As Council has not heard from you latly they are under some unesiness lest the Fleet in the Deleware may Suffer for the want of Provisions &^ca I therefore request that you will attend to that Matter and furnish every Article that may be Necessary. As the Commissary General of Purchases Mr Buchanon,¹ has fixed the prices of Beef & Pork, the former at Ten Dollars C^t. sinking the fifth quarter, as he terms it, and six Dollars C^t. for Pork the same prices must govern your purchases, and in future you are not to give a greater price than they allow for the Necessarys wanted for the army. it is proper to Mention to you that the price he has fixed for pork we have hinted to him is in our Opinion too low and desired he would reconsider it—I hope and expect the different Salt works will furnish Salt Sufficiant for this and the Neighbouring States—A quantity of Beef and Pork should be Barrelled up for the use of our Navy, this you should Ime­diately attend to, and If money is wanted for this & other purposes of the state you will be furnished on Application by Letter or Otherwise to Council—I am [&c.]

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