Greenwich Decbr 22d 1775
Gentm
Pursuant to a Resolve of the Genrll Assembly of this Colony holden by Spetial order of his Honr the Goyernor at New Haven the 4th Day of Decembr 1775 I have Purchased the B[r]igantine Lilly Ann 2 of Capt John Grigg of Greenwich with her Riging Sails & appertinances for the Sum of one Thousand Pounds Lawfull money for the Govr & Company of this Colony, You are therefore Order[e]d to Pay unto sd John Grigg the said Sum of one Thousand Pounds Lawfull Money by order of Gentm. [&c.]
David Waterbery pr Commity
To the Comtte of the Pay Table Heartford
1. Conn. Arch., 1st Series, IX, 52a, ConnSL.
2. Subsequently named the Defence.
