Permission is granted to Mr William Neil Merchant of Baltimore to export to the foreign West Indies 401 Bbls Flour, 24 Bbls Bread, & 2000 Staves, the said Wm Neil having agreed to lay out the Produce of the same in the Purchase of Arms, Ammunition, Lead, Sulphur, or Salt Petre, if to be had, which Articles (if imported) are to be first, offered to the Council of Safety of this Province, but if the said Articles cannot be procured, then the said William Neil agrees to import Dutch Oznabrigs, low Priced Linnens, coarse Woolen Drugs, or Salt, the Same not being the Manufacture or Produce of Great Britain or Ireland ー