In Committee of Safety Philad'a, 4th A'l, 1776.
Upon application of Capt: [Nathaniel] Falconer for some arms & ammunition for the use of the pilot Boat statii:m'd at Bombay Hook, By order of the Board, Robert Towers, Commissary;:was directed to deliver 5 Muskets, 10 Rounds of Powder & Ball, & 8 Swivel shot.
Resolved, That the officers of the armed Boats be instructed not to suffor any Pilot Boat or Pilot (except those employed by' this Committee, to navigate from Chester to this City) to pass down the River, below the Chevaux de Frize, without producing a permit in writing from this Board or the Commodore. . .
1. Pennsylvania Colonial Records, X, 535.
