Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed to hear the parties on the appeal against the verdict and sentence of condemnation passed against the schooner Thistle and her cargo.

The members chosen, Mr. [Richard] Stockton, Mr. [Samuel] Huntington, Mr. [Robert Treat] Paine, Mr. [James] Wilson, and Mr. [Thomas] Stone.

Resolved, That in all continental commissions, and other instruments, where, heretofore, the words "United Colonies" have been used, the stile be altered, for the future, to the "United States."