[Philadelphia] 27 [July, 1775]. This day, was launched, up town, a [galley] as another of [the] same construction, was launched last week, down town, each of them to row with ---- oars, to carry ---- cannon, ---- men, and small arms.
1. William Duane, ed., Extracts from the Diary of Christopher Marshall Kept in Philadelphia and Lancaster, During the American Revolution 1774-1781 (Albany, 1877), 33. Hereafter cited as Duane, ed., Marshall's Diary.
