On motion, Resolved, That it be recommended to the committee of safety of this province to confine the command of Commodore Davidson to the ship of war and floating battery belonging to the province, and to issue no orders to the captains or other officers of the row-gallies, fire-ship or firerafts, through the said commodore, until the convention meets, and that it be recommended to the captains and other officers of the gallies, &c., to pay all due obedience to the committee of safety until that time, and until a new appointment shall take place.

Resolved, That Messrs. [Henry] Hill, [Jonathan B.] Smith and [Joseph] Blewer, be a committee to wait on the committee of safety, with a copy of the said resolution.

The above committee reports that they have delivered the said recommendation to the committee of safety, which was then sitting.