No 66
To George Mason and John Dalton Esqrs
Gent In Answer to your Favor of the 15th we have directed Colo [Joshua] Beall to deliver to your Order ten Barrels of Gun-Powder; 2 We shall do every Thing in our Power to promote the general Welfare, and for that Purpose are now encreasing our Marines.
[Annapolis] 19th March 1776.
1. Council of Safety Letter Book, No. 1, Md. Arch.
2. Imported in sloop Molly, Thomas Conway, master.
