In Committee of Safety. Philad'a, 6th Feb'y, 1776.
Resolved, That Messrs. [James] Mease, Mr. [George] Clymer, & Mr. [Samuel] Howell, be a Committee to treat with Messrs. Bayard & Hodge, concerning the importation of a Number of Firelocks from foreign parts.
1. Pennsylvania Colonial Records, X, 477,488.