[Boston] Friday April 10th. 1778
On motion Ordered that the Secretary be & he hereby is directed to take Bonds of all Persons taking out a Commission for an Armed Vessel in the sum of two thousand pounds conditioned that they shall not carry out with them any person in pay of this State or any Officer or Soldier belonging to the Continental Army—
LB, M-Ar, Mass. Archives Collection, vol. 22 (Council Records, Jan.-Oct. 1778), p. 154. Marginal note: "Order to Secretary.”
