In the Council of Safety, [Charleston] Friday, Dec. 1st, 1775.
A commission was also made out, and signed, of this day's date, appointing George Gabriel Powell, to be Captain and Commander of the scooner Comet, armed and equipped for the protection of the harbours, and navigation of the sea coasts of this colony.
1. Collections of the South-Carolina Historical Society, III, 37, 39.
