[New York] Die Jovis, A.M. April 18th, 1776.
Messrs. [Abraham] Vanzandt and [Thomas] Randall, of the marine committee, informed the Committee of Safety that the pilot boat, the Hamden, belonging to the Provincial Congress of this Colony is at Philadelphia, in the Colony of Pennsylvania; that she can not, with safety, be brought from thence; and that it is their opinion that the said vessel should be sold.
Mr. Van Zandt further informed the Committee that a small quantity of goods which arrived in the said sloop Hamden, and belong to the Colony, are in his custody: Thereupon,
Ordered, That the marine committee appointed by the Provincial Congress of this Colony sell the said sloop at Philadelphia, and pay the amount of the sales to the Treasurer of the Provincial Congress of this Colony. And,
Ordered farther, That the said marine committee do sell and dispose of the said goods and merchandise which were imported in the said sloop, and pay the amount of the sales thereof to the said Treasurer; and that they deliver in to the Provincial Congress, or Committee of Safety, an account of the amount of the sales of the said sloop and goods.