The Loiver House.
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£2662 18 is unexpended, as will appear by the following State of
that Account, viz.t
The Public on the Grant for purchasing Arms and Ammunition.
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L. H. J.
Liber No. 49
Nov. II
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To sundry Postages of Letters, Journey Expences,
and Expresses, relative to the Contract with Free- £19 15 1
man, ...................................
To 30 Barrels Gunpowder, and 1500 Ibs. of Shot,
£190 15 10 Sterling at 70 p Cent. Exchange,.....
To Agents Commission on £3100 at 3 p Cent...... 93 0 0
To Balance in the Agents Hands unexpended, viz.
sundry Bills of Exchange remitted to Mr. John
Buchanan of London, Merchant, amounting to
£ 14315 4 2 Sterling at 70 p Cent. Exchange, .....
D.o Still in Hand unremitted £100 Sterling, at 70 p 170 0 0
Cent. Exchange, ..........................
Cash in the Agents Hands, .................... 47 15 1 1
£3100 0 0
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Cr.
Bv Cash received of the Commissioners of the Loan-
Office, p the Governor s Orders, .............. £ 3100 0 0
£3100 0 0
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That by Virtue of the Act last before mentioned, the Agents
aforesaid have received from the Commissioners of the Loan-Office,
the Sum of £2000 to purchase Wheat to be sent to New- York, as a
Present to the Army under Lord Loudoun; the State of which
Account is as follows, to wit,
The Public on the Grant for purchasing Wheat, to be sent as a
Present to the Army commanded by Lord Loudoun.
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Dr.
To 8000 Bushels of Wheat delivered at New-York
at 4/6, .................................. £1900 0 0
To the Agents Commission at 3 p Cent, on £2000 ... 60 0 0
To Ballance in the Agents Hands unapplied, ...... 40 0 0
£2000 0 0
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Cr.
By Cash received from the Commissioners of the
Loan-Office p the Governor's Order, .......... £ 2000 0 0
That for defraying the Expence attending the Raising, Paying,
and Supporting, 100 Men, Officers included, to be added to the
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