[Charleston] Saturday, February 24, 1776.
The report of the Committee on the petition of Capt. [Henry] Aitkin and Mr. Russel [Nathaniel Russell], was taken under consideration; and the same being gone through:
Ordered, That the ship Port Henderson, be forthwith discharged, agreeable to the prayer of the petitioners.
1. Provincial Congress of South Carolina, 62-64.