State of Massachusetts
In Council April 26t 1777
It appearing to the Board to be a Work,of Necessity that the following Armed Vessels Vizt ー
Should be imediately fitted for Sea Thereupon Ordered that the Comanders and such other Persons as may think needfull for that purpose be and, hereby are permitted to Labour on the 27t Inst giving as little Disturbance to the Good People of this State in the Performance of the religious Duties of the Day as may be —
By Order of Council Jno Avery Dpy Secy
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 166, 369.