State Navy Board
[Philadelphia] April 7th 1777
An Order on William Webb to John Brannon for one pound ten Shillings & 6 (for 1 month & 6 days Wages, £5 .. 8 deducting Three pounds Seventeen Shillings & Six pence for 1 pair Breeches, 1 pr Shoes & 1 pr Stockings) £1.10 .. 6.
An Order on William Webb to John Charmondy, for Four pounds thirteen shillings (for 1 mo & 6 days wages £5 .. 8, deducting 15/ for pr Shoes £4.13.
Order'd, Commodore Seymore to send Cap. [Alexander] Henderson with his Galley, down to Reedy Island & Search the different Vessels outward and Inward bound for any Deserters belonging to the State fleet.2
Order'd Captain [Jeremiah] Simmons of the Arnold Battery, to attend this Board tomorrow morning and furnish us with his reasons for not recruiting.