Petition of William Powell & James Bowdoin junr respecting two Captains of Vessels & a number belonging to said Vessels imployed in their Service who are now prisoners onboard the Guard Ship in New York praying that the Commissary of Prisoners of this State may receive Orders from Your Honors to effect their Exchange &c &c Ordered that the Prayer of the Petition be granted & that the Commissary of Prisoners be & he hereby is directed to send under a proper Guard Capt Richard Saint Hill & Capt Martin Cox Capt Young Capt North & Thomas Jolley Prisoners onboard the Guard Ship in this Harbour to Providence advising Governor Cooke thereof that he may send a Cartel for the Exchange of the above Persons Vizt Capt Saint Hill for Capt Collas Capt Young for Capt Barnabas Gardiner Capt Cocks & Capt North for Capt Flinn & some other Captain & Thomas Jolley Mate for Hayden Capt Gardners Mate all which Persons are now Prisoners on Board the Prison Ship at New York —

Petition of Joseph Marquand setting forth That he with Thomas Jones & John Stickney have fitted & equipped for a Cruize against the Enemies of America the Schooner Washington Commanded by Thomas Clough praying that he may be Commissioned for that purpose — Ordered that the Prayer of the Petition be granted & that a Commission be issued out to Thomas Clough as Commander of the above mentioned Schooner he complying with the Resolves of Congress —