[Watertown] Tuesday, January 2, 1776.
A Petition of Ivory Hovey, in Behalf of the Eastern Districts, lying between the River of Penobscot and Machias, praying the Court to establish a Court of Admiralty at Union-River, for Reasons set forth in said Petition.
Read and committed to Col. [Azor] Orne, and Mr.[Daniel] Hopkins, with such as the Hon. Board shall join.
1. Journal of the House of Representatives, Mass. Arch.