Die Veneris, 4 ho. P. M. [White Plains] Augt. 2d, 1776.
Ordered, that Danl. Shaw, commander of the private sloop of war called the Harlequin, be, and he hereby is, permitted to purchase from James and Alexr. Stewart, or any other person, 1, 200 weight of gunpowder, for the use of the said sloop.
1. Journals of the Provincial Congress, Provincial Convention, Committee of Safety and Council of Safety of the State of New-York. 1775-1776-1777 (Albany, 1842), I, 554. Hereafter cited as New York Provincial Congress.
