[Philadelphia] Monday 15 [January, 1776] ... it was recommended to the Comee of Safety of Penns a to discharge such Privates as they please that were lately cast away on Board of the Transport at Egg Harbor ー 2
1. Richard Smith's Diary, LC.
2. The Rebecca & Francis was cast away on Brigantine Beach, New Jersey, in October 1775, Volume 2, 545.