Sir
the Govr & Council of Safety [are] Informed That you are Infirm & Incapacitated for your Command on Board the Brig Defence though your Skill, Courage, and Faithfulness are well Approved of —
Your are therefore Discharged from your Office and Place on Board with our Thanks for your Past Good Service
Given under my Hand in Middletown the 11th Day of Janry 1777 —
J.T ——— 1
1. Conn. Arch., 1st Series, IX, 127, ConnSL.
