[Philadelphia] Thursday, May 23, 1776
Resolved, As the opinion of this Congress, that James M'Knight ought to restore to the owners the money found on board the sloop Sally, and also all the effects, or the money he received for the effects, on board the said sloop, at the time she was run on shore, and for the wreck, tackle and furniture of said sloop; which effects, wreck, tackle, and furniture, were sold or pretended to be sold, or secreted by him, the said James M'Knight.
1. Ford, ed., JCC, IV, 383-85.