In Marine Committee June 3rd 1777
Resolved that in all Instances where Continental Vessels of War are captured by the Enemy, the Officers and Men are to be deemed as in the Service, and they or their Attorneys are to receive Pay until such Time as it shall be known that they have abandoned the Service, either by entering with the Enemy, or refusing or neglecting to return to their Country when a fit Opportunity presents.
Extract from the Minutes pr Jos Pennell
1. Papers CC (Reports of the Commissioners of Accounts for the Cloathing, Hospital and Marine Departments, 1777-88), 31, 115, NA.
