A Reply to the Address from this Committee to Capt Jas Nicholson was delivered in, and ordered to be printed in the Papers together with the Addressー

Permissions were granted to John Abbott & John Martin Baker [t]o depart with their two Vessels N 15 & 16 taken up for the Publick Use at Whetstone Point, they having produced Certificates, that said Vessels were not wantedー

Capt James Philips is directed by the Committee to superintend and oversee the compleating of whatever is wanting about the Cannon now mounting at Fells Point, & to employ whatever Carpenters, Blacksmiths, or other Trades People are wanting to compleat the said Business & collect the Account of all such Works, and deliver them into the Committee, for which Service Capt Philips shall be paid by the Committeeー