[139] In the transmission of foreign mail the Navy Board at Boston acted as the agent of the Committee of Foreign Affairs. It both purchased and hired packet boats.
[140] Marine Committee Letter Book Committee to Navy Board at Boston, July 11, 1777; November 16, 1778.
[141] Sherburne, Life of John Paul Jones, ed. 1851, 30. Copies of the regulations on uniforms will be found in John Paul Jones manuscripts, Library of Congress.
[142] Clowes, Royal Navy, III, 347-50; IV, 182.
[143] Force, American Archives, 5th, II, 315.
[144] Journals of Continental Congress, September, 17, 1779.
[145] Ibid., December 7, 1778.
[146] Ibid., July 11, 1776.
[147] Ibid., June 16, 1778.
[148] Journals of Continental Congress, July 23, 24, 1777.