[New York] Tuesday, 4 ho. P.M. Sept. 12th, 1775.
Ordered, That Messrs. Jacobus Van Zandt, Henry Remsen and Lewis Pintard, be a committee to employ a vessel and despatch her with proper directions to purchase gunpowder and arms. And,
Ordered; That those gentlemen be supplied with four thousand pounds, by Peter V. B. Livingston; Esq. Treasurer of the Congress of this Colony for that purpose, and that a certified copy of this entry be a sufficient warrant to the said Peter V. B. Livingston, Esq. as Treasurer as aforesaid, to deliver to the gentlemen above named the sum of four thousand pounds for the purpose above mentioned.
1. New York Provincial Congress, I, 145.