[Boston] Saturday March 29th 1777
Ordered that William Phillips & Benjamin Austin Esqrs be a Committee to give directions for the bringing up into this Harbor the Brig Rising Empire now lying in Plymouth Harbor & upon her Arrival here to equip her if found suitable for the accommodation of such Prisoners as may be brought into this port by any of the Arm'd Vessels belonging to this or the United States agreeable to a late Act of the General Court for the providing such a Guard Vessel for the reception of Prisoners.
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 20, 359-60.