The Board of Treasury having taken into consideration the memorial of the Honorable Thomas McKean, Esquire, dated March 1st. and referred to them by Congress, beg leave to report.

That it appears by the said memorial and divers testimonies on oath exhibited and filed, that eight Setts of Bills of Exchange, for thirty dollars each payable to the memorialist on order, duly issued by the Continental Loan-Officer for the State of Delaware, all dated September 25th. 1779 and numbered from 1721 to 1728 inclusive, were by him delivered to Samuel Young, Commander of the Lady Washington Letter of Mark, bound to St. Eustatia, and on the voyage thrown over board to avoid capture, and thereby lost; the truth whereof the Board have no reason to doubt. Whereupon,

Ordered, That the Treasurer of Loans be directed to sign and deliver to Samuel Patterson, Commissioner of the Continental Loan office for the State of Delaware, to be by him issued to the Honorable Thomas McKean, Esquire, Eight Setts of Exchange of thirty Dollars each, amounting to two hundred and forty dollars of the tenor and date aforesaid, excepting that each Sett is to consist of the 5th. 6th. 7th and 8th. bills, one of the eight only to be paid. That the Treasurer of Loans furnish the said Thomas McKean with quadruplicate letters of advice, each containing a certified Copy of this Resolution.