[Philadelphia] Friday, July 28, 1775
The Congress being informed that a quantity of Gunpowder belonging to the Continent is arrived in some part of New Jersey,
Ordered, That the delegates of New Jersey do take care that the said powder be safely conveyed to Dobbs Ferry on the North River.
On motion made, Ordered, That the Colony of Virginia be supplied with one ton of gun powder from the next quantity arriving here, and that from the same supply Pennsylvania be repaid the powder heretofore borrowed by the Congress, if the same shall not be wanted by Genl Washington.
1. Ford, ed.,JCC, II, 212.
