At a Special Meeting [Philadelphia] December 1st, 1776.
Resolved, That Mr. William Richards & Mr. Mathew Clarkson be appointed to provide every necessary for accommodating the militia on their passage from here to Trenton, to have Oars fixed to each Shallop, and proportion the number of men each can carry.
Dispatched expresses to Chester, Philad'a, Bucks & Northampton counties, to hasten the march of Militia to reinforce Gen'l Washington in New Jersey.
1. Pennsylvania Colonial Records, XI, 24-25.