In Council of Safety,
[Philadelphia] Sept'r 20th, 1776.
Samuel Mifflin, Esq'r, declined serving as Commodore & Com'r-in-Chief of the Fleet of this State.
Mr. Nesbitt was directed to pay Capt. Jos. Blewer 50s. for scraping the Galley Convention.
1. Pennsylvania Colonial Records, X, 724.