Francis Hopkinson, Esqr, from the Continental Navy board, applied to Council & requested that a Pilot may be put on board, each of Two Ships intended to be ordered down the Bay by the said Navy Board; thereupon,

Ordered, That the States Navy board be directed to furnish the Conti­nental Navy Board, with two Pilots, either from among the Cheveaux de Frize Pilots, now in the Pay of this State, or any other Pilots, which they may be able to obtain, for the said purpose.