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For the upper battalion, Mr. Josiah Carvil Hall, was elected co-
lonel.

Convention adjourns till to-morrow morning, 9 o'clock.

FRIDAY, June 28, 1776.

Convention met. All members present as on yesterday. The
proceedings of yesterday were read.

On motion, Resolved, That the council of safety be directed to
provide a magazine in some convenient place on the eastern shore,
for the reception of warlike stores.

On reading a letter from the committee of observation for Som-
erset county, Ordered, That major Price take command of, and di-
rect so many of the independent companies on the eastern shore
to march immediately to the lower part of Somerset county, as he
may think proper; and that if necessary, he be assisted with, and
command such of the militia as shall be called on by a committee
to be appointed by this convention; that he proceed to disarm all
such persons in that county as shall from good grounds appear to
such committee to be disaffected, and to take into custody all such
disaffected persons as shall be ordered by the said committee.

Resolved, That George Plater and John Hall, esqrs., be a com-
mittee, and repair as soon as maybe to Somerset county, and there
take such measures as may unite that county with the other coun-
ties of this province; that they direct all persons who shall on good
grounds appear to them to be disaffected, to be disarmed, and any
disaffected persons to be taken into custody and sent to the coun-
cil of safety, as they may think proper; that they have powers to
make such regulations and orders as may in their judgment best
secure obedience to the resolves of the convention, and peace and
good order in that county; that major Price, the independent com-
panies, and the militia, be subject to the control and orders of the
said committee, and that they report their proceedings to the next
convention.

On reading a letter from captain James Hindman, Ordered, That
James Dickinson, William Thomas, John Stevens, and Nicholas
Martin, appear before this convention on Tuesday next, to answer
for their conduct in carrying live stock on board the Fowey.
Adjourned till 3 o'clock.

POST MERIDIEM.

Convention met.

A memorial from the council of safety was read and ordered to
lie on the table.