[Philadelphia] Thursday, August 15, 1776
The Congress resumed the consideration of the instructions given to Commodore Hopkins, his examination and answers, &c. and, thereupon, came to the following resolution:
Resolved, That the said Commodore Hopkins, during his cruize to the southward, did not pay due regard to the tenor of his instructions, whereby he was expressly directed to annoy the enemy's ships upon the coasts of the southern states; and, that his reasons for not going from Providence immediately to the Carolinas, are by no means satisfactory.
At the request of [the delegates of] Pennsylvania, the farther consideration of the report was postponed till to morrow.
Resolved, That the Secret Conimittee be directed to deliver to the order of the Marine Committee, such stores by them imported as are necessary for the fleet.