At a Meeting of the Governor and Council of Safety,
[New Haven] Novr 15th, 1776.
Voted, To draw on the Pay-Table in favor of Capt. Wm Coit for. the sum of one thousand pounds for the use of the ship Oliver Cromwell, and to be in account. Order d[elivere]d to Wm Coit Novr.15th, 1776.
Voted, To give orders to Col. Jedh Elderkin and Nathll Wales junr, Esqrs, to go to New London and to do everything in their power to send out the ship Oliver Cromwell on a cruise, and make report &c. Order given Novr 15th, 1776.
Voted and resolved, To appoint Jedh Elderkin and Nathll Wales junr, Esqrs, to examine into the truth of a representation that Capt. [Thomas] Kennedy of a ship loaded out from New York with wheat, bound to France, is manned with captives and prisoners taken by privateers, and that said Captain Kennedy is of a suspected character and it is supposed that the said ship and cargo will in all probability fall into the hands of the enemy. Said Elderkin and Wales to take such affidavits and other evidence as they think proper and material, and make report to the Governor and Council of Safety with all convenient speed.2 Order given for the above purpose, Novr 15th, 1776.
Dr. Samll Lee of Windham is appointed Surgeon of the ship Oliver Cromwell. And his two apprentices are appointed 2d and 3d Mates under him in the order of their standing as apprentices, at the wages of £ 3 .. 0 .. 0 per month each.
