Series III: Journal, 1776.

Containers:

Box 4

Extent:

Extent: 1 v.

Scope and content:

Series III: Journal, 1776, contains a single volume that documents Committee of Safety meeting minutes from 1776 June 5 through 1776 July 5. The minutes largely document orders for purchases and other expenses to be paid. Expenses include supplies and provisions such as gun powder, guns, bread, blankets, pots, shovels, horses, wagons, medicine, building construction, clothing, and wages. Other topics include business matters such as leadership appointments, engagements, employment, resignations and discharges; organizing groups of minutemen; allowing goods and individuals to travel across or through the colony; approving exports; summoning individuals to present testimony or evidence; distributing arms; stationing troops; and discussing prisoners.

This journal appears to be a longhand copy of the minute book in Series IV (1776 February 7 - 1776 July 5). While the journal entries appear to largely match the contents of the minute book, the July 5 minute book entry includes two additional line items and a final note that the committee was dissolved by the adjournment of the convention that are otherwise absent from the journal.

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