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C. S. J.
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Smith and David Stewart, for the said monies being produced
to the said Treasurer, that then the said Treasurer pay to the
said Lenders, or their Order, the Sums by them respectively
advanced, according to the Order of Convention.
Messrs Purviance, Smith, and Stewart, having given contin-
gent Orders to Capt Woolsey and Capt Waters for the Impor-
tation of sundry Goods, It is the Opinion of this Council, that
if any Goods, other than those ordered by the Convention,
should be laden on Board, that the same will not be the
Adventure, or on the Risk of the public.
Ordered, That the Deputies for this Province in the Conti-
nental Congress or any three of them, contract for the purchase
of any Quantity, not exceeding 300 Barrels of Gunpowder for
the use of this Province, at a Price not exceeding £15 com-
mon money pr hundred and that the Treasurer of the Western
Shore pay to the Order of the said Deputies a sum not exceed-
ing four thousand five hundred pounds to be by them applied
to the purchase.
On Application of [Dr. Enhraim] Howard (son of Henry)
for the Loan [of £600] to enable him to carry on the manu-
facture of Saltpetre, in an extensive manner, It is ordered,
That on his producing a Certificate from Major Jenifer and
Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, or either of them, that he hath
given Bond, with sufficient Security, agreeable to the Order of
the Convention, The Treasurer of the Western Shore pay the
said Dr Ephraim Howard the Sum of six hundred pounds
common money for the purpose aforesaid.
A like Application was made by Dr Samuel Coale for the
Loan of £250, to enable him to carry on a Salt-petre Work.
Ordered, That the said Sum of two hundred and fifty pounds
common money, be paid him by the Treasurer of the Western
Shore, on his producing a Certificate from Mr Alexander and
Charles Carroll, Barrister, or either of them, of his having
given Bond with Security, agreeable to the Order of the Con-
vention.
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