On a motion made and seconded, Voted, That a Committee be chosen to receive and sort the votes. Voted, That the Committee consist of three. Voted, That NATHANIEL GORHAM, Esq., COL. DAWES, and Brig'r. Brooks, be a Committee for this purpose. On a motion made and seconded, Voted, That the Convention first proceed to the choice of a Secretary. The Committee aforesaid accordingly proceeded to receive and sort the votes. The Committee having reported, it appeared that Samuel Barrett was chosen Secretary. On a motion made and seconded, Voted, That the Convention now proceed to the choice of a President. The Committee aforesaid accordingly proceeded to receive and sort the votes. The Committee having reported, it appeared that the Honorable JAMES BOWDOIN, Esq., was chosen President. It was then moved, that the Person usually attending the Meeting House as Servitor or Door Keeper, be directed, and he was accordingly directed, to give his attendance, as Servitor and Door Keeper to the Convention. On a motion, Voted, That the several Delegates produce Certificates or other Creden tials of their choice or appointment to represent the several Towns in this Convention, the same to be laid before the Convention. On a motion made and seconded, Voted, That the Hon'l WALTER SPOONER, and the Hon'l SAMUEL ADAMS, Esq., be a Committee to receive and declare the same. Which being done, it appeared that the following gentlemen were duly returned to represent the several Towns and Plantations within this State, in this Convention, viz.: 1 LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE CONVENTION FOR FRAMING A CONSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT, September 1st, 1779. Mr. Daniel Noyce, Mr. Samuel Burrill, Doct. Parker Cleaveland, Marblehead, Lynn, Andover, Roxbury, Dorchester, Mr. Samuel Coolidge, Milton, Ed. Hutchinson Robbins, Samuel Henshaw, Esq. Beverly, Mr. Abraham Hobbs, Stoughton, Amesbury, Mr. John Barnard, Stoughtonham, Mr. Royal Kollock, Bradford, Mr. Peter Russell, Medway, Rev. Daniel Stanford, Methuen, Mr. John Sergeant, Bellingham, Mr. Noah Alden, Boxford, Hull, Wenham, Walpole, Joshua Clap, Esq. Manchester, Chelsea, Capt. Jonathan Green, Franklin, Hon. Jabez Fisher, Esq. Middleton, Danvers, Mr. Silas Meriam, Hon, Samuel Holton, Esq. Amos Putnam, Esq. Col. Israel Hutchinson, Major William Thomson. Topsfield, Rev. Jedediah Adams, Hon. N. P. Sergeant, Esq. Capt. William Shillaber. FOR THE COUNTY OF ESSEX. Salem, Hon. John Pickering, Esq. FOR THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX. Abraham Watson, Esq. Mr. Benjamin Cooper, Capt. Stephen Dana, Nath'l. Gorham, Esq. Samuel Fisk, Esq. Jonathan Brown, Esq. Doct. Samuel Blodgett, Leverett, Major Richard Montague, Palmer, Mr. Joshua Shaw, Taunton, New Salem, Granville, Belchertown, Colraine, Mr. Oliver Phelps, Rehoboth, Ware, Warwick, Mr. Thomas Rich, Shawammet, Dartmouth, Bernardston, Major Reuben Mun, Mr. Joseph Packard, Major Barnabas Sears, Mr. Caleb West, Truro, Falmouth. FOR THE COUNTY OF BRISTOL. Hon. Rob. T. Paine, Esq. Brig. Gen. G. Godfrey, Esq. William Winsor, Esq. Capt. Stephen Bullock, Capt. Philip Slead, Mr. John Mason, Hon. Walter Spooner, Esq. Capt. Israel Washburn, Somers, Solomon Lombard, Esq. FOR THE COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE. Falmouth, Cape Elizabeth, Gorham, Brunswick, THURSDAY, 28th Oct. 1779. Several new Members appearing produced certificates of their appointment to sit and act in this Convention, which were respectively read and approved, and the gentlemen took their seats accordingly, viz. : Charlemont, Hon. T. Danielson, Esq. Hubbardston, Holden, New Salem, Capt. Jeremiah Ballard, |