[Williamsburg] Friday November 29th 1776
Ordered that a Commission issue to Robert Tompkins appointing him Captain of the Henry Galley which accordingly issued bearing date this day
Ordered that the Commissioners of the Navy Board be requested to direct the Schooner Adventure Capt. William Saunders to proceed to Saint Eustatia or Martinico and consign the said Vessell with her Cargo to our Agents at those Places giving such Instructions to the Captain as they may judge proper
1. McIlwaine, ed., Journals of the Virginia Council, I, 256, 257.