[Boston] Friday April 18th 1777
On Motion Ordered that the Inspector of Powder for the County of Suffolk be and he hereby is directed to inspect the Powder supplyed the Ship Boston Hector McNeil Commander from the Powder Mill at Stoughton wch upon Tryal proved to be insufficient, said Powder being now at the Powder Magazine in Boston, and report to this Board what is best to be done with said Powder.
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 20, 416, 418.
