[Philadelphia] Thursday, August 22, 1776
The Marine Committee having recommended Dudley Saltonstal to the command of the frigate Trumbull; Jonathan Maltbay, first lieutenant, and David Phipps second lieutenant of the said frigate; [Robert] Wilson to be first lieutenant of the Washington, John Nicholson second lieutenant of ditto; John Hodge to command the Montgomery frigate, at New York.
Resolved, That they be accepted, and that commissions be granted to them accordingly.
Resolved, That the Secret Committee be directed to deliver to Major [Samuel] Nichols, a number of musquets, sufficient to arm the marines raising under his command in this city.
1. Ford, ed., JCC, V, 695, 696-97.