[Philadelphia] December 2nd, 1776.
Resolved, That all Vessells Cleared out at the Naval Office before this date, be suffered to depart this Port and Pass thro' the Chevaux de Frize.
Capt. [Wingate] Newman is permitted to take one or two of the Field pieces in the State House yard, & proceed with them and his men to the assistance of G'l Washington. 2
Resolved, That Capt. Samuel Williams be appointed Lieut't, & Capt. Thomas Read to join General Washington 3
Mr. Towers was directed to deliver Major Sam'l Nicholas 300 Bayonet Belts & Cartouch Boxes.4
1. Pennsylvania Colonial Records, XI, 24-26.
2. Commander of the Pennsylvania privateer brig Hancock.
3. Read commanded the unfinished Continental frigate Washington.
4. Senior officer of the Continental Marine Corps.