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. The warehouses on the Mystic river were a depot of supplies throughout the war. Powder in large quantities was collected there and boated to the Castle or to Boston when needed. In 1779 and 1780 sixteen tons of cannon balls were stored by Mr. Hall for eighteen months. Large quantities of beef were packed by him in barrels made on the premises, and shipped in his lighters, for the use of the army. In those days the soldiers considered rum as necessary as meat, and we infer that Medford contributed her share in supplying their demands. In 1780 General Heath wrote, Last night an alarming account from West Point of the scantiness of provisions and rum at that post. It seems to be with a feeling of relief that he continues, A quantity of the latter is on the road to Springfield. In the third Provincial Congress Mr. Hall was chosen one of a committee to encourage the manufacture of saltpetre, and the next month was one of those appointed to countersign and number a new