In Congress, May 21, 1776 : Resolved, that all persons taken in arms on board any prize, be deemed prisoners, to be taken care of by the supreme executive power in each colony to which they are brought, whether the prize be taken by vessels fitted out by

Signed: Extract from the minutes- published by order of Congress- Charles Thomson- secretary. Another issue in a different setting of type has "Philadelphia" as the first word of the title. Imprint from Evans. Text includes the form of the parole for prisoners of war. Not in Sabin. New-York Historical copy has manuscript corrections in the text. References: Evans 15142; Journals of the Continental Congress- 108.