In Congress. [Charleston] Saturday, November 18, 1775.
Col. Laurens delivered in the following appraisement or valuation of the ship Prosper:
Charles-Town, Nov. 18, 1775.
In obedience to the order of the Provincial Congress, we the subscribers have valued the ship Prosper of Bristol, lately taken into the service of the colony; and it is our opinion, that two thousand pounds sterling, or the value thereof in current money, ought to be allowed to the owner or owners of the said ship. And we recommend that such sum of two thousand pounds sterling, or the value thereof, as aforesaid, be tendered to Capt. ----- Smith, late master of the said ship, on behalf of his owners: And that the register of the said ship, and a proper assignment, be at the same time demanded from the said Capt. Smith.
Henry Laurens, Roger Smith, Edward Blake.
1. Provincial Congress of South Carolina, 103-106.