[New York] Die Veneris, 9 ho. A.M. June 9th, 1775.
Mr. [Isaac] Sears informed this Congress that the following small quantities of gunpowder, formerly delivered out of the magazines in this city for sale, yet remain unsold, to wit: One hundred weight in the care of Messrs. Woodward & Kipp; one hundred weight in the care of Jeremiah Platt; about twenty pounds in the care of Messrs. Berrian and Fish, 100 lb. of damaged powder in the care of Comfort Sands, and 50 lb. do. in the care of Thomas Hazard.
Ordered, That these several gentlemen who have the care of the said Powder, be respectively directed to keep the whole now in their custody until the farther order of this Congress.
Ordered, That all the damaged Powder now in this City, and also the damaged Powder at Ticonderoga and Crown Point, be sent to the Powder Mill near Hudson's River, in Rhynbeck Precinct, to be remanufactured.
