[Philadelphia] Monday, October 7, 1776
The Secret Committee having informed Congress, that they had chartered and loaded in Virginia, the Aurora, late the prize ship called the Oxford, for account of the continent:
Resolved, That the president write to the governor and council of Virginia, and request them to give all the assistance in their power, in manning and despatching the said ship.
1. Ford, ed., JCC, V, 849, 850-51.