In Congress, April 3, 1776 : Resolved, that every person intending to set forth and fit out a private ship or vessel of war, and applying for a commission or letters of marque and reprisal for that purpose, shall produce a writing, subscribed by him, containing the name, and tonnage or burthen of the ship or vessel, the number of her guns, with their weight of metal ...

In Congress, April 3, 1776 : Resolved, that every person intending to set forth and fit out a private ship or vessel of war, and applying for a commission or letters of marque and reprisal for that purpose, shall produce a writing, subscribed by him, containing the name, and tonnage or burthen of the ship or vessel, the number of her guns, with their weight of metal ... United States. Continental Congress. Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) DLC text [Philadelphia : Printed by John Dunlap, 1776] eng Signed: By order of Congress, [blank] president. Imprint supplied from Evans. LC copy signed in ms.: John Hancock. Annotated on verso: Duplicates. Evans Journals of the Continental Congress, ESTC Privateering--United States. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prizes, etc. United States Philadelphia. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/bdsdcc.01001