[Philadelphia] December 28th. 1775
Resolved, That Capt. John Hazlewood be appointed to the command of Ten Fire Rafts, and Superintendant at Present over the whole Fleet of Rafts.
Resolved, That for the further Defence of this Province, a Floating Battery be Built
That Samuel Howell, Robert Whyte, and George Clymer, be a Committee to have the said Battery compleated as soon as Possible, and that they purchase the Guns and other necessaries for her.
1. Pennsylvania Colonial Records, X, 437.