It is voted and resolved, that two row-gallies be forthwith built and equipped at the expense of this colony, for its protection and defence; that they be of a suitable bigness to carry sixty men each; to row with fifteen oars on a side, and to mount one eighteen-pounder in the bow, and a number of swivel guns, and that they be built in such further and particular form, model and construction, as shall be judged most suitable and fitting, by the committee hereafter named, for answering the design and purpose of their building.

And that Ambrose Page, Esq., be the person for the above purpose, and that he be empowered to draw out of the general treasury, a sum not exceeding £300, to enable him to prosecute the building.