[Boston] Monday April 21st 1777
Whereas the Powder that has been delivered to Capt John Manley for the Use of the Ship Hancock by the Commissary General proves in some measure deficient ー Ordered that the Commissary General be and here by is directed to receive the whole, or part of such powder as Capt Manly may deliver him and that the said Commissary Convey and place the same at the Magazine at Waterbury.
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 20, 423, 424.