At a Town-Council, Newport, Nov. 16, 1775.
The Council having received the within from Capt. Wallace, consent that he shall be supplied, for his ships' use in this harbour, with two thousand pounds weight of beef per week; and has now requested six hogsheads of rum, which we think i[t] necessary he should be supplied with, as by the best information we can obtain, he has about five hundred men now to victual on board the vessels under his command.
Signed by order and in behalf of the Town-Council of Newport,
William Coddington, Council-Clerk.
1. Providence Gazette, December 9, 1775.