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November 17, 1775

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At a meeting of the Committee of Safety: Present —

Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, Bernard Dougherty, Joseph Reed, Owen Biddle, Anthony Wayne, John Nixon, Robert White, George Clymer, Daniel Roberdeau.

Robert Towers, Commissary, reports his having received two hundred and three pounds of Gunpowder from George Lush, which is made out of Saltpetre purchased by this Board, and that there is seventeen pounds of Saltpetre wasted in refining the one hundred and seventeen pounds received from Yorktown.

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Title

November 17, 1775

Creator

Pennsylvania, Committee of Safety

Editor

Pennsylvania, Committee of Safety

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1775-11-17

Recipient

Pennsylvania, Committee of Safety

Presentation Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, North America

Before Whom

Pennsylvania, Committee of Safety

Subject

Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies
Military action: logistics, provisioning, and recruitment

Document ID

S4-V3-P01-sp37-D0072

Series

S4

Volume

S4-V3

Part

S4-V3-P01

Sub-Part

S4-V3-P01-sp37

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