[Philadelphia] Monday, April 1, 1776
Resolved, That Mr. [James] Mease, Commissary be directed to advance Captain [Bernard] Romans one month's pay for himself and the officers and men of his company, and also subsistence money to Albany. Resolved, That Mr. M'Kean [Thomas McKean] and Mr. [Robert Treat] P;:i.inebe directed to examine the gaol [of Philadelphia] and particularly. the apartments where [Moses] Kirkland, [Dr. John] Connolly, Smith [John F. D. Smyth] and [Allan] Cameron are confined, and report what is necessary to be done to have them safely and securely kept. Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to confer with Mr. M'Knight [James McKnight], and examine into his account, and the nature of his claim, and report thereon to Congress. 2 The members chosen, Mr. R. [Robert] Morris, Mr. M'Kean [Thomas McKean], and Mr. [John] De Hart.
1. Ford, ed., JCC, IV, 243, 246.
2. McKnight was prize master of the sloop Sally, taken by the British sloop General Gage. He deliberately ran the prize ashore on the Jersey coast, and claimed his share in her cargo. For inventory of the Sally's cargo, and the former master's list of his private property, see next entry.
