[Lebanon] January 28th, 1777.
Orders were given to Capt. Wm. Coit of the ship Oliver Cromwell to order all his officers and men on board said ship to duty and fit said ship for sailing with all possible dispatch, and to land four of the guns on board said ship and put them into the care of Mr. Nathl Shaw junr, taking his receipt, and as soon as the crew of said ship are collected to make return of them that further directions may [be] given for said ship to proceed to sea.
Voted, to draw on the Pay-Table forĀ£ 150 0 0, in favour of Capt. Wm. Coit, to enable him to proceed on his cruise.
1. Hoadly, ed., Connecticut State Records, I, 163, 164.