[Resolved] That, as the colony of Virginia is intersected with many navigable rivers, six gallies be built for the protection of the troops in their transportation across the said rivers, at the continental expence, on as cheap terms as the business for which they are intended will admit of; that such other defence of the rivers and bays, as shall be requisite for the colony, be at the particular charge of the inhabitants thereof; And, that General [Charles] Lee, or the commanding officer in Virginia, transmit to Congress, as early as possible, an account of the expence which shall be incurred in consequence of this resolution.

The Secret Committee having informed Congress of the arrival of one of the vessels fitted out at the expence of the continent, with a quantity of cash,

Resolved, That the Secret Committee be directed to give orders for sending the cash, with all convenient despatch, to the commissioners of Congress in Canada:

The secret committee laid before Congress A letter from Mr. [John] Langdon; and, the same being read,

Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee of Secret Correspondence, and that said Committee be directed to apply to the Marine Committee for the use of one or more of the continental fleet; and that they send the same to the French West India islands, in order to procure, if possible, a number of muskets, not exceeding ten thousand, and further, that the said Committee be directed to endeavour to discover the designs of the French in assembling so large a fleet, with a great number of troops in the West Indies; and whether they mean to act for or against America.