[Philadelphia, June 11, 1777]
[Extract]
The Committee appointed- to devise ways & means fur procuring Salt &c. beg leave to report to Congress as their opinion . . .
That it be recommended to each state to employ one or more Vessells for the importation of Salt into their respective states for their own more immediate benefit; & at the public charge of said state. . . .
That it be an instruction to all Masters of Vessells taking on board Cargoes for America on account of the U: States if possible to ballast the Vessells with salt, unless otherwise specially ordered. . . .
1. Papers CC (Other Reports of Committees of Congress, 1776-88), 28, 171-72, NA.
