Resolved, That bills be immediately drawn on the honble. Doctor Benjamin Franklin for 25.000 dollars payable at sixty days sight. and?

That the money arising from the sale be appropriated and applied solely to the bringing the Army into the field and forwarding their supplies in such manner as the exigency and nature of the service may require.

Resolved, That the board of treasury be directed to prepare bills of exchange of suitable denominations, upon the honble. Benjamin Franklin Minister plenipotentiary at the Court of Versailles for one hundred thousand dollars in specie.

That the bills be made payable at Ninety days sight.

Resolved, That the bills of exchange directed to be prepared by the Resolution of the 9th. on the hon[ble.] Benjamin Franklin Minister plenipotentiary at the Court of Versailles to the amount of one hundred thousand dollars specie be filled up by the Commissioner of the Continental Loan Office for the State of Pensylvania and made payable to Joseph Clay deputy paymaster General in the Southern department on [as?] order.

That the said bills be transmitted to the said Joseph Clay to be sold at par for specie, or bills emitted agreeably to the Resolution of the 18th. of March last, or for other monies agreeably to the instructions of the board of treasury or to be disposed of for provisions and necessaries for the army on the best terms that can be obtained for the United States.

That the Monies arising from such sale be applied under the directions of the Commanding Officer in the southern department to the purchase of provisions and other supplies absolutely necessary for the subsistance of the southern Army, and that the said Joseph Clay be and hereby is required to give regular and constant information to the board of treasury respecting the sale of the bills and the application of the Monies aforesaid; and that the aforesaid Joseph Clay depy. paymaster General in the southern department be charged in the Treasury books with the aforesaid bills amounting to the sum of one hundred thousand dollars specie.

Resolved, That the board of treasury be and hereby are empowered to prepare bills of exchange to be drawn on the Honble. Benjamin Franklin Minister plenipotentiary at the Court of Versailles at Ninety days sight to the amount of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars specie the amount of the estimate from the board of War, so much thereof as will compleat the estimate of the board of War to be sold for specie and forwarded to the Commissaries of     in the middle and southern departments, under the same regulations and for the same purposes as aforesaid, and the residue of the 150.000 dollars to replace the 71.340 dollars reserved as aforesaid for the special direction of Congress.

Resolved That Bills of Exchange on Europe be prepared by the Board of Treasury to be drawn on the honble Benjamin Franklin to the amount of twenty nine thousand one hundred and five Dollars specie and that the same bills be transmitted to John Bradford to be by him paid to John Garcia Duarti in full payment of the eighteen thousand four hundred and forty one pounds thirteen shillings and four pence due to him in continental Money on the 11th of May 1778.