FALMOUTH, September 22d, 1775.

At a meeting of a committee of the said town of Falmouth, chosen on the 19th instant, to put the Resolves of the General Court and Congress of this colony in execution,

Voted, Mr. Enoch Moody, Chairman-Mr. Nat. Green Moody, Clerk.

Voted, That Capt. P―be ordered to go to the General Court, by land, on or before Thursday next, to answer for his conduct with respect to exporting fish. Voted, That Capt. Wm. McLellan, and Messrs. B. Marston and I. Nichols be a committee to wait on Mrs. Ross, concerning a letter sent her from Boston. Meeting adjourned to 5 o'clock.

The committee met according to adjournment.

The committee who waited on Mrs. Ross reported, that she said she had not received any letter from her daughter at Boston, since August 10th, and that not relating to any public affairs; and if in future she shall hear any thing that may probably injure the town, they may depend upon her giving information.

Mr. W — was sent for and examined, and found guilty of being concerned with Capt. P—, in shipping fish from the Isle of Shoals to the West Indies; Therefore, Voted, that Mr. W- be ordered to go to the General Court, by land, at the same time with Capt. P—, and upon the same occasion.1

Sent for Mr. P————, and upon examination, found him clear of being concerned in shipping the above fish.

Voted, That Messrs. Moses Plumer, John Bagley and Wm. McLellan be a committee to inspect inward and outward bound vessels.

Meeting adjourned to the house of Enoch Moody on Tuesday next at 5 o'clock, P. M.

Met, and adjourned to Thursday, 11 o'clock at the same place. Then a letter was despatched to the General Court, concerning and

who were this day ordered to go there under the care of Mr. John Thrasher, who has a warrant for that purpose.

Voted, That if Mr. John Thrasher does not proceed as above, that a warrant be issued to Capt. Joseph Noyes, to convey the above

to the General Court.

and

October 3d. The committee met at the desire of Mr. Samuel Longfellow, who on his passage to the West Indies, met with a gale of wind, damaged his vessel, and lost part of his deck-load, and asks leave to re-load his vessel, and proceed on his voyage. Then

Voted, That he be not permitted to take any more loading on board. Deacon Titcomb and Mr. Enoch Ilsley applied for leave to send a sloop on a whaling voyage. The committee voted that it was not in their power. To shew further what kind of government existed at that time, I add the following:

These persons were probably Capt. Jeremiah Pote and his son-in-law, Thomas Wyer.

FALMOUTH, Nov. 4th, 1775.

At a meeting of a number of gentlemen, from the several towns, at Col. Tyng's house, Col. Jona. Mitchell chosen Moderator, P. Jones Clerk,

Mr. James Sullivan was chosen Commander in Chief over the Militia and the other companies now in pay in the province.

Voted, That four persons be appointed to assist Mr. Sullivan.

Voted, That Col. Mitchell be second in command-Col. Fogg third-Deacon Titcomb, Major Noyes.

Mr. Isaiah Tucker be commander to take care of the cannon and see them in order.

Voted a committee to supply the soldiers.

Voted one person to supply the people, and Mr. Wm. Owen was chosen. Voted a person to collect what balls we can get. Mr. Brackett Marston, and Mr. John Bagley, to collect the balls.

No. VII-Page 151.

Muster roll of Capt. David Bradish's Company in Col. Phinney's regiment to August 1, 1775.

David Bradish, Falmouth, Capt. enlisted James McManners, Private, May 12.

No. VIII-Page 157.

The houses now standing, which survived the conflagration of the town are in Congress-street, Jeremiah Preble's and David Wyer jr's opposite the burying ground, Abner Lowell's, Enoch Moody's on the corner of Franklin-street, Thomas Smith's corner of Wilmot-street, Dr. Deane's next above the meeting house. On the south side Smith Cobb's, Mrs. Greele's, Jonathan Paine's, corner of Essex-street, and Jonathan Bryant's.

Middle-street. Col. Tyng's, Theophilus Bradbury's, John Greenwood's, now Mrs. Jewett's, corner of Silver-street, Joshua Freeman's, corner of Exchangestreet, Benjamin Titcomb's corner of Plumb-street, Marston's tavern, Ham's, corner of Centre-street, Wm. McLellan's and Benjamin Mussey's, both moved back and now standing in Temple-street, Deacon Codman's, the tavern-house now occupied by Morehead, John Barbour's, a house belonging to Gen. Preble which stood where Court-street enters Middle-street, now on Court-street, lately occupied by Jonathan Stuart, the house on the corner of Court-street then occupied by the Owens, who moved to Brunswick, Dr. Watts' on Limestreet, and the house occupied by the late Dr. Harding on a court.

Fore-street. The two story wooden house on the corner of the street which leads to clay cove from Middle-street, Benjamin Proctor's, one story, now standing in the rear of Warren and Hersey's brick store. Wm. Thomes', opposite Wyer & Noble's store, Deacon Cotton's, corner of Centre-street, moved to Cotton-street, Bryce McLellan's near the foot of High-street, and Poge's near the junction of Fore and Pleasant-streets.

Exchange-street. Mrs. Deering's, a house moved by Col. Waite to Forestreet, and now standing there above Centre-street.

Plumb-street. The Randall house east side next below Capt. McLellan's. Centre-street. The late Judge Frothingham's, corner of Free-street, Dinsdale's, near the foot.

