Lebanon April 2d 1776
Draw on the Colony Treasurer for the Sum of two Hundred Pounds Lawful Money in Favour of Capt Jonathan Le~ter to Enable him to Carry on the Building the Row Galley in Norwich, 2 and Render his Account when Required By Order of the Govr & Council of Safety 3 Benj Huntington Clerk P.T.
1. Conn. Arch., 1st Series, IX, Row Galley Papers, 13a, ConnSL.
2. The galley Shark.
3. Ibid., 14a, a similar order for £300 was drawn the same day in favor of Job Winslow, building the galley Crane at East Haddon, and another order in favor of Jonathan Lester was drawn April 9th for the Shark.