In Council of Safety
[Philadelphia] September 13th, 1776.
Permission was given Christopher McClure, Tho's Gaskil, Isaac Tublin, & Benja. Cliffton, Blacksmiths, on board our fleet, to come to this City to work on Anchors, making by De Offley, for the Continental Frigates, if they are not already employed in the Service of this State.
1. Pennsylvania Colonial Records, X, 716, 717.
