I do hereby certify that John Paul Jones was duly commissioned and appointed to command the armed sloop called the Providence and that the sd Sloop is now employed in the Service of the thirteen United States of North America Witness my Hand
John Hancock Presid
[Philadelphia] October 29th 1776
1. Naval History Society Collection, NYHS. This is not a commission but a certificate issued in connection with the trial of prizes brought in by the Continental Navy.
