[Princeton] Friday, January 12, 1776.
Whereas, a certain Richard Symonds, a midshipman, belonging to one of the King's ships of War, was in September last, taken on board a small tender at Barnagat, since which he hath remained a prisoner in the County of Monmouth. 2
Ordered, That Richard Symonds be removed to Trenton, and there be admitted to remain a prisoner of war on his parole of honour, on the same terms granted to those officers who are already prisoners at that place.
1. Minutes of the Provincial Congress and the Council of Safety of the State of New Jersey (Trenton, 1879), 333. Hereafter cited as New Jersey Provincial Congress.
2. See minutes of Monmouth County Committee of Observation, January 2, 1776.
