[Philadelphia] Wednesday, October 2, 1776
A petition from John Bayard, Alexander Henderson and Matthew Irwin, was presented to Congress, and read; Whereupon,
Resolved, That the Board of War be directed to sell the petitioners, 1,600 lb. of powder, and 800 lb. of lead, for the use of their privateers, General Lee and Colonel Parry.
1. Ford, ed., JCC, V, 838, 839.