[Williamsburg] Wednesday December 18th 1776
Information being this Day given to the Board that the Sloop Margaret Richard Nestor Master now lying in Pamunkey River together with her Cargo is the Property of a certain Robert Shedden and other Persons inimical to the United States of America It is therefore Ordered that the said Sloop Margaret be attached by the Marshall of the Admiralty and that the said Nestor be cited to appear in the said Court and answer the Libel of James Barron and others respecting the said Vessell and Cargo
Ordered that Mr James Hubard who conducted the Sale of the Cargo and Stores belonging to the Oxford a Prize taken by the Captains James and Richard Barron make out an Account thereof and state the proportions of the Shares due to the said Captains, their Officers and Men without delay and return the said Account to this Board agreable to the Regulations of the Navy Board.
Ordered that a Warrant issue to Captain Gabriel Jones for four hundred and seventy three pounds twelve shillings upon Account ior the purpose of enlisting his Company of Marines into the Land Service agreable to Act of Assembly Bond executed acknowledged and ordered to be filed
Ordered that a Warrant issue to Captain John Lee for four hundred and seventy three pounds twelve shillings upon Account for the purpose of enlisting his Company of Marines into the Land Service agreable to Act of Assembly Bond executed acknowledged and ordered to be filed
1. McIlwaine, ed., Journals of the Virginia Council, I, 287-88, 289-90.