[Wilmington] Saturday June 8th 1776.
General [James] Moore laid before the Council a Letter from Francis Parry, Captain of the Cruizer Ship of War and another from Mr Francis Clayton proposing an exchange of a prisoner.
The Council are of Opinion That General Moore may send down Mr Stephen in Exchange for Mr Clayton agreeable to the proposal made by Mr Clayton through Mr Parry.
1. Secretary of State Papers (Provincial Conventions and Congresses/Councils 1774-1776), NCDAH.
