of Safety were empowered to appoint the commissioned officers for said companies.

Gen. Andrew Ward was appointed one of the committee, to revise the militia laws, in place of Gen. J. Wadsworth; also were added to said committee, Elisha Lathrop, Caleb Baldwin, and Col. Ebenezer Norton.

As the public records of the town of Danbury, were burned and destroyed by the British troops, whereby their legal evidence of title to their lands were consumed, the Assembly enacted, that the selectmen of the town of Danbury should, within two months after the rising of the Assembly, legally warn all the inhabitants of said Danbury, who had a right by law to vote in town meetings, to meet at a time and place by them to be appointed, to choose a committee to survey, and lay out all the highways and lands in said town, to all persons then in possession of any lands in their own right, and no question as to the title of any person. And said committee so chosen, were to make proper surveys of all the highways and lands in said town, to the several persons then in possession, where there was no dispute of his being the proper owner, &c., bounding said lands, and on whom bounded, its quantity; and when said surveys were made, and signed by said committee, and 'recorded in Danbury town records, it was enacted by said Assembly, that the same should be a full and perfect title of said land to the owners; and attested copies thereof given in evidence in any court of record, when the title of said land should thereafter be in question.

It was resolved, that the families of all the commissioned and staff officers of the continental army, below the rank of brigadier general, in this State, should be provided for in the same manner, and at the same prices, as the non.commis. sioned officer's and soldier's families, were provided for, upon such officer's depositing money for that purpose, in proportion as follows, viz.: for a field officer's family, £24; for a captain, subaltern, or staff officer's family, £18 per annum, to be paid quarterly, if required; and such expense as should arise above the limited prices, was directed to be paid for by the State.

Gen. Wadsworth, Col. Pitkin, and Col. Chester, were appointed a committee to adjust all accounts of the managers of the lead mine, at Middletown, &c., respecting the improvement of said mine, and report make.

The Governor was desired to write to Congress, upon the peculiar situation of the militia officers, who had been ordered from this State, to join Gen, Putnam, at Fishkill, in October, 1777; and request payment for the supernumerarys. Also to write Gen. Putnam, to make a proper representation of the peculiar situation and circumstances of said militia officers, to the Continental Congress.

It was resolved, that the officers and soldiers of the militia, and levies of this State, in actual service, or those who had been in the service of the State, in the year 1777, were entitled to the same provision, &c., for their losses, expenses, &c., in the same manner as had been before allowed in the premises, in all respects to the officers and soldiers of the new levies and militia; and the committee of pay table were to adjust their accounts, draw orders, &c.

The Governor was desired, by the Assembly, to write to Gen. Gates, or other proper officers of the continental army, requesting that Col. Nixon's regiment, ordered to the town of Farmington, for winter quarters, should take quarters on the sea coast, or western frontiers, in this State, near Horseneck, advising

him a sufficient guard to secure the continental stores and artillery in Farming. ton, might be had from the militia.

Upon a representation of Maj Gen. Putnam, to the Assembly, of the neces sity of inoculating for the small pox, the soldiers, artificers, &c., of the conti nental army, and asking liberty to have some of them inoculated in some part of this State, under the direction of Doct. Isaac Foster, deputy director general of the hospital in the eastern department. The Assembly granted liberty to so inoculate, until the 25th day of May, 1778, at such place in Woodbury, as should be provided by the civil authority and selectmen of said town, at continental expense, if requested by Dr. Foster; all of which was under the direction of the civil authority and selectmen, as the law directed.

The Assembly directed the commissary of prisoners of war, in this State, forthwith to take care to secure and confine the prisoners of war, subjects of the King, or inhabitants of the States, within this State, either in prison ships or elsewhere, as in his opinion, with the advice of the Governor and Council of Safety, should be expedient.

The Governor and Council of Safety were desired, as speedily as might be, to make every necessary provision of clothing and refreshments, for officers and soldiers of this State, then in captivity in New York, Long Island, or elsewhere; and to take particular care of those who belonged to this State, who should thereafter be so unfortunate as to fall into the power of the enemy, from time to time, as their necessity should require.

It was resolved, that the supernumerary officers, who had been ordered out with the militia, and had received no pay, should have their full pay according to their rank, for the time they were in service. That the several captains should make and deliver to the colonel of the regiment, where they served, a pay abstract therefor, properly certified on oath; and the colonel make a regimental abstract, properly certified, which was to be approved by the brigadier general, under whom said service was performed, and by him handed to the pay table for examination and allowance.

It was ordered, that those of the militia, who used horses in their march to the relief of that part of the continental army under Gen. Putnam, at Peeks. kill, in October, 1777, should be paid for the use of their horses, at the rate of 4 pence per mile out, in lieu of mileage and expenses, and be obtained and paid in manner aforesaid.

