Resolved, That 1,258 dollars be paid to Messrs. Willing and Morris, the same being in full of a bill drawn by Esek Hopkins, at New Providence, 14 March, 1776, payable to Mr. Alexander Frazer, or order, and endorsed to the said Willing and Morris, to be charged to the said Esek Hopkins.

Congress having received advice that the ship Mercury, of Nantz, was arrived at Portsmouth, in New Hampshire, with a cargo for the United States, consisting of I1,987 fusees, 1,000 barrels of powder, 11,000 gun-flints, 48 bales of woollens, 9 bales of handkerchiefs, thread, cotton, and printed linens, 2 cases of shoes, 1 box of buttons and buckles, 1 case of sherry, oil &c, 1 box lawn, and 1 case of needles and silk neckcloths.

Resolved, That fifteen tons of the powder lately arrived at Portsmouth, be delivered to the order of the council of Massachusetts, to repay the powder advanced by that State, for the use of the continental army and. navy, and that the said council transmit to the Board of War, a particular account of the powder advanced by their State for the use of the United States, and the persons to whom delivered.