The following is a Copy of a Letter from the Masschusetts Bay Delegates in Congress to this Committee on the Subject of Shipping Flour to the New England Govemments ー

[Here is inserted the letter of 4 December, 1775]

Mr Mark Alexander having applied to the Committee for Liberty to load the Sloop Grampus (John Brackett Master) with Provision for the Use of the Colonies to Massachusetts Bay, the same was granted on his entering in a Bond with said Master in Double of the Value of the Cargo, that he will land the same, and produce a Certificate thereof, from a Committee of the Port, where it was landed,to this Committee, and that the usual Oath be taken by them ー

Mr Mark Alexander, on behalf of George Welsh and Elisha Thatcher, made Application for Permission to load the Schooner Peggy, John Lathrop Master, for the same Parts as above, which was granted on the above Condition ー