Philad'a May 30th, 1776.
Gentlm'n: ー
By a decree of Court marshell held yesterday on Thos. Moore, found him guilty of mutiny and calling the officers of the fleet a set of Rebels, & threatening his entering on Board the first King's Ship he can get on Board of, the court have decreed him thirty Nine lashes, & to Be Impson'd during your pleasure. Gentlm'n, I Remain, [&c.]
H. Dougherty, President.
1. Hazard, et al., eds., Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd series I, 601.
