In Committee of Safety,
[Philadelphia] 25th June, 1776.
Upon application of Robert Morris, Esq'r, from the Marine Committee, for a quantity of Lead for the use of the four Frigates building for account of Congress.
Resolved, That this Board supply the said Ships with Lead for their Head pumps & Haurse Holl.
Robert Morris, Vice President.
1. Pennsylvania Colonial Records, X, 615, 616.