[Philadelphia] Tuesday 20 [February].
[Samuel] Chase drew a Form, which I altered, for disposing of the Ship Blue Mountain Valley and her Cargo, no Judge of the Admiralty being yet appointed in New Jersey, this Matter was debated & the Necessity of taking the whole Government from the Kings Substitutes 2 was descanted upon and postponedăź
1. Richard Smith's Diary, LC. Smith was a New Jersey delegate in the Continental Congress.
2. Colonial Admiralty Courts.
