Present. Hon^ble. George Bryan, Esq^e. Vice President. [blank] Mackay Esq^e. Matt^w. Smith Esq^e. Jacob Arndt, Esq^e. John Bambright, Esq^e. & Thomas Scott, Esq^e.

Capt. Hugh Montgomery applied to Council for Ten Waggons for the accomodations of the Officers & Men belonging to the State Fleet, now going to Philadelphia: And an Order was drawn and Signed by the hon^ble Vice President, directed to the Waggon Master, of the County of Lancaster requesting him to furnish Capt. Montgomery with Ten Waggons. . . .

An Order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Hugh Montgomery, or his Order, for the Sum of One thousand Pounds, to be paid to the Officers & Men belonging to the State Fleet, & charged to William C, Bradford, paymaster of the State Fleet. . . . 

The Officers of the State Fleet represented that they had been at a very considerable expence in removing themselves & families from Trenton to this Borough¹ & that they had not been supplied with their Rations on the Road, by which their expences had been extravagantly high & such as they were not able to bear; On consideration Ordered, That the Officers of the State Fleet, who were ordered up to Lancaster be allowed for their extra expences on the road two Dollars a day each, besides their back Rations.