In Council [Watertown] Sepr 26, 1776ー
Ordered That the Committee of Safety Inspection 8-c of the Town of Boston, be, & they hereby are Directed to Deliver to Mr William Ross owner of the ship William (Lately the Creighton) the sails, or any other Articles now in their Possession belonging to said ship, And the said Committee are further Directed, Carefully to Inspect the said ship, & to take Care that no one Person takes Passage in the said ship but such as have a Certificate in Writing under the hand of the Secretary of this State or his Deputy Certifying that Liberty has been Granted them for that Purpose.2 And the said Committee are also Directed to see that no other[s] but such as Produce a Certificate as aforesaid take passage in said Vessell, And the Committee are Directed to Permitt Mr Ross to take onboard as Provision for the Voyage Such Articles named in a Bill of Stores this Day Deliver'd Mr Ross signed by the Secretary, which has been alo[w] ed by this Board ー & the Committee are also Directed to Return a List of the names of the Persons who shall actually Sail in the said ship to this Board as soon as may be.3
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 165, 278.
2. See following entries.
3. To sail for England.