[Williamsburg] Thursday, the 8th February.
Mr. John Calvert is appointed to employ proper persons and furnish necessary material, and superintend the building of a row Galley according to plan delivered, to be employed in James river, of which when finished he isto have the command, and is to engage his officers and seamen, his certificates for the workmen's wages and necessaries, will be paid when produced, and the utmost expedition is recommended to him.
Ordered a Warrant to Mr. John Calvert for £50 upon account.
1. Journal of the Committee of Safety of Virginia From February 7, 1776, to July 5, 1776, Calendar of Virginia State Papers (Richmond, 1890), VIII, 78. Hereafter cited as Virginia State Papers.