As the regiments commanded by Col. John Ely and Col. Roger Enos, had been ordered out of the State, and subjected to long and tedious marches, and great expense: Therefore the Assembly resolved to pay £4 to each non-com. missioned officer and soldier, in said regiments, as an additional bounty for extra services and expenses; and ordered the pay table to make a full settlement of the pay, then due, and said bounty to said regiments for services in this and other States, and the State commissary to settle the rations due. The several captains to receive, and pay the wages and bounty due their companies, and be allowed therefor one and a half per cent. on all the money so received and paid out, and charge the United States for wages and rations for service performed out of this State.

Upon the complaint of Heman Allen, of Salisbury, and others, against Capt. James Landon, for being unfriendly to his country; the Assembly cashiered said Landon, and ordered him to pay the cost of trial, &c., taxed at £11:16.

Upon complaint of Epaphras Sheldon, colonel of the 17th regiment, against Solomon Marsh, captain of the 10th company, in said regiment, for a general neglect of his duty, owing to an unfriendliness to the American cause, &c.; the Assembly dismissed said Marsh from office, and ordered him to pay the cost, being £23:9:5.

Upon information of the State attorney against John Marsh, a cornet in a troop of horse under Capt. Moses Seymour, for disobedience of orders; the committee found the facts true, as stated, and found that he had recently taken the oath of fidelity, and declared his willingness to serve his country, risk his life and fortune in its defence, &c. The Assembly ordered said Marsh to pay the cost, taxed at £8:14:5, and the complaint dismissed.

Capt. John Lewis, Jr., complained of Ira Beebe, of Waterbury, a lieutenant of his company, for leading off a number of his company, in October, 1777, from Fishkill. The Assembly ordered him to pay the cost that had arisen.

Ralph Isaacs shewed, that he was executor of his father's and brother's wills, and that the property under the wills, as well as his own, were suffering by his confinement; that he had taken the oath of fidelity, and had done much to aid the United States, and should continue to do so. The Assembly set said Isaacs at liberty.

Timothy Beach was sentenced for one year, to the gaol in Windham, and a fine of £20, and cost of prosecution taxed, at £16:16:3; said Beach prayed to take the oath of fidelity, and be discharged from prison, which was granted. Samuel McLellan, of Woodstock, commanded a regiment from Connecticut, in the expidition against Rhode Island, and no part of the wages, mileage, &c., had been paid to his regiment. The Assembly directed the pay table to adjust and pay the same.

Andrew Johnnot, of Boston, commissary general of forage for the eastern department, on the 16th of October, 1777, purchased of Absalom Williams, of Wethersfield, 50 tons of screwed hay, for the United States, at £7: 10 per ton, to be delivered at Warehouse Point, at 18 shillings per ton for freight, besides carting, which said Williams refused to perform. The Assembly ordered siad Williams to deliver said hay for the United States, viz.: 10 tons in January, and the remainder of said 50 tons in March, as specified in said contract, on penalty of £300 lawful money, in case of failure so to do.

Gurdon Wetmore, a prisoner in Hartford gaol, asked to be released from said prison; which was granted, by his taking the oath of fidelity, become bound with surety in the sum of £500 for his good behavior, and not to do or say any thing against the State or the United States, during the time of his sentence, and not depart out of Middletown; also paying all costs of prosecution and imprisonment.

David Washburn, of New Milford, who was in gaol in Fairfield, under sen. tence of death for high treason, for going on board of an armed brig, owned by the British, and going on shore from said brig in Stamford with men under arms, against the people of this State; in which he stated he did not go on board said brig with a design of taking up arms against his country, &c.; and prayed that mercy might be extended to him, so far as to save his life. The Assembly extended the time of execution, and continued the petition to the (then) next Assembly, in May.

Samuel Lord and David Morehouse, of Fairfield, were confined in the gaol at Norwich, and petitioned to be released therefrom; which was granted, by their giving their notes for the cost of prosecution, and remaining in the town of Fairfield, under the charge and care of the selectmen of said Fairfield.

Amos Richards, in the year 1776, a soldier in Col. Wyllys' regiment, at New York, on the 20th day of July, was on guard at the fly market, in said city, and by accident lost his gun, and at Peekskill lost his cartouch box; which were allowed to him by the Assembly.

Solomon Bill was released from gaol, and confined within the limits of Mid. dletown.

Solomon Buel, of Litchfield, was wounded in both of his thighs, by a ball, in the Danbury expedition. The Assembly allowed him £60 for his relief.

Jared Clark, of Saybrook, left the army at New York, (he being sick) and returned home. The Assembly allowed him his wages.

Sylvanus Mead, captain of the company of rangers, asked the Assembly for an additional payment of £4 each for his company, the same that had been allowed colonels Enos' and Ely's regiments for extra fatigue, &c.; which was granted by the Assembly, for their extra expenses out of the State.

