Resolved That John Gale or William Calvert be appointed to the Command of the Brigantine Betsey now lying in Edenton Bay and Laden with a Cargo of Tobacco on the Continental Account and Bound on a Voyage to Europe, and should they both refuse to take the Command of the said Brigantine in that case the Committee of the Town of Edenton be impowered to appoint some person well skilled in the Art of Navigation, and who is a known Friend to the American Independency to the Command of the said Brigantine Betsey.

Resolved That Robert Smith Esquire of Edenton be permitted to Export to any of the French or Neutral Islands in the Sloop Betsey, James Ferguson Master the following Articles, to wit. twenty thousand Hogshead Staves and heading, he having entered into Bond with Security in the Sum of One thousand pounds to import into this province the Net proceeds of the Staves above mentioned in Salt Arms Ammunition and other warlike Stores.