[Annapolis] December 13, 1774
The schooner Polly, Reuben Hawes, master, having arrived in this province since the 1st instant, with twenty-three pipes of Madeira wine, the property of Messrs James Dice and Anthony Stewart, and another pipe the property of Dr. George Stewart, shipped the 5th day of October last; and Mr. Stewart requesting that the said wines should be sold under the direction of the committee, according to the tenth article of the [Continental] association; the same wines were sold after due notice, at the coffee-house, under the Direction of the committeeー
John Duckett, clerk of committee
1. Maryland Gazette, Annapolis, December 15, 1774.
2. To be used for the relief of the poor in Boston.