In Council of Safety.
Philadelphia, Dec'r 2, 1776.
Resolved,
That Capt. Huston 2 immediately proceed up the River Delaware, as far as Trenton, and remove all the river Craft, Vessels & Boats from the Jersey, to Pennsylvania side of Delaware, in order to prevent their becoming serviceable to the enemy in their attempts to cross said River.
By order of Council. 3
Passed.
1. Pennsylvania Archives, 1st series, V, 84.
2. Thomas Houston commanded the galley Warren, but the muster roll for December showed him "Absent," as well as seven crew members, Muster and Pay Rolls (Loose), Pennsylvania Navy, 1776-1779, Pa. Arch.
3. This resolution was not entered on the minutes of that day.