Samuel Clark, of Middletown, stated to the Assembly that he was one of the unfortunate men taken at fort Washington, by the British, and confined in New York until December, 1776, and then with others nearly dead, liberated on parole, and by the help of friends reached home, weak and feeble, and had expended £9:12:2 for doctoring, &c.; which sum was allowed him by the Assembly.

The sum of $13:9:9 was allowed Aaron Kelsey, of Killingworth, a lieuten. ant in a regiment of militia, under Col. Cook, in the northern army, who was wounded September 19th, 1777, and returned home on furlough.

Elijah Elmore, of Stratford, on the 10th of January, 1777, enlisted into the British service, and continued until the next November, when he escaped, and resigned himself to Gen. Parsons, and was committed to gaol, by the authority of Stratford, when he prayed the Assembly to pardon him; which was granted by the Assembly, by his paying the cost which had arisen.

Israel Rowland, of Redding, stated to the Assembly, that in April, 1777, he was induced to believe that the country would be conquered, and through fear only, he joined the troops of the enemy, and marched with them; but upon seeing the proclamation of Gen. Putnam, he returned on the 4th of December, to Redding, and resigned himself to the authority, and not to Gen. Putnam; that the authority committed him to gaol, as a prisoner. Upon which facts, he asked the Assembly to grant him a pardon, and set him at liberty, which was granted, by said Rowland's paying the cost.

Timothy Northam, of Colchester, shewed to the Assembly, that in the year 1776, he enlisted under Capt. John Isham, in Col. Chester's regiment, in public service at New York; and on his return home, with some of his fellow soldiers from the pursuit of a party of the enemy near White Plains, he had both bones of his left leg broken, by the discharge of a musket, which shortened his leg three inches, and cost him £90. The Assembly directed the pay table to adjust his account, and pay the same.

Joseph Porter, of Farmington, proved to the Assembly, that on the 2d day of January, 1777, his son Lott Porter, enlisted in Capt. Curtiss' company, under

Col. Hooker, marched to Westchester, in the State of New York; that on the 13th day of said January, was wounded by the British, and taken prisoner and soon died; that he had in his hands $13, which the enemy took from him, and asked relief of the Assembly. The pay table were ordered to draw an order for said $13.

Samuel Camp, of Durham, marched the 17th day of August, 1776, as a lieutenant under Capt. Hicox, in Col. Baldwin's regiment, and in the pay abstract allowed one days pay for every twenty miles to return home, and was taken sick in Stamford; prayed said Assembly to allow his wages for the time of his sickness, &c., being £3:15:7. The pay table were ordered to draw on the Treasurer for said sum.

Nathan Dayton, of New Milford, represented to the Assembly, that at the commencement of the war, waged by the King of Great Britain, to establish tyranny over the American States, he was an active friend of the States; but that in November, 1776, his mind was filled with gloomy apprehensions for the fate of his country, and many of his acquaintance, by stratagem, in magnifying the dangers, and by the strongest assurances of the safety and peace he might enjoy under the regulars, on Long Island, deluded said Dayton then to abscond to said Island, in the possession of the British, and place himself under their protection. But on his arrival at the enemy's head quarters, on said Island, Col. Delancy, commander at said post, tyrannically compelled him to bear arms with the enemy, under pain of military execution; that he escaped from his military bondage in November, 1776; and on his arrival in New Milford, the 9th of December, was arraigned before Samuel Canfield, Esq., by Thomas Hays, for his conduct, and committed to gaol in Litchfield; for which he implored pardon of the Assembly. The Assembly directed, to stay all further prosecutions against said Dayton, but ordered that upon his taking the oath of fidelity, he should enjoy the rights of the subjects of this State, and on paying the whole costs of prosecution, be released from gaol.

Solomon Leet, of Guilford, shewed to the Assembly, that on the 17th day of June, 1777, the enemies of the American States landed at Sachem's Head, in Guilford, and set fire to his dwelling house and two large barns, which consumed the whole, with all his furniture, &c., which he had appraised by S. Brown, J. Elliott, and E. Hobson, with an inventory by them made, &c.; and prayed the Assembly for liberty to lodge said inventory on file. The Assembly ordered the same lodged on file, amounting to £522:7: 7.

Daniel Brown and John Parker, Jr., of Coventry, who enlisted in May, 1775, and marched to Cambridge, asked for their pay and wages. The pay table were ordered to adjust their accounts.

Samuel Hawley, of Redding, who was imprisoned for joining the British, under the influence of the belief that the States would be subdued; and on seeing the proclamation of Gen. Putnam, offering a pardon to such as should return home, and he immediately returned home. The Assembly ordered said Hawley released from his confinement, by his paying the cost of prosecution.

The Assembly adjourned to the 12th of February, 1778.