May (then) last, to work the lead mines in Middletown, for the use of the colony, be ordered to proceed to work the same, and to receive out of the colony treasury such sums of money as should be sufficient to carry the same into execution, and render their account to said Assembly. And the committee of pay table were directed to draw on the Treasurer for such sums as should be necessary for said purpose.

It was resolved, that two vessels, of a suitable burden, should be immediately fitted, and armed with a proper number of cannon, swivel guns, and small arms, and furnished with necessary warlike stores, and well officered and manned, for the defence of the sea coast in the colony, under the care of the Governor, and the council appointed to assist him in the recess of the Assembly, who were directed to procure and furnish the same.

It was resolved, that the Governor should draw from the colony treasury, and deliver to Walter Livingston, Esq. immediately, the sum of £15,000 in bills of credit, at the request of Gen. Philip Schuyler; and that the Governor and Council should furnish Gen. Schuyler with such quantity of ammunition as they should judge proper and necessary.