[Watertown] Thursday October 3d 1776
Account of Benjamin Austin Esqr for £14 paid Capt John Clouston for one Months Advance Wages to Seven Men enlisted on Board the Sloop Freedom Read Ordered and Allowed that a Warrant be drawn on the Treasury for £14 ー in full discharge of said Account ー a Warrant was drawn accordingly and Signed by 15 of the Council.
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 19, 257, 259.