Philadelphia June 21st 1776
[Extract]
John [Burroughs] Hopkins is appointed to the Command of the largest Ship, called Warren after Dr.[Joseph] Warren of glorious Memory, and Samuel Tompkins to the Command of the smallest called Providence. ー2
1. "Revolutionary Correspondence of Governor Nicholas Cooke, " Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, New Series, XXXVI, 326, 327. Hereafter cited as "Nicholas Cooke Correspondence," AAS Proceedings.
2. Command of Providence actually went to Abraham Whipple.
