[Philadelphia] Thursday, June 27, 1776
The Congress took into consideration the letter from Governor Trumbull; and, after some debate,
Resolved, That the further consideration thereof be postponed; and, in the mean while, that Governor Trumbull be desired to send to Congress, an account of the cannon left at New London by Commodore Hopkins, their number, size, bore and weight, and also an account of the other cannon there.
1. Ford, ed., JCC, V, 485, 486.