[Providence] June 20th 1776
Voted. That a Captain of Marines shall lnlist forty good men a Lieutenant thirty three, a second Lieutenant Twenty seven before they be intitied to their Commis[si]ons
That Silas Devol (of Tivertown) be Appointed Captain of Marines to the Ship Providence
That Mr William Barron be appointed first Lieutenant of the Ship Providence
That James Sellers be second Lieutenant of the Ship Warren.
That Benjamun Page be third Lieutenant of the Ship Providence.
That Niles Christian be second Mate of the Ship Warren.