In Provincial Congress, Watertown, June 17th, 1775 [electronic resource] : Whereas some of the inhabitants of the new plantations in this colony, not incorporated ... have inlisted into the army now raising ... Resolved, that the inhabitants of the several towns and districts in the counties specified in a list hereunto annexed, who may have good and sufficient firelocks ... provide and deliver to such person or persons, as are to be now appointed ..

Resolve of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, with the names of those appointed to collect the weapons, and the quotas assessed to the towns. Signed: A true copy from the minutes, attest. Samuel Freeman, secr'y.