[Philadelphia] Saturday 30 Septr [1775]
A Comee of 3 viz [Benjamin] Harrison, [Benjamin] Franklin & [Thomas] Lynch was appointed by Ballot to proceed to the Camp at Cambridge ー Harrison & [Eliphalet] Dyer had an equal Number of Votes, the Question was taken Whether the Comee shall consist of 3 or 4 ー it was carried for 3. then the Vote was passed for a 3d Committee Man when Harrison was chosen ー A Comee of 5 was chosen to draw up Instructions for those Gentlemen ー . . . An Application was made to the Congress by Capt John MacPherson offering to destroy all the British Fleet at Boston if permitted ー postponed2
1. Diary of Richard Smith, LC.
2. Ibid., a footnote written later by Smith reads: "I believe he was afterwards permitted to go & that he came back without effectg any Thing."
