Resolved That it be recommended to His Excellency the Governor to give the following Instructions to the Agents appointed for the purpose of Purchasing Salt for this State to wit

Instructions for the Agents for this State

You are to proceed immediately to the Island of Bermuda or any other Island or Islands in the West Indies (the Dominions of Great Britain only excepted), there to purchase or otherwise agree for on the faith and Credit of this State and send into the Same for the use of the Inhabitants thereof Twenty five thousand Bushels of Salt each. And to that end you are to Charter Vessels to bring the same into the different Ports in this State, consigned to the Commissioners appointed for the different Ports in this State to receive the Same and if you cannot procure and send into this State the Quantity of Salt above mentioned without Insuring such Salt and the Vessels in which it comes; You are then and in that Case to insure for that Purpose on the best Terms to any Amount not exceeding in the whole ten thousand pounds on the faith and Credit of this State.

You are to observe the directions laid down in the resolve of the last Congress a Copy whereof you have herewith and Govern Your Selves accordingly.