Journal of the Virginia Navy Board, June 25, 1778

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[Williamsburg] Thursday the 25th day of June 1778.—

Present

Mr Whiting, Mr Travis, Mr Archer and Mr Lewis.—

James Innis esquire this day produced to the Board his Appointment of a Commissioner of the navy of this state in the room of James Maxwell esquire who has resigned;¹ and he having taken the Oath prescribed by Law, took his seat at the Board.—

Present Mr Innis.—

Ordered that a Warrant issue to Charles Sayer Boush for the use of Captain Willis Wilson for five hundred pounds on accot for the purpose of furnishing necessaries for the Ship Casewell.—²

Ordered that the Commanding Officer of the Hero Galley deliver Solomon Peaton³ to Lieut. Charles Sayer Boush of the Caswell to which vessell the said Peaton belongs.—

Byrd Chamberlayne and George Chamberlayne⁴ Lieutenants in the Navy, have leave of absence from their duty for a fortnight.—

D, Vi, Navy Board Journal, pp. 416–17.

1. Innis was appointed to the Navy Board on 22 June by the Council of State of Virginia. Journals of the Council of the State of Virginia 2: 152; there his named is spelled “James Innes."

2. That is, Virginia Navy galley Caswell, Capt. Willis Wilson, commanding. A portion of Caswell's expenses had been taken over by North Carolina, see Minutes of the North Carolina Senate, 20 Apr., in NDAR 12: 154. Boush served as a lieutenant with Caswell.

3. Elsewhere, this sailor's name is given as “Peatons" and “Peatow."

4. George Chamberlayne's name was usually spelled Chamberlaine. Both he and Boyd Chamberlayne served as lieutenants in the Virginia Navy brig Musquetto, which had been captured by H.M, frigate Ariadne on 10 July 1777. Both men were sent to Forton Prison in Aug. 1777 but escaped and made their way to France in Jan. 1778. NDAR 11: 893n, 935-36.

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1778 June 25

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Volume 13

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American Theater, June 1 to August 15, 1778

Naval Documents of the American Revolution

Journal of the Virginia Navy Board, June 25, 1778

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