[Philadelphia] Tuesday 2. Jany Agreed to write to Gen [Philip] Schuyler ordering Him to confine Brig. Gen Prescot [Richard Prescott] now at Kingston in Ulster County, till further Order, acquaintg Him, (Schuyler), of the reason viz the ill Usage of Col. Ethan Allen, We did not order the Prisoner into Irons because it is not quite certain how Allen is treated ー... [Christopher] Gadsden moved to add a Friend of his to John Rutledge & [Henry] Middleton now in S. Carolina to whom the Dispatche of Congress relative to the Attack on St Augustine are to be directed, & he further moved for Leave to repair to S.Carolina he being Commander in Chief of the Militia there where an Attack is apprehended these Motions were opposed by his Colleagues [Thomas] Lynch & E[dward] Rutledge & others and were carried in the Negative