[New York] Die Martis, 4 ho. P.M.
May 21st, 1776.
Capt. Jonathan Clarke, late from the French West Indies, and bound to some port to the eastward, attended, and was admitted. He informs that he has had the misfortune to have his vessel and cargo seized and taken by an armed tender near Black Point, below Sandy Hook; that he has four men of his late crew with him; that they depend on him for support, and that he is in want of a small sum of money to support them for the present.
Ordered, That Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Esq. Treasurer of this Congress, do advance to Capt. Jonathan Clarke twenty-five dollars, and take his receipt for the same.
Notes of Capt. Jonathan Clark's intelligence, which he gave to the Congress, were taken on the rough short notes of the day, and are filed.