And it is further Resolved that the said Commissary General be & He is hereby impowered & directed, to procure by Hire or Purchase a small Vessel not exceeding thirty Tons & a Whale Boat, & to equip them for the purpose of cruising along the Eastern Coasts of the State in defence of the same, and to collect the Fire Arms & any other Property of the Commonwealth, from such Person or Persons in the County of Cumberland as may be in possession of the same, & dispose thereof with the Barrack at Falmouth for the most that can be obtain'd, & appropriate the proceeds to the equipment of the said Vessel & Boat And it is further Resolved that his Excellency the Governor be requested to commission some suitable Person to command the said Vessel & Boat, & to order that the same be properly mann'd for so long a time as in his judgment the public good may require. And it is further Resolved that the Commissary General be & he hereby is directed to supply the officers & Men belonging to the said Vessel & Boat, with the same Rations as the Officers & Men of the Sloop Winthrop are entitled to receive. And it is further Resolved that there be allowed & paid to the said officers & men such Wages for their Services as the Governor with advice of Council shall order & direct, not exceeding the Rate, at which officers & Men are paid on board the Sloop Winthrop And Whereas by a Resolve passed the 12th of November 1782 it is, among other things, directed "that there be paid out of the Public Treasury" to the Committee authorized & directed to make Sale of the Ship Tartar, the sum of fifteen Hundred pounds, out of the money arising from the Sale of the said "Ship Tartar" to enable them to procure a suitable Vessel to guard the Coast, & Whereas the said Committee have requested a Discharge from their said appointment, Therefore Resolved, that so much and such part of the said Resolve of November the 12th 1782 as directs the said Committee to purchase the said Vessel, & also so much & such other part of the said Resolve as empowers the said Committee to receive the said fifteen Hundred pounds, be & the same hereby are repealed & rendered null & void. And it is further Resolved that the said Fifteen Hundred pounds be paid to Richard Devens Esq' Commissary General who is hereby directed to appropriate so much of the same, as may be necessary, to the refitting the sloop Winthrop & the Purchase and Equipment of the aforementioned Vessel & Boat; the Residue to be applied, as Occasion may require, to the purchasing & transporting Provisions Stores or other Necessaries for the Supply of the aforementioned Five Hundred Men Provided Nevertheless, that in Case any Intelligence or Event shall happen in the Recess of the General Court, which in the Judgment of the Governor & Council, shall render the foregoing Provision for the Defence of the Eastern Parts of this Common Wealth unnecessary, the Governor be, and he is hereby empowered & requested to suspend the carrying the aforesaid Resolves into Execution. Appointment Richard Codman et als Appraisers Commonwealth of Massachusetts To Richard Codman and Ephraim Jones Esqr and Mr. Benjamin Titcomb Gentleman all of Falmouth in the County of Cumberland, and sufficient Freeholders Greeting The General Court of said Commonwealth having by their Resolve of the fourth of February last impowered us the Subscribers, a Committee for selling Absentees Estates in said County of Cumberland, to cause such parts or parcels of the Estate of Francis Waldo late of Falmouth in said County Esq. an Absentee as should by us be judged most advantageous to said Commonwealth to be appraised by three good and sufficient Freeholders on Oath as should be sufficient to satisfy the demands of the Creditors Estate We do hereby nominate and appoint you to apprize upon Oath the following Lots of Land late belonging to the said Francis Waldo viz Two thirds of three fifths of a Lot of Land in said Falmouth late the Homestead of Brigadier Samuel Waldo Deceased bounded on Middle Street and beginning at the Southeasterly Corner of Enoch Freeman Esqrs Lot A Lot or Piece of Land at Stroutwater containing about an Acre an three quarters of an Acre lately improv'd by Mr George Tate Also A Small Lot which said Waldo bought of Mr Timothy Cutler situated in King Street & containing four hundred square feet -- Together with such other Land belonging to said Waldo Estate as shall be shewn to you by us And make return of your doings to us, as soon as may be, that we may be able to carry into Execution the Resolve aforesaid Dated at Falmouth aforesaid the Nine-teenth day of March A. D. 1783 N. B. The amount of the Debts is £254.. 17.. 8 John Lewis, Sam' Small, Sam' Freeman Cumberland Ss, March 19th 1783 The above named Richard Codman Ephraim Jones and Benjamin Titcomb, appeared and made oath that in performing the Service assigned them by the foregoing Commission, they would act faithfully & impartially according to their best Skill & Judgment Coram John Lewis Just Paces Cumberland Ss Falmouth March 27, 1783 We the Subscribers being appointed by the foregoing Commission to appraise several pieces of Land therein mentioned, have agreeably thereto upon oath appraised the same as follows viz The two thirds of three fifth of the Home Stead of the late Brigadier Samuel Waldo being the Lot of Land first mentioned at the Sum of Two hundred and eight pounds lawful money. The Lot of Land at Stroutwater being the second described piece of Land containing about one Acre & three quarters of an Acre, at the Sum of Seventy five Pounds The small Lot in King street, being the third mentioned Lot in said Commission Containing about four hundred square feet at the Sum of Thirty Pounds Witness our hands Richard Codman, Eph" Jones, Benja Titcomb Certificate in Favor John Bane. Number four March 19th 1783 These may Certifie to whom it may Concern that the subscriber was Appointed Commanding Officer of a party Continantil and Militia Troops at Frenchmans Bay By Order of Col John Allan in October 1780 and am Well knowing that the following articles viz' thirty Hundred & twenty two pounds of Beef Sixty Seven & 21⁄2 Bushel of Corn Seventy five & 1/2 Bushels Potatoes one Bu" pease ten pounds of fish was advanc By Mr John Bane. Appointed Acting Commissary and other Inhabitants of Frenchman's bay for the use of Said Troops under my Command and that Mr Bane Received my orders for the Dellivery of the Greater part of the said Provision to Said Troops, all which orders from myself and other Commanding officers for the time being. I have No Doubt Was Burned in Mr Beans house the winter after which puts it out of Mr Banes Power to Settle the matter as he other wise would Do A. V. Campbell Col Militia Mr Bane informs me that the Common Wealth has paid him for 1600 b Beef and 83 Bu Corn Computing Corn and Potatoes Together A C. Memorial and Petition John Hovey. Commonwealth of Massachusetts To the Hon' the Senate & House of Representatives in General Court Assembled the Memorial and Petition of John Hovey of Arundel in ye County of York, Humbly Sheweth that your memorialst on y° 22° Day of June Last, Lost a Pocket Book with Several Notes or Government Securities to the Vallue of Ninety-two Pound thirteen Shillings which Pocket Book I have never been able to obtain since.- Wherefore your Petitioner Prays that he may be allow the Consilidated Vallue of said Notes as your Petitioner Can Produce the minutes of the Several Sums and Dates of said Notes, and Your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall Ever Pray. John Hovey The Deposition or Representation of John Hovey of Arundel in yo County of York, Testifieth and Saith that in y Month of June Last he y° Deponent was Possessed of a number of State Notes of y° following Denomination" Viz one of |