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Resolved, unanimously, That messieurs [John] Bayard, [Mark] Bird and [Jonathan B.] Smith, be appointed a committee to wait upon the chairman of the committee of safety, and desire a copy of all orders given to captain Samuel Davidson, since his appointment as principal commander of the navy of this province, to be laid before this conference.
Resolved, unanimously, That it be recommended to...
Date: 23 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
The committee appointed to wait on the captains of the row-gallies, &c., made their report which was read, and is in the following words: That they had proceeded to said fleet in order to execute their appointment and wait on said captains (the commodore being gone to Philadelphia,) who declare solemnly that they would pursue no measure that would involve the fleet in confusion, or in any...
Date: 24 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
On motion, Resolved, That it be recommended to the committee of safety of this province to confine the command of Commodore Davidson to the ship of war and floating battery belonging to the province, and to issue no orders to the captains or other officers of the row-gallies, fire-ship or firerafts, through the said commodore, until the convention meets, and that it be recommended to the captains...
Date: 25 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5