In Committee of Safety. [Philadelphia] 16th Jan'y [1776.]
Robert Towers, Commissary, Reports... That he has deliver'd to Capt. [Nathaniel] Falconer, on acc't of Congress, 80 qr. Barrels, w't 2000 lbs [of gunpowder].
Resolved, That the powder Committee be empower'd to Continue their endeavours to import Power, & that they have power to assure the Value of the Vessells employed in this service, if they find it necessary, at the Risque of the Province.
1. Pennsylvania Colonial Records, X, 458-59.