In Committee of Safety. Philad'a, 26th Feb'y, 1776.
Resolved, That Mr. [John] Nixon & Mr. [Robert] Whyte employ as many Ship Carpenters as they may think proper, to work on board the Provincial Ship now building by Simon Sherlock, in order that the building of her may be forwarded in the most expeditious manner.
1. Pennsylvania Colonial Records, X, 495.