At a Meeting of the Committee 9 Septemr 1776 —
Job Green having appeared before the Committee and desired a Passport to pass the Fort for the Schooner Two Brothers now loaded with Bread & Flour intended for the West Indies, and the Committee being informed, that the said Schooner was the same Vessell, which belonged to Mr James Clarke, and was then called the Sea Flower, demanded of Mr Green, whether he would make Oath, that the said Vessell was his own Property, before the Time Mr Clarke was published as an Enemy to his Country, he answered, that he would not, the Committee therefore, Unan[imousl]y rejected a Clearance for said Vessell to pass the Fort, the more especially as Mr Green has refused to associate & has paid a Fine of £ 10ー