In Committee of Safety. Philad'a., 20th March, 1776.
Upon application of Capt. Falconer for a sum of Money for the use of the Committee appointed to fix Signals, &ca., in the Bay and River Delaware; By order of the Board, an order was drawn on John Nixon & others, the Committee of accounts, in favour of Capt. Nathaniel Falconer for £300 Resolved, That Capt. Leeson Simmons be joined to the Committee for fixing Signals in the Bay & River Delaware. Resolved, That Francis Feauss be appointed First Lieutenant to the Provincial Ship of War. That Edward Yorke be appointed Second Lieutenant to the said Provincial Ship.
1. Pennsylvania Colonial Records, X, 521.