THE COMMITTEE [to consider what is proper to be done with the Letters of the late Govr Hutchinson and how they shall be preserv’d] Report, that it is of Great Importance that the Letters and other Papers of the late Governor Hutchinson, be carefully preserved, as they Contain Documents for History of great Moment: and that Evidence, in the hand writing of a Man whose nefarious Intrigues and...
2To George Washington from the Massachusetts Council, 27 September 1775 (Washington Papers)
Watertown [Mass.] 27 September 1775 . Recommends officers in Col. Jonathan Brewer’s and Col. David Brewer’s regiments for commissions. LS , signed by William Sever, DLC:GW .
3To George Washington from the Massachusetts Council, 3 October 1775 (Washington Papers)
Watertown [Mass.] 3 October 1775 . Recommends officers for Col. Paul Dudley Sargent’s regiment. “The Council would further Suggest to your Excellency, that four Companies were raised, by order of this Colony, soon after the 19th of April last. Two of them in Braintree, One in Weymouth, one in Hingham, Towns within the port of Boston, in Consequence of a determination that certain ports within...
4To George Washington from the Massachusetts Council, 6 October 1775 (Washington Papers)
Watertown [Mass.] 6 October 1775. . Recommends officers in Col. Edmund Phinney’s regiment for commissions. LS , signed by William Sever, DLC:GW .
5To George Washington from the Massachusetts Council, 7 October 1775 (Washington Papers)
Watertown [Mass.] 7 October 1775. . Recommends that John Rice be commissioned “as youngest Lieutenant in Captain Saml Gridleys Company” in the regiment of artillery. LS , signed by William Sever, DLC:GW .
6To George Washington from the Massachusetts Council, 9 October 1775 (Washington Papers)
Watertown [Mass.] 9 October 1775 . Recommends staff officers in Col. Timothy Danielson’s regiment for commissions. LS , signed by James Otis, Sr., DLC:GW .
7To George Washington from the Massachusetts Council, 24 October 1775 (Washington Papers)
[Watertown, Mass.] 24 October 1775 . Recommends officers in Col. Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge’s regiment for commissions. LS , signed by James Otis, Sr., DLC:GW .
8To George Washington from the Massachusetts Council, 26 October 1775 (Washington Papers)
[Watertown, Mass.] 26 October 1775 . Recommends officers in Col. Ebenezer Bridge’s regiment for commissions. LS , signed by James Otis, Sr., PHi : Gratz Collection. Sprague transcript , DLC:GW .
9To John Adams from Perez Morton, 28 October 1775 (Adams Papers)
I am directed by the Major part of the Council of this Colony, to acquaint You, that by Virtue of the power and Authority in and by the Royal Charter in the abscence of the Governor and Lieutt. Governor lodged in them, they have seen fit to appoint You, with the Advice and consent of Council, to be first or Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature &c. for this Colony. The inclosed is...
10Enclosure: List of Superior Court Justices, 28 October 1775 (Adams Papers)
Honble. John Adams Esqr. William Cushing Esqr. William Read Esqr. Honble. Rob. Treat Paine Esqr. Nathl. P. Sargent Esqr. RC ( Adams Papers ); addressed: “To The Honble. John Adams Esq at Philadelphia”; docketed: “Dpty Secys. Letter. Octr. 28. 1775.” For Paine’s placement in the ranking and its consequences, see James Warren to JA , 20 Oct. and notes (above).