Lebanon April 9th 1776
Draw on the Colony Treasurer for the Sum of Seven Hundred Pounds m Favour of Messers .Isaac Sears William Greenough Michael Todd and James Rice Committee for fitting out the Brig Defence and Building and fitting the Row Galley Whiting and for them to Render Account
By Order of the Govr & Council of Safety
Benj Huntington Clerk P.T. To the Committee of Pay Table Hartford £700.
1. Conn. Arch., 1st Series, IX, 61a, ConnSL.