Report of the Committee on the Manufacture of Saltpetre

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Your Committee, to whom the consideration of making such amendments as should be necessary to the resolutions of the Committee of Safety of this State, of the 17th of April last, for encouraging the manufacturing of Saltpetre, are of opinion, that, for the further encouragement of setting up that necessary manufacture in this State, it will be necessary to prolong the time mentioned in the said resolution, and that the several Committees appointed by the said resolution be empowered and authorized to purchase, on account of this Convention, all well refined Saltpetre that shall be made in this State, and offered to them for sale before the first day of July next, at the rate of 7s˙ per pound.

That the several Committees appointed to purchase Saltpetre have liberty, from time to time, to draw on the Treasurer of this State for such sum or sums of money as they stand in need of for the purpose of purchasing Saltpetre; and the Saltpetre so purchased be sent by the said Committees to any Powder-Mill or Mills in this State, to be manufactured into Powder, taking a receipt of the manufacturer, or his agent, for the quantity so delivered.

That Henry Wisner, Esq˙, be added to the Committee for the encouraging the manufacturing Saltpetre, and for purchasing the same in Orange County.

That Henry Wisner, Jun˙, Esq˙, be added to the Committee for the encouragement of the manufacture of Saltpetre, and for purchasing the same in Ulster County.

That Henry Skenk and John R˙ Livingston, Esqs˙, be added to the Committee for the encouragement of the manufacture of Saltpetre, and for purchasing the same in the County of Dutchess.