The affidavit of Francis James of this day was read and filed.

Ordered, That Francis James be paid for one half of the pilot boat the Hampden, the sum of three hundred pounds, and for one half of the wages or hire of the said boat and her mariners, the sum of £45, on his executing a proper conveyance for one moiety of the boat, and delivering over the papers relating to the said boat, to Mr. Jacobus Van Zandt, and entering into covenants to Mr. Van Zandt, that if any money should be allowed for the said boat, or for the service or detention of the said boat while employed in His Majesty's service, that he will pay a moiety thereof to Jacobus Van Zandt. And also, a covenant that if it shall hereafter appear that the said boat was taken by collusion, or any deceit of the master or owners or either of them, that then he will repay the said moneys to the said Jacobus Van Zandt. And,

Ordered, That a copy thereof be a sufficient warrant to Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Esq. as Treasurer of this Congress, to pay the said moneys.

Ordered, That the pilots of this city do not go on board of any vessels with troops on board, but that any pilot who may discover any vessel with troops on board, do immediately give intelligence thereof to this Congress, or to the Committee of the city of New-York, and to the inhabitants, with the utmost expedition, and that Mr. [James] Beekman and Mr. [Richard] Yates be a committee to give directions to the pilots for that purpose, and direct the pilots to keep this order secret.