[Boston] Wednesday Octr. 1st. 1777.
In the House of Representatives. Upon the Petition of Samuel Elliot Junr. Agent for the State of Connecticut. Praying, that the Prisoners taken on board the Ship Weymouth and the Brigg Honor, by the Ship Oliver Cromwell belonging to the said State,1 who are now confined in the Guardship in this Harbour, may be delivered him agreeably to the Vote of the Honble. Council of the State aforesaid, that they may be sent under proper guard to Connecticut.
Resolved, That Robert Pierpoint Esqr. Commissary of Prisoners, be and he hereby is Directed to deliver the Prisoners brought in, on board the Ship Weymouth and Brigg Honor to Samuel Elliot Junr. Agent for the State of Connecticut; he paying the customary allowance for their Subsistence while under the care of the said Commissary.
In Council Read and Concurred.
Consented to by Fifteen of the Council
LB, M-Ar, Mass. Archives Collection, vol. 38 (Massachusetts General Court Records), 80.
1. Connecticut Navy ship Oliver Cromwell.