[655] Ibid., September 21, September 24, October 7, 1776.
[656] Ibid., April 19, 1776.
[657] Journals of New York Committee of Safety, February 13, 1777; Journals of New York Provincial Congress, April 1, 1777.
[658] Journals of New York Provincial Congress, August 16, 1776.
[659] Journals of New York Committee of Safety, January 15, 1777.
[660] New York Constitution of 1777. See Carson, Supreme Court of United States, p. 45, for further references to the admiralty legislation of New York.
[661] New Hampshire Archives, VIII, 106, 186, 195. In March, 1776, the New Hampshire House of Representatives appointed a committee of three to look out for an armed vessel to guard the coast. It is believed that no vessel was procured.
[662] Force, American Archives, 5th, I, 90-96.
[663] Minutes of Provincial Congress and Council of Safety of New Jersey, 1775-1776, 510, 520, 525, 528.
[664] Minutes of Provincial Congress and Council of Safety of New Jersey, 1775-1776, 370-71, 396, 479.