[Philadelphia] Friday 29 Decr A Petit[io]n from Simeon Sellick committeed to myself, Col. [William] Floyd & Francis Lightfoot Lee Esqr ー The House went into Grand Committee, Govr [Samuel] Ward in the Chair, when it was agreed after much Debate to allow Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina to import as much Salt as their several Conventions or Committees of Safety think necessary, from any foreign Country, & to export Produce therefor ー Debates upon opening our Ports to foreign Countries after the 1st of March next, within the Terms of our Association, ad joumed ー An Application from the Virginia Convention praying Means may be used for the Release of 3 Gentlemen, one of them a Delegate in that Convention named [William] Robinson, lately seized by Lord Dunmore, left for Consideration, (the brave Capt Manly retook & released these Gentn on their Voyage to Gen. [William] Howe at Boston)