[Philadelphia] Decem. 23d, 1776.
Mr. [John Maxwell] Nesbitt order'd to pay Jno. Brown for services in sinking the Chevaux de Frize at Billingsport, Fifty-four Pounds five shillings & six pence, to be charged to Congress.
J. M. Nesbitt order'd to pay Benjamin Croffts Five Pounds on acco't for Painting the Galleys.
1. Pennsylvania Colonial Records, XI, 60.