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Memorandum of an Agreement entered into this 27^th of
April 1781 Between the Honble The Delegates of the State
of Virginia on the one Part, and Ebenezer Cowell of
the City of Philadelphia on the other._

The said Cowell doth hereby undertake to
Cut and put in good Repair two thousand Ramport
Muskets, the Property of the Said State, in the same
Manner, and of the same length as those now Shown
in the War Office, at the rate of seven shillings and
six Pence Hard Money, or the value thereof in Paper
Money at the Time of Payment.

And the said Cowell doth hereby engage
to finish Twelve Hundred of the said Muskets in
Fourteen Days from this Time, and deliver the same
to the orders of the said Delegates to be transport
=ed to the said state of Virginia_and the Residue
before the day of Payment.

And the said Delegates do hereby engage
to Pay the said Cowell on order the said sum
of seven shillings and six Pence Hard Money^{or the real value thereof in Paper M[oney]} for
each Musket, in sixty days from the day of the
Date of these Presents; and they hereby agree that
if it is not paid at that Day, that the Eight
Hundred Muskets or so many thereof as shall
be sufficient for the [Pu]rpose shall be immediately
sold to satisfy the said Cowell his demand
according to this agreement__

It appears to me by a Certificate given by
Mr. George Nicolson unto the above Mr. Ebenezer Cowell
that this Contract has been on his part duly, and
fully completed with as will appear by the fair Con[illegible]
in My possession_______

Articles Between the
Delegates of Virginia &
Ebenezer Cowell about
2000 Reamport Muskets