( conjectural ) post
16 Oct. 1775
Original paper slip text:[post 16 Oct. 1775?]
Report of Committee to enquire what powder has been sent to the Army in the Northern Department
1 p.
JA—Continental Congress: Speeches and Writings
- Printed as No. II under JA's Service in Congress 13 Sept–9 Dec 1775
- Note: This document was filmed under [1776–1778]; but it should be dated between 16 Oct. 1775, when JA (with John Langdon and Eliphalet Dyer) was appointed on a committee to enquire what quantity of gunpowder was sent to the northern army (JCC, 3:296), and 8 Nov. 1775 (JCC, 3:338).
- EB 3 April 1957.
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