State Navy Board [Philadelphia] July 12th 1777
Gentlemen /
This Board labours under the necessity of some rigging and cannot do without, and have no other method of being supply'd, but by Messrs Tittermarys', who cannot serve us without some men whom you have got, therefore you'l be pleased to furnish them with the following Men —
1. Navy Board Minute Books, vol 2, Pa.Arch.
2. Wharton was Commissary of Naval Stores for the Continental Navy.
