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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Sir March 26th 1779 On Application being made to you by William Smith Esquire we desire you will deliver to him or to his Order at Baltimore or Such place as he may direct 500 Barrels flour to be put on board the Schooner General Arnold for the use of the Navy in the Eastern Department. We also desire that you will make immediate Provision of the Bread and meat kind for five Continental Frigates and deliver the same when you shall be called upon by Messrs. Maxwell & Loyal (1) for that purpose and we recommend secrecy to you with All persons as to the use for which those provisions are intended. We are Sir, Your Hble Servants
LB (DNA: PCC Miscellaneous Papers, Marine Committee Letter Book).
1 The Marine Committee this day wrote the following letter to James Maxwell and Paul Loyall alerting them to the prospective demands for provisions from William Aylett.
"As it is very probable that some of the Continental Ships of war will put into Chesapeake Bay for Provisions and their Commanders will call upon you for Supplies, in that case we desire you will without any delay apply to Colo. William Aylett Deputy Commissary of Purchases for what they may Stand in need of in the Provision way to whom we have given the necessary orders on that head. It is highly necessary that the Commissioners of the Navy Board at this place whom Congress have appointed to do the executive part of the Navy business in the Middle Department should be constantly & minutely informed of your proceedings in the public business you are carrying on, we desire that you will correspond with them in every thing relative to that business and that you will follow such directions as they may think proper to give you." PCC Miscellaneous Papers, Marine Committee Letter Book, fol. 205.
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