On petition of John Bayard, Joseph Deane, and William Erskine, Being presented to Congress, and read,||
Resolved, That the Secret Committee be directed to sell ||the petitioners|| 550 lb. of powder, and 400 lb. of swivel and grape shot, for the use of their privateer Hancock, and also 750 lb. ||of powder|| before applied for.
No that's how government ought to work. Notice they didn't then send thugs out to make sure their records were kept alphabetically instead of chronologically...?
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