[ Autographs ] (Issuing Muskets) War date A.D.S. 1p. 8vo., New York House of Representatives, Aug. 21, 1776 Secretary Robert Benson pens an extract of the minutes, in part: "...pay to Col William Malcolm...Sixty pounds live shillings being the purchase money of sixteen Muskets & rive Bayonets disbursed by Capt. Jonathan Blake ... specifying their marks & quantity... " some fold splits and a tear into signature, repaired on verso.