Provincial Council, North Carolina.
The following memorandum was delivered to Waightstill Avery esqr., “1000 lbs. gunpowder from South Carolina to North Carolina. Cost 37s 6d per lb., £875; equal to $1154, and 5s over.”
“Draughts to be made payable to the order of Congress, or the Council of Safety, for the time-being, of South Carolina, and remitted to the Treasury in Philadelphia—subject to the order of such Council of Safety or Provincial Congress.”