In Committee of Safety for the State of New York
[Fishkill] Jany 14th: 1777 —
Ordered that the Treasurer of this State advance to Capt Robert Castle the Sum of Eighty Pounds on Account of the Wages & Subsistence of himself & the Crew of the armed Sloop Camben; fitted out by Order of the Secret Committee for obstructing the Navigation of Hudsons River & for protecting the same against the depredations of the Enemy.
Attest
Robert Benson Secry
By Order.
James Livingston Chairman
January 14th: 1777. from P. V. B. Livingston
[illegible]d Bancker Eighty pounds
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