[New York] Die Veneris, 10 HO.A.M. November 3d, 1775.
The protest of Francis James, one of the owners of the pilot [boat] Hamden, was read and filed.
Ordered, That John McKesson, one of the Secretaries, draw an affidavit of Francis James, one of the owners of the pilot boat named the Hampden, that the said boat was taken without any collusion.
1. New York Provincial Congress, I, 192.
