[Boston] Saturday Jany. 17th. 1778
In the House of Representatives. Whereas by a Resolve of the General Court passed the Sixth Day of August last, the Board of War were impowered and Directed to purchase or build two Anned Vessels to be employed in the service of this State, And whereas it appears to this Court, that the size and dimensions of the two Armed Vessels mentioned in said Resolve are too large to answer the purposes for which said Vessels were intended.
Therefore Resolved, That the said Resolution passed the Sixth Day of August last be, and hereby is revoked and declared null and void. And that the Board of War be, and they are hereby impowered and Directed forthwith to procure suitable Materials for Building and Arming two Vessels to mount Sixteen or Twenty Guns each.
In Council Read and Concurred. Consented to by Fifteen of the Council.
LB, M-Ar, Mass. Archives Collection, vol. 38 (Massachusetts General Court Records, 1777-1778), p. 238.