[New York] Die Mercurii, 9 HO. A.M. October 18th, 1775.
Mr. Jacobus Van Zandt informed the Congress that in obedience to their parol instructions given to him in Congress yesterday, he had agreed with Francis James for the purchase of the pilot boat named the Bishop of Landaff. That the said Francis James on behalf of himself and the other owners of the said pilot boat, had disposed of her to him for the sum of four hundred and ninety-six pounds the value at which she has been appraised by two of the wardens of this port.
Ordered, That Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Esq. as Treasurer of this Congress, do immediately advance to Mr. Jacobus Van Zandt the said sum of four hundred and ninety-six pounds, to pay for the said pilot boat named the Bishop of Landaff.
1. New York Provincial Congress, I, 178, 179.