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Gunpowder. [1775-07-28] Continental Congress. [S4-V2-p1894] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
Page v2:1894
Friday, July 28, 1775.
Met according to adjournment.
The Congress being informed that a quantity of Gunpowder belonging to the Continent is arrived in some part of New-Jersey,
Ordered, That the Delegates of New-Jersey do take care that the said Powder be safely conveyed to Dobbs' s Ferry, on the North River.
On motion made, Ordered, That the Colony of Virginia be supplied with one ton of Gunpowder from the next quantity arriving here; and that from the same supply Pennsylvania be repaid the Powder heretofore borrowed by the Congress, if the same shall not be wanted by General Washington.
Ordered, That Mr. McKean and Mr. Wilson do prepare the Bonds for the Continental Treasurers to execute.
Jonathan Trumbull, Jun., esq., was unanimously elected Paymaster of the Forces for the New-York Department.
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