"Resolved, That a swift sailing
vessel, to carry ten carriage guns, and a proportionable number of swivels,
with eighty men, be fitted, with all possible despatch, for a cruise of three
months, and that the commander be instructed to cruize eastward, for
intercepting such transports as may be laden with warlike stores and other
supplies for our enemies, and for such other purposes as the Congress shall
direct.
That a Committee of three be appointed
to prepare an estimate of the expence, and lay the same before the Congress,
and to contract with proper persons to fit out the vessel.
Resolved, that another vessel be fitted
out for the same purposes, and that the said committee report their opinion of
a proper vessel, and also an estimate of the expence."
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