[Philadelphia] Saturday, June 8, 1776
On petition of John Bayard, Joseph Deane and William Erskine, being presented to Congress, and read,
Resolved, That the Secret Committee be directed to sell the petitioners 550 lb. of powder, and 400 lb. of swivel and grape shot, for the use of their privateer Hancock,2 and also 750 lb. of powder before applied for.
1. Ford, ed., JCC, V, 427.
2. See June 15, 1776, for Continental bond for Hancock.
