[Philadelphia] Friday 2 [February]. Capt [John Hamilton] Dempster ordered to be discharged ー [Francis] Lewis informs of Several Vessels returned to New York from unsuccessful Voyages for Arms & Ammunn... [Samuel] Ward from a Comee reported that the Petn of Keppele [Henry Kepple] and [John] Steinmetz prayg Compensation for their Ship and Cargo detained by Gen. [William] Howe, ought not to be granted.
1. Richard Smith's Diary, LC.
