[Williamsburg] Saturday, 14th September 1776.
A Certificate dated July 25th of the Review of a Lieutenants quota of marines recruited by Lieutenant Henry Stratton of the Hero Galley, was returned and filed, the said Henry Stratton having taken the oath of Fidelity to this Commonwealth also received his Commission dated this day.
Permits issued to the Schooners Kitty, and Good Intent, Captains Stevens and Sea Brooke, outward bound, to trade at Hispaniola, or other foreign Port, allowed by Congress, a manifest of their Cargoes was lodged and filed.
1. McIlwaine, ed., Journals of the Virginia Council, I, 160, 162.