[Charleston] Saturday 18th January 1777 —
Navy Board The Board Mett According to Adjournment Present Edward Blake Esqr. first Commissioner — Thos Savage, Thos Corbett, Josiah Smith, Esqrs —
Agreed that the first Commissioner do Order payment of the Following Accots Viz
The following Advertisement was sent to Mr. John Wells.2
Navy Board Charles Town January 18th 1777.
The Public are in want of a Number of Batteaus, that will Carry from Twenty to Forty men Each Any persons willing to Enter into Contract for Building the same are desired to send their proposals in writing to
Edward Blake first Commissioner
1. Salley, ed., South Carolina Navy Board, 36, 37.
2. Printed in the South-Carolina and American General Gazette, January 30, 1777.
