[Annapolis] Tuesday 30 January 1776.
Instructions and sailing Orders were given to Capt John Martin of the Brig Freindship.
Mr [William] Lux delivers to the Council the following Proposition ー
The pilot Boat Chatham is bound for Statia with Money to purchase Goods to the Amount of £3000 or more to the Consignment of Mr Thomas Russell who goes out in her. The Boat is valued at £300 and each Shipper is to pay in proportion to the Amount of his Property, in Case she is lost. Mr Russell will take One hunderd Barrels light Flour on Account of the Province at 6/ per Barrel, and they to pay their proportion of the Value of the Vessel in Case of Loss.
Lux & Bowley.
Which was read & agreed to. Instructions were accordingly given to Captain Thomas Russell.
1. Council of Safety Journal, 29 August 1775 to 20 March 1777, Md. Arch.