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II. Committee Report on Gunpowder Sent to the Northern Army
Docno: PJA03d083
Date: 1775-10-16
[dateline] [post 16 Oct. 1775] 1
The Committee appointed to enquire, what Powder has been Sent to the Army in the Northern Department, have attended that service and beg Leave to report
| That five Thousand Weight of Powder, sent from South Carolina, has been forwarded to the said Army. | 5000 wt. |
| {p. 140} | |
| That Two Thousand one hundred and thirty six Pounds Weight have been forwarded to the Same Army from the City of Philadelphia. | 2136 |
| That Seventeen hundred Weight have been forwarded from New York. | 1700 |
| That Eight hundred Weight has been forwarded from Connecticutt. | 800 |
| That Thirteen hundred Weight has been forwarded at another Time from the City of Philadelphia. | 1300 |
| 10936 | |
| In Addition to which Two thousand Weight has been lately ordered to New York and from there to the same Army.2 | 2000 |
| 12,936 |
MS in JA's hand
Adams Papers, Microfilms, Reel No. 346, filmed under date [1776–1778].
1. On 16 Oct. a committee composed of John Langdon, Eliphalet Dyer, and JA was ordered to make a survey of the amounts of gunpowder sent to the northern army and by whom. The Journals do not record any report made or accepted (
JCC
, 3:296).
2. Pres. Hancock informed Gen. Schuyler of the shipment of powder in his letter of 11 Oct. (Burnett, ed., Letters of Members
, 1:228).
Cite web page as: Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2007.
http://www.masshist.org/ff/
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