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State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
In
COUNCIL
of
WAR,
October 2, 1779.
RESOLVED,
That there be three thousand pair of good yarn stockings collected from the towns in this State, to be proportioned according to the apportionment made in September 1778, and is as follows, viz.
Providence
Warwick
Westerly
North-Kingstown
South-Kingstown
East-Greenwich
Smithfield
Scituate
Gloucester
Charlestown
West-Greenwich
Coventry
Exeter
Bristol
Tiverton
Little-Compton
Warren
Cumberland
Richmond
Cranston
Hopkinton
Johnston
North-Providence
Barrington48
And be it further Resolved, That the several Collectors of Taxes within the respective towns, be and they are hereby authorized, impowered and directed to procure the aforesaid stockings, by purchasing the same; and not give more than three pounds lawful money per pair, for those of the very best quality; that as fast as they are collected they deliver the same to John Reynolds, Esq; State-Clothier: That the Collectors be allowed five per cent. for commissions for procuring the same, and that the same be paid for by the General-Treasurer, on the State-Clothier's giving certificates for the amount.
And be it further Resolved, That it be recommended to the inhabitants of this State, that they dispose of, to the State-Clothier, all the blankets, brown and whitened tow-cloth, and checked tow and linen, for which the following prices shall be given: For blankets of the very best quality, Kerfey wove, 9 quarters long and 7 quarters wide, they do not give more than £ 21 lawful money, and so in proportion for those of an inferior quality: For good brown tow-cloth, they give 27
s.
per yard: For good whitened ditto, they give 36
s.
per yard: For good full 7–8 tow and linen checked, they give 50
s.
per yard: That for the blankets he give certificates on the Treasurer in the same manner he does for the stockings, and the Treasurer is hereby impowered to pay the same.
A TRUE
COPY:
WITNESS,
WILLIAM CODDINGTON, Clerk.