[Williamsburg] Friday, 5th April, 1776.
[A warrant] to Capt. Lilly for £30 upon acc't for defraying expenses of fitting Brig Liberty.
It appearing from the Report of Capt. Co[c]ke and other Information that Hutching's Packett is not sufficient for an armed cutter for James River, this Comm' ee decline taking her, and it is Ordered that 2 vessels be provided for the s'd River ー one to carry 2 six-pounders and 6 four-pounders and the other 6 four-pounders, and that Max. Calvert's Schooner be one of them .if the comm'ee approve her after the appraisement, provided if she can, in the opinion of Capt. Richard Barron, be conveyed up James River with safety; that both these vessels be fitted out at the most convenient and safe place up James or Appomattox River under the direction of Capt. James Cocke and Isaac Younghusband, who are respectively to command the same, and are empowered to purchase every article necessary for such vessels, to recommend proper officers to this board, and engage proper seamen.
1. Virginia State Papers, VIII, 153.