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The Committee appointed to prepare an Address to the several Towns in the Counties of Hampshire and Worcester, recommending them to supply the Army with Powder, reported. The report was accepted, and is as follows, viz:
This Congress, taking into their most serious consideration the great want of Powder in our publick Magazines, and considering how much depends on that important and most necessary article, which, under God, if provided, may prove the salvation of America; and as your Towns lie the least exposed to the ravages of our enemies, therefore, it is most earnestly recommended by this Congress to the Selectmen of each Town and District
Ordered, That Mr˙ Caldwell, Mr˙ Singletary, and Deacon Nichols, be a Committee to procure Powder from the several Towns in the County of Worcester, agreeable to said schedule; and Captain Goodman, from the County of Hampshire.
Ordered, That Captain Brown, Colonel Davis, and Mr˙ Fairbanks, be a Committee to inquire where safe and convenient Stores may be had, for storing what Gunpowder is, or may be procured for the use of this Colony; and that they sit forthwith.
Address to the Counties of Hampshire and Worcester
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in the County of Worcester, that they deliver the whole of the Towns' stocks, in said County of Worcester, to Mr˙ John Caldwell, Mr˙ Amos Singletary, and Deacon Israel Nichols, a Committee appointed by this Congress to receive the same. And it is likewise recommended to the Selectmen of each Town and District in the County of Hampshire, to deliver their respective Towns' stocks of Powder to Captain Noah Goodman, who is appointed by this Congress to receive the same from said County of Hampshire; except so much as is allowed to be kept in each Town, which will appear by the schedule hereunto annexed; and that it be replaced, as soon as the state of the Colony magazines will admit thereof, or otherwise paid for in money.