Philadelphia, 15th April 1776.
[Extract]
...The Marine Committee have assigned this evening for the appointment of officers for the ships but I shall get the appointment for your ship put off till I hear from you, I have wrote you several times on this subject and hope soon to have a long list and that it will contain something more than is necessary, that I may have a hand in the choice . . .
1. William Whipple Papers, Force Transcripts, LC.
