Present. His Excell^y. Tho^s. Wharton, junior, Esq^r., President. Hon^ble. George Bryan, Esq^r., Vice President. Joseph Hart, Esq^r., Jonat^n. Hoge, Esq^r., James Edgar, Esq", Jacob Arndt, Esq^r. &—Mackay Esq^r.

... Peter Sommers laid before the Council, an order drawn by Will^m. C, Bradford, in favor of Henry Shriver, for the Sum of One hundred & Sixty Seven Pounds & five Shillings, to be charged to the said Will^m. C, Bradford: And an order was drawn by William Crispin, Commissary of the State Fleet, in favor of Lasky & Shriver,¹ for the Sum of Eleven hundred & Twenty eight pounds, Seventeen Shillings & Six pence, for sundry Cattle delivered for the use of the Fleet, the said Sum to be charged to the said Will^m. Crispin, These order not being endorsed to Mr. Sommers & therefore not payable to him, the Council found a difficulty in granting an order on the Treasury; but Capt, Joseph Blewer² having represented that the Money had been long due, & that Sommers was in partnership with Lasky & Shriver, On consideration, An Order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Capt. Joseph Blewer, for the Sum of One hundred & Sixty Seven Pounds, five Shillings to be charged to Will^m. C, Bradford, Paymaster of the Fleet: Also an Order was drawn on the Treasurer, in favor of Capt. Joseph Blewer, for the Sum of One Thousand, One hundred & Twenty Eight Pounds, Seventeen Shillings & Six pence, the same to be charged to Will^m. Crispin, Commissary.... 

Capt. Joseph Blewer of the Navy board attended the Council and informed, that it was intended to have Sunk the Gondola's &ca. on Tuesday last, near Trenton, & therefore, there cannot be any farther use in continuing the Men belonging to them at Trenton; and that there is about twenty Sick & wounded, belonging to the Boats, which require care & attention— That the Ammunition, Sails, Arms, Stores, belonging to the boats, are at Pitts-town in New Jersey and require Some guards to be kept over them;— That the Cannon & Shot are sunk in different places in New Jersey;— That about 76 pieces of Canvas & some Oznabrigs which were on board the Store Sloop, was at Northampton under the care of Capt. Joseph Stiles.— Ordered That all the Linens in the possession of Capt. Joseph Stiles at Northampton, suitable for the purpose, be made up into Shirts for the Soldiers; & that he be requested to get them made as expeditiously as possibly & acquaint this Council of his progress therein. 

On consideration of the State of the Navy made by Captain Blewer, Ordered, That the men belonging to the Navy be ordered up to this bourough, under the direction of such Officers, as the Navy board, to whom they are best known, may judge most proper, & that two Months Pay, over & beside what is due to them, be paid to the remaining Officers & then discharged, as there appears not to be any further service for them at present.— That a small guard be left at Pitts-Town, until the Stores be removed. That the Sick be ordered to this Borough by way of Reading:— That the Ammunition & most valuable Stores be removed from Pitts-town to Easton in the County of Northampton & the remainder committed to the care of Mr. Moore Furman.—³ That the Waggon Master of the County of Bucks, furnish Waggons to the State Navy board, for the removal of Sick & baggage from Trenton to this borough.— That the Waggon Master of the County of Northampton furnish Waggons to the State Navy board, for the removal of the Stores from Pitts-town in New Jersey to Easton in this State.⁴