[Extract] 

The Council met 

Lancaster, Friday, April 17, 1778.

Present. His Excell^y. Tho^s. Wharton, jun., Esq^r., President. Joseph Hart, Esq^r.,, Jonatⁿ. Hoge, Esq^r.,, James Edgar, Esq^r.,, & Jacob Arndt, Esq^r., 

A Certificate signed by Will^m. Crispin, Commissary, setting forth, that he had took by force 121 Gallons of Jamaica Spirits, for the use of the Fleet, on the 20^th. of November, being laid before the Council, and it appearing to have been very old Spirit, for which he could have had Five Pounds ⅌ Gallon; whereupon, An Order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Elias Boyce, for the Sum of Six hundred & five Pounds, to be charged to Will^m. Crispin, Commissary. . .