[Philadelphia] Saturday May 18.
...I received a letter from Capt [Philip] Lacey for Mr [Joshua] Wallace inform[in]g him there was no provisions on board the Vessel which was in Morris River2 & that [William] McFaden (the former Capt whose bad conduct made Mr Wallace dismiss him) had carried of[f] with him the directions for signals. The remainder of 1 night I spent in enquiring after a vessel for morris River & provisions.
1. Colonel William Bradford Papers, HSP.
2. The brig Polly, destined for France under contract with the Secret Committee of Congress, in Maurice River, New Jersey. See William Bradford to Joshua Wallace, May 19, 1776.