Main-street. The McLellan house next above Scribner's tavern, Motley house nearly opposite, the Asylum house which then belonged to Benjamin Larrabee, the Trott house, one story, nearly opposite State-street.

A drawing of the town was made representing it at the time of the fire of which it was proposed to make an engraving. The following graphic letter from Dr. Deane on the subject will repay perusal.

"Sir-I find you have been so partial to me as to manifest in a letter to the Col. some opinion of my skill in drawing, by desiring that I would suggest some alterations and amendments in Pointer's draft. I profess but little experience in such matters; but I have been examining it as well as I couldand in general I think the design very badly executed; for I can find scarcely one building drawn according to truth. King-street is not so straight as it ought to have been; and all the houses adjoining it are drawn with their ends to the street, whereas the most of them fronted it. The court-house is miserably done. One street is omitted, viz. that between Capt. John Cox's house and the Miss Holton's. The wind-mill should have been placed further to the

northeast. Back-street should have altered its course from the meeting-house to the wind-mill. Barns and buildings of less importance are almost wholly omitted, and some large stores not inserted. All the buildings between the wind-mill and fiddle-lane on Back-street are left out. These are some of the most essential faults that have occurred to me; but it would be endless to enumerate all the errors.

I should think it advisable that the gentleman who makes the plate should come and see the town; for I can conceive of no other way for him to get so true an idea of it. The expense of his journey will but little augment the cost of the whole. But if it should be thought best to go on with the work immediately, I would suggest the following alterations :

Let barns, &c. be placed where you can recollect there were any; and perhaps it would not be amiss to make some where you do not remember any. Not only does justice require it, but it is necessary to give the fappearance of a compact settlement. Let the meeting-house have a bell, and also a window or two in the tower. Especially let the taking of a man with a torch in Cox's lane be inserted. The stripping of a fallen officer near to Capt. Pearson's house in the street; and the knocking down of an incendiary with the breech of a gun near to Mr. Butler's door. Perhaps it would not be amiss to have two or three teams that were belated in some of the streets, and people huddling goods into the carts. A man may be placed near the fire-shell that fell near the meeting-house, tossing it away with the muzzel of his gun.

I think the sun might be placed higher above the horizon, or else left out entirely. The street as you enter the town is more than twice as wide as it should be. I suppose there should be another boat attempting to land at Mr. Cotton's, and armed men opposing it.

The hay-market should be placed where the street divides.

The wharves should be nearer paraliel with the cross streets than they are. The roof of Doctor Watts' house should be shaped after this

The rest may be represented as having common, or pitched roofs.

One general fault that I observe is, that the low houses are made too small in proportion to the large ones.

Mr. Codman's lane should have been right against the front door of the meeting-house, and a little to the northeast of it, the lane that goes down be

tween Capt. Ross' and Dea. Titcomb's. My house is 70 feet from the nearest part of the meeting-house, the barn and part of the wood-house should appear between them. The hill at the northeast end of the Neck is not near high enough; nor do the grave-stones appear plenty enough in the burying-ground. The land should rise, you know, as you come out of the town; from Capt. Joseph McLellan's to Mr. Joshua Brackett's, it is up-hill.

These corrigenda I have found in the draft I borrowed of Mr. Preble. Possibly it may be different from that which you have. You will please to see whether these faults are in it, and direct the engraver accordingly.

What if you should write over the piece, "A View of the burning of Falmouth, in Casco Bay, the principal town of the county of Cumberland, in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New England."

At the bottom you may put something like the following:-That execrable scoundrel and monster of ingratitude, Capt. H. Mowatt of Scotland, who had been treated with extraordinary kindness a few months before by the town of Falmouth, obtained by his most earnest solicitation an order from Graves, one of King George's admirals lying at Boston, together with the command of a small fleet, having on board the necessary apparatus, to burn and destroy the said town. He came before it the 17th day of October, in the year 1775, and near sunset, made known his infernal errand, by a flag with a letter full of bad English and worse spelling; at the same time proposing to spare the town, and endeavour to get the order reversed, if the cannon and arms, with some persons as hostages, were delivered into his hands. The inhabitants assembled and voted by no means to submit to this infamous proposal. Therefore he spent the next day in cannonading, bombarding and throwing an immense quantity of carcasses and live-shells into the defenceless town, and kindling some fires with torches, whereby more than three quarters of the buildings, with much wealth in them, were reduced to ashes, and the remaining ones greatly torn and damaged—by which horrible devastation and loss estimated , many hundreds of persons were reduced to extreme distress. And this just view of the town in flames, is made public to shew to the world a specimen of the conduct of George the third and his tory-underlings, towards colonists who were supposed to be uneasy under British tyranny ; and what vengeance was executed upon them long before the corrupt court of Britain declared them to be in a state of rebellion.

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If you do not like the words execrable scoundrel, you may say, infamous incendiary, or what you please. Your humble servant,

Samuel Freeman, Esq.

SAMUEL DEANE.

A notice of the burning of the town extracted from a London paper.
LONDON, Dec. 22, 1775.

To the Printer of the Public Leger.

SIR-If the account of the burning of Falmouth is true, I shall blush whenever I recollect that I am an Englishman. Is it possible to read that horrid recital, without feeling one's mind agitated by a mixture of pity, horror, shame,