A letter, of the 26 December, from the navy board, at Bordentown, with sundry papers enclosed, respecting the conduct of Lieutenant Henessy,¹ was read:

Ordered, That it be referred to the Marine Committee. . . .

THREE O'CLOCK, P.M.

The Committee on the Treasury brought in a report, which was taken into consideration; Whereupon, . . .

Ordered, That a warrant issue on the Treasurer in favour of John Brown, Esq^r.2, for 13,359 dollars, for the purpose of discharging Thomas Cushing's order on the Hon. Henry Laurens, Esq. president of the Marine Committee, for that sum, in favour of Andrew and James Caldwell, & Co. dated Boston, 6th December last, and expressed to be for the use of the continental ships building in Massachusetts bay;³ the said Marine Committee to be accountable: