The committee, to whom were referred... the letter from lord Stirling, dated 24th of the same month [January], and the letter from Mr. [Samuel] Tucker, chairman of the committee of safety of New Jersey, dated the day last mentioned, brought in their report: Whereupon,

[Resolved] That the alertness, activity and good conduct of Lord Stirling, and the forwardness and spirit of the gentlemen, and others, from Elizabeth town, who voluntarily assisted him in taking the ship Blue Mountain Valley, were laudable and exemplary; and that his lordship be directed to secure the capture, until the further order of the Congress; and that, in the mean time, he cause such part of the loading, as would otherwise perish, to be disposed of by sale.

The committee on the inlistment of apprentices &c. brought in their report, which, after debate, was recommitted. ²