In Committee of Safety,
Philad'a, 4th July, 1776.
Upon application of Capt. Nath'l Falconer for a quantity of Grape Shot, for the use of the Marine Committee of Congress,
By order of the Board, Robert Towers, Commissary, was directed to deliver One Cask of Grape Shot, for the use aforesaid.
By order of the Board, an order was drawn on Jno. Nixon, Esq'r, andothers, the Committee of Accounts, in favour of Capt. Jno. Hazelwood, for £100, which is directed to be Charged to his account.
The following advertiement is ordered to be published in the different News Papers of this City:
The Committee of Safety hereby Offer a Reward of One hundred Dollars to any Person who shall discover by whom the Pier intended to be sunk near Fort Island, was cut loose from its moorings and turned adrift.
Resolved, That the 6 Canon arrived from New London be sent down immediately to Fort Island, and that Capt. Proctor be directed to fit Carriages for them and place as many of them, for the present, on the Platform at the Battery there as it will contain.
