On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Continental Congress

Resolved, That Mr. Trumbull, the commissary general, be directed to provide and forward to General Schuyler, 2,000 barrels of pork, with all possible dispatch, for the use of the continental Army in Canada.

Resolved, That John Alsop, Roger Sherman, and Francis Lewis be directed to purchase and forward, with all convenient dispatch, to General Schuyler, for the use of the continental Army in Canada, 10,000 pair of shoes, and 10,000 pair of stockings; and that 15,000 dollars be advanced to them for those purposes.

Resolved, That a letter be written to General Schuyler asking him to 1) pursue the best means for furnishing such other necessary articles of clothing and food as maybe wanting for the continental Army in Canada, having regard to such of these as Mr. Price, the commissary in that province, can supply there, 2) inform the president, what quantity of gun powder he has received for Canada since January 1st, and that he continue to give the earliest notice to Congress of his need for further supplies.

Resolved, That the Secret Committee be directed to forward five tons of powder to General Schuyler and then on to Canada.

Source: https://americanfounding.org/entries/second-continental-congress-april-24-1776/

Also on this day 250 years ago in Williamsburg, Virginia, the people of James City County approved a resolution calling for Independence.

Source: https://www.quillproject.net/resources/resource_item/411/36206