[Philadelphia] Monday 18 [September].
Motion to appoint a Comee to procure 500 Ton of Gunpowder, from abroad, together with 10,000 Stand of Arms 20,000 Gun Locks &c with power to draw on the Continental Treasury for the Amount, was carried by Vote, the Payment in Produce was opposed & the further Consideration postponed ー
1. Diary of Richard Smith, LC. Smith was a New Jersey delegate in the Continental Congress.
