The Hono. Continental Congress having on the 23d of January, 1777, resolved that two frigates, one of 36 and the other of 28 guns, be immediately undertaken in the State of Connecticut; and whereas the Marine Committee on the 28 of January, 1777, ordered that Col. [Oliver] Wolcott transmit to Gov. Trumbull the resolve of Congress of Jany 23d for building two frigates in Connecticut and that he impower Gov. Trumbull and his Council to determine upon the places where they shall be built and to appoint proper places [sic persons] to execute and superintend the business; and whereas Col. Wolcott by his letter of the 29th Jany ulto has inclosed said resolve and order, and has in pursuance of the same impowered said Governor and Council for the purpose aforesaid:

Now therefore, by virtue of the power and authority as aforesaid, the said Governor and Council have and do determine that one of said frigates, viz: that one of said frigates 36 guns, be built in the river called Thames, between Norwich and New London, and do appoint Cap. Joshua Huntington of Norwich to execute and superintend the building of the same.²