To the honble the Members of the General Court now Setting at Watertown-

We the subscribers Two of the Committee of Inspection for the Town of Dartmouth do Certifie that William Haydon master of the Sloop Friendship from Hispaniola hath landed out of said Sloop in Bedford in Dartmouth, Three hundred & ninety seven pounds of Gunpowder, which is dispos'd off in the following manner vizt-Two hundred ninety nine & a half pounds purchas'd by the Committee at providence the remainder ninety seven & a half pounds is deposited in the hands of Messrs Leonard Jarvis & Lemuel Williams Merchants in said Dartmouth for the Defence of that place- Griffin Barney} Subcommitte for the John Chaffee Town of Dartmouth

Bedford 10th April 1776