At a Town Meeting Newport January 22d 1776
Voted, that this Town will Supply Capt Wallace with Beef, Beer &c agreeable to Act of Goverment
Voted, That Mess Wm Ellery & Jos Anthony be a Committee to wait on Genl [William] West at Head Quarters, & to lay before him the above Vote of the Town; And also to request that he will appoint a Person to provide & deliver the Provisions to Capt Wallace, & to request that he will give Orders to his Officers at Jamestown and elsewhere, to permit the Ferry Boats to Pass & repass with Provisions &c.
By Ordr Wm Coddington Town Clerk
1. Letters to the Governor, 1776, vol. 8, RI. Arch.