Note 494 — Chapter XIII · THE NAVY OF PENNSYLVANIA
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Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, XI, Minutes of Supreme Executive Council, August 14, August 16, December 9, 1778. The capture of the sloop “Active” by the “Convention” in the fall of 1778, gave rise to the most celebrated prize case of the Revolution.—Jameson, Essays in Constitutional History of United States, 17-21.