Lebanon July 14th 1777
At a meeting of the Govr & Council of Safety
Voted, That his Excellency the Govr be and he is hereby Desired to Indorse to Major Joshua Huntington an Order Drawn by the Honble John Hancock Esqr President of the Continental Congress· in Favr of Govr Trumbull on John Lawrence Esqr Commissioner of the Continental Loan Office in the State of Connecticut for Twenty Thousand Dollars in Part Payment for the Frigate Building at Norwich for the United States of America said Huntington to Account for the Same. in the Settlement for Building said Frigate.2
The Said Order was lndorsed by the Govr and Dd to Majr Huntington July 14th 1777 and his Receipt taken.
1. Council of Safety Journal, vol. 1, ConnSL.
2. When launched she would be named the Confederacy.
