Ordered that a Warrant issue to Captain Richard Barron for five hundred and eighty eight Pounds four Shillings being the balance due him his Officers & crew of the Boat Patriot for the two tenths of the Brig. Fanny and her Cargo taken by the said Boat which Share they are entitled to under a resolution of Convention passed the tenth of January last. Cap- tain Barron having given Bond and Security to account with the said Officers and Crew for their several proportions thereof.

Ordered that Captain William Smith of the Minute Men in Gloucester County do discharge from that Service any Ship Carpenters or Apprentices to Ship Carpenters who may desire it upon the order or application of the Commissioners of the Navy Board.