[Philadelphia] Decr 4th
. . . Great Numbers People moving & Militia with [Thomas] Proctor's Compy and two field peices waggons &c no news to be depended upon but that 140 Sail Of vessels left New York last first day but not none by us where, and that general Lee with 10,000 men was within a few miles of the regulars
1. Diary of Christopher Marshall, HSP.