Philada October 13th 1776
[Extract]
Sir We have the pleasure to inclose you herein an Invoice of Some Cloths and Blankets lately imported into Rhode Island on Continental account2 and the Congress have directed the whole to be applyed to the use of the Army, wherefore we also inclose herein an order to Messrs Nicholas & John Brown in whose care they are, to deliver them to your Orderー
It is recommended to you by Congress to have the Cloths made up immediately into Soldiers Cloaths and you will consider whether it may be best to have them made in Rhode Island & Connecticut or by the Taylors in the Army or whether it may be best to employ all the Taylors at each place....
1. Continental Congress Miscellany, 1775-79, LC.
2. Ibid., the detailed invoice of goods imported from France on board the ship Happy Return, Captain Gideon Crawford, which were landed at Providence.
