Continental Marine Committee to William Phillips, Isaac Smith, and Ebenezer Storer, April 9, 1778

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[York, Pa.] April 9^th 1778.—

Gentlemen

Enclosed is a Copy of A Letter from Col^o. Benjamin Tuper to the President of Congress with A Resolve of Congress thereon¹ You will please to enquire of M^r Watson whether the Vessels & Cargoes have been sold²—if not you will dispose of them and pay to the Captors the several proportions justly due to them. We are Gentlemen [&c.]

LB, DNA, PCC, Marine Committee Letter Book, fol. 140 (M332, roll 6). Addressed before opening: "Isaac Smith, Eb: Storer & W: Philips Esq^rs." Phillips, Smith, and Storer, all Bostonians, were "Commissioners appointed by the Marine Committee to settle and adjust the accounts of Prizes, with the agent appointed by General [George] Washington.” JCC 10: 297–98.

1. In a letter to Henry Laurens of 19 Mar. 1778, Benjamin Tupper requested assistance in obtaining a share of prize money for two ships captured by him in Oct. 1775 at Washington's order. DNA, PCC, item 78, vol. 22, pp. 557–59 (M247, roll 103); see also, Washington to Tupper, 20 Oct. 1775, NDAR 2:539. Tupper's letter was referred to the Marine Committee, which on 31 Mar. recommended that the commissioners be ordered to pay Tupper and the other captors their fair share. JCC 10: 297–98. On 9 Apr., Congress approved the committee's recommendation. See Journal of the Continental Congress, this date, above.

2. William Watson had served as Continental agent at Plymouth, Mass.; he was appointed to that position by Gen. George Washington. NDAR 2: 493–94.

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1778 April 9

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Volume 12

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American Theatre from April 1, 1778 to May 31, 1778

Naval Documents of the American Revolution

Continental Marine Committee to William Phillips, Isaac Smith, and Ebenezer Storer, April 9, 1778

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