[Williamsburg] Thursday 21st Novr 1776. —
Byrd Chamberlaine is Recommended to his excellency the Governor and the honble the Council as a proper person to be appointed first Lieutenant of the Brig Musquetto. —
Edward Chamberlaine is Recommended to Capt [John] Harris of the Brig Musquetto as a proper person to serve as Midshipman on Board the said Brig —
Ordered that John Bleauford, George Edwards, John Truman, Ellis Leeland, John Wilkins, Matthew Run & Charles Sorrell, Stephen Wilkinson and William Jarvis at present on Board the Henry Galley be turned over to the Brig Musquetto Capt [John] Harris and take with them their Hammacks, Bedding &c. —
Ordered that the keeper of the Public Magazine deliver unto Capt Thomas Lilly four hundred Pounds of Gunpowder, fifty Gunflints, one Dozen Powder Homs and what Cannon Ball he may be in want of for the use of the Brig Liberty. —