[Williamsburg] Monday 19th February, 1776.
A Letter to the comm'ee of Northampton county, requesting them to employ at the public Expense one light, swift sailing vessel, to ply on and off the capes, and give Intelligence to the Philad'a Fleet of the strength of the British navy now here, and to continue the same 10 or 12 days.
1. Journal of the Committee of Safety of Virginia From February 7, 1776, to July 5, 1776, Calendar of Virginia State Papers (Richmond, 1890), VIII, 89, 90. Hereafter cited as Virginia State Papers.
