Philadelphia 9th. March AD 1776 Sr.,

I Ebenezer Cowell of Trenton for value receivd promise to pay unto Robert Treat Paine, James Willson Samll. Huntington Francis Lightfoot Lee & Lewis Morris a Committee of Congress Two hundred & Sixty 179Seven Spanish Milld. dollars or the value thereof in Continental Currency Witness my hand,

Ebenezer Cowell Witness John Legg

MS ; endorsed: “Ebr. Cowell’s note to a comtee. of Congress R.T.P. & others. 9 March 1776.”