[Philadelphia] Monday, December 2, 1776
Resolved, That the Marine Committee be empowered to advance 20 dollars to each seaman who will enter to serve on board the Randolph, Captain Biddle, the same to be deducted out of their share of the prize money.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the council of safety of Pensylvania to send immediately one of their gallies along the Jersey shore, between this and Trenton, to bring over all the river craft, vