Hartford 16 May 1776
Gent  Please to draw on the Treasurer for the sum of Five Hundred pounds, in favr of Cap Uriah Hayden of Saybrook, Master Builder of the ship building at Saybrook for the Use of the Colony, to be by Him accounted for in & about building & Material &c for sd Ship
By Order of the Govr & Council of Safety
Wm Williams Clerk
1. Conn. Arch., 1st Series, IX, 1162, ConnSL.