[New York] Die Veneris, 4 ho. P.M., Sept. 15th, 1775.
The committee unanimously agreed to consider their order of the twelfth inst. appointing a committee to procure gunpowder and arms, and after some time spent therein, they agreed to continue the said order with the following amendments, to wit:
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
Ordered, That those gentlemen give directions to purchase muskets and not more than seven hundred, if powder can be obtained, and to invest the residue of the money in gunpowder; and if muskets are not to be obtained then to lay out the whole money in gunpowder; if no gunpowder is to be had, that they direct the whole money to be laid out in muskets; if neither gunpowder nor muskets are to be obtained, that they direct the whole money to be laid out in saltpetre; if saltpetre cannot be purchased, that they direct twenty tons of lead to be purchased and the residue of the money invested in 2½ and 3 point blankets fit for a soldier to cover himself with or wrap himself in; and if blankets cannot be procured, that they direct the money to be invested in such coarse woollens as are fit for soldiers coats, the cloths to be blue, brown or drab colours. And
Ordered, That a certified copy of this entry be a sufficient warrant to the said Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Esq. as Treasurer as aforesaid, to deliver to the gentlemen before named the sum of four thousand pounds for the purposes above mentioned.