[Philadelphia] October 8th.
Resolved, That Captain Peter Long be appointed Ship's Husband.
Resolved, That Mr. [John] Wharton & Colo. [Anthony] Wayne be a Committee to go to the Carpenters down Town, & that Mr. [Owen] Biddle & Mr. [Bernard] Dougherty be a Committee to go to the Carpenters up Town, and desire they would to-morrow morning assist, with all their hands, the getting a Float and taking down to Fort Island the Machines from Gloucester Shore.
1. Pennsylvania Colonial Records, X, 360.