[Watertown] Wednesday April 17th 1776
Resolved That the Select men & Committee of Safety &c. for the Town of Truro, be and they hereby are directed to deliver to Capt James Holmes, late Master of the Ship Friendship, Stranded on the Shoar at Cape Cod the 29th day of Feby last, The remainder of his Private Property that is yet in the hands of the Said Selectmen and Committee cif Safety of Said Town of Truro-
In the House of Representatives. The House made Choice of Simeon Sampson as Captain of the Armed Brigantine Building at Kingston for the Service of this Colony.
In Council Read & Concurred
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 34, 764, 765, 769.