In Council of Safety,
[Philadelphia] October 11th, 1776.
Mr. Nesbitt was directed to pay Doctors Duffield & Rush for their attendance on the Fleet & Artillery Company of this State, from 27 Septemb'r, 1775, to July 5th, 1776, with Rations, £ 182 8 1.
A Commission was Granted, agreeable to resolve of Congress, to James Smith, Commander of the Letter of Marque Brig Rutledge, Mounting 12 Carriage Guns, navigated by 60 men, Burthen about 120 Tons, owned by Alexander Gillson [sic Gillon]
3 O'clock
Resolved, That Messrs. David Rittenhouse, Joseph Blewer, Emanuel Eyres & Peter Brown, go down to the Piers to-morrow and fix upon a method for fastening the Chain, and give directions to Thomas Davis & Lewis Gyon to prepare everything necessary to fasten it, without Delay; And that the Commodore order the Boom to be brought up to Kensington, to Mr. Peter Brown's Landing, as soon as the tide will serve.