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Robert Treat Paine Papers

Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 3

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From Daniel and Samuel Hughes

25 November 1776

Extracts from the Minutes of the Continental Congress

27 November 1776
Extract from the Minutes of the Continental Congress
Thomson, Charles
In Congress Novr. 26. 1776

Resolved that the cannon committee be directed to inquire what quantity of cannon are on board the prize that arrived yesterday in the port of Philadelphia, and if they are fit for field artillery to take measures to have them mounted on proper carriages & sent to general Washington.1

Extract from the Minutes,

Chas. Thomson Secy.

MS.

1.

The ship Sam, commanded by Capt. Samuel Richardson, was captured by the Continental sloop Independence, commanded by Capt. John Young, on the passage from Barbados to Liverpool. In addition to specie, ivory, and iron onboard, there were also four guns (Philadelphia Packet, Nov. 26, 1776).