Wednesday, Janry 24th 1776.
[Exeter]
Voted That Dr Joshua Bracket be Judge of the Court of Admiralty for the Colony of New Hampshire, & that Samuel Penhallow Esq. be Register of said Court.
Voted That Col. Walker & Saml Sherburne Esqr be a Committee of this house to join a Committee of the Honble Board to Consult & Draw up Such Rules & Regulations for the Court of Admiralty to be governed by, as may appear to be Legal & Necessary at this time, and to make report to this house as Soon as may be.
Voted, That the Draft of a Commission for Capt Daniel Jackson as Master and Commander of the Privateer Enterprise, bro't by Mr [Wyseman] Clagett into this house, by order of Councill, is acceptable to the house, and that the same be Sealed up in a Letter & Sent to the Committee of Safety of Porthmouth who are to take bond of said Jackson for his faithfull Discharge of his Trust, in case the Same measure is adopted by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay, the bond to be for one thousand Pounds.
1. Bouton, ed., Documents and Records of New Hampshire, VIII, 47, 48.