Resolve to Ask Permission to Pursue Insurgents in Other States

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Resolve request Governor
to write to Congress for
Commission to Gen^lLincoln to march
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March 8^th. 1787

Commonwealth of}
Massachusetts In Senate 8^th March 1787
Resolved that his excellency the Governor
be and he hereby is requested to write to Congress acquainting that
honorable body of the present state of the rebellion now existing
within this Commonwealth, & the dificulty of putting a final and to
thereto while the leaders & others concerned in the said rebellion can
take refuge out of the lines of the said Commonwealth, where they
may have frequent opportunities of making incursions into, and
annoying, distressing, & laying waste the estates of the inhabitants
on the borders of this State, unless the Forces of this Government
can enter into territories without the bounds thereof, & requesting
Congress to give a commission under the authority of the United
States to Major General Lincoln who commands the said
forces, with full power & authority to march the said forces
into any territory within the said United States, for the sole
purpose of apprehending the said leaders, & others concerned
in the said Rebellion, and bringing them to Justice--
Sent down for concurrence
In the House of Representatives
March 8 1787 Sam^l Phillips jun^r Presid^t
Read and Concured
Approved Artemas Ward Speaker
James Bowdoin