[Wilmington] Tuesday July 2d 1776.
Resolved That Christopher Neale Esquire Judge of the Court of Admiralty at Port New Bern do immediately proceed on the Trial of the Brigantine William seized as British property and now lying at the said Port agreeable to the Resolves of the Congress.
1. Secretary of State Papers (Provincial Conventions and Congresses/Councils 1774-1776), NCDAH.