Continental Navy Board
[Philadelphia] July 30th 1777
Sir,
Deliver to the Order of the honorable the State Navy Board such Boards, Scantling and Plank as they may want for the purpose of fitting out the Continental Fire Ships. —
Francis Hopkinson John Wharton
A True Copy Ebenezer Massey Secy S. N. B.
1. Navy Board Minute Books, vol. 2, Pa. Arch. A similar letter was sent to the Commissioners of Naval Stores, James Wharton and Nathaniel Falconer, this date.
