[Philadelphia] Ap. 11 [1777]
[Extract]
The fine new Frigate, called the Delaware, Capt. Alexander, has sailed down the River. I stood upon the Wharf to see the fine figure and Show she made. They are fitting away the Washington, Captn. Reed [Read], with all possible dispatch.
1. Butterfield, ed., Adams Family Correspondence, II, 203-04.
