Philad'a, Novem'r 14th, 1776.
Mr. [John Maxwell] Nesbitt was directed to pay ... Bowyer Brooks' Acco't for Oars & repairs for several of the Armed Boats & for Building a Guard Boat, £ 106 0 11.
Intelligence was recd by express that several hundred Transports had sailed from New York, & steered their Cource to the Southward, & expected to be intended for this City; whereupon, the Council wrote a Circular Letter to the Commanding Officers of the Battalion of Militia, earnestly requesting them to march their respective Battalions to this City Immediately.
The Commodore was ordered not to suffer any sea Vessell to Pass through the Chevaux-de-Frize.
Ordered, That Commodore Seymour do Immediately station one of the Arpied Boats belonging to this State at or near Glocester Point, and exert their Utmost Vigilance in preventing all shallops from Passing down the river. Wood Boats are to be permitted to pass and repass.