War-Office, Boston March 13th 1778—
Order'd, That Thomas & Joseph Dakin be paid for Sundry Work for Brig Dolphin,1 as pr Bill . . . . £39.. 3.. 9—
Order'd, That Richd Skillin be paid Sundry Work for Brigt Dolphin, as pr Bill . . . . £11..11 ..—
Order'd, That Capt Hopkins2 deliver Capt Turner for the Brigt Dolphin, two Cohorns & two Swivels, with proper Apparatus for the Same.—
Voted, That Messrs Cross & Greenleaf be desir'd imediately to provide suitable Wooden Materials for building a twenty Gun Ship, to carry nine Pounders, & yt they be allow'd a reasonable consideration for their Trouble—
Order'd, That the Comy Genl3 deliver Capt Turner for the Brigt. Dolphin Six Ships Arms, one quarter fresh Beef and ten Bushels Potatoes.—
Order'd, That Mr Thomas Foster deliver Capt Turner for two Cohorns twenty five Cartridges 3 or 4lb each, —for two Swivels Forty Cartridges, and one hundred Eighty Musket Cartridges from the Powder delivr'd him from Sloop Reprisal,4 if he has it not[,] to deliver Capt Turner Powder sufficient to make the above Cartridges, & return the weight—
Agreed, with Capt Israel Turner on a Voyage from Boston to Bilboa in the Kingdom of Spain for £20..—..— pr Month Wages, —to be paid in Bilboa £80.— instead of Primage, kc. five Tons Priviledge, & 3/4d pr day while in port in Spain.—