[Philadelphia] 4th Augst, 1776
...wrote 2 passes ...one to James M'Cluer Liuetenant Marines Ship Randolph, to the Camp.2
1. Diary of Christopher Marshall, HSP.
2. James McClure was commissioned a Marine second lieutenant on June 25, 1776. Ford, ed., JCC, V, 478. The above entry is the only evidence that he was assigned to the Randolph. His Marine service seems to have ended with his departure for camp. McClure, on January 1, 1777, was commissioned a captain-lieutenant in the 2d Regiment of Philadelphia Artillery, Hazard, et al., eds. Pennsylvania Archives, 5th series, III, 1030.
