New London. July 31 1776
To Robt Morris Esqr Chairman ー of the Secret Committee in Phila Gentlemen,
I Received yours of the 8th Ins. and agreeable to your Request I apply'd to Gov. Trumbull to know the Quantity of Powder Supply'd his Excellency Gen. Washington, but as yet they have not furnished me with the Accot. Since that I have had thirteen thousand five hundred wt more arrived from Port Au Prince and all Safe landed in this Town 2 which makes a ballance as by the Inclosed Accot in my hands after paying the Colony for the powder you Recd of theirs in Phila from Messr Whartons 7950 lb which will keep in Store to be delivered toyour order, and hope soon to have some more anve Yrs &c.
1. Shaw Papers, Letter Book, YUL.
2. "A few days since Capt. [Joseph] Packwood arrived at New London in nine days, from Cape François, and has brought fourteen tons of powder, some blankets, arms &c. on account of the states." Connecticut Journal, July 31, 1776.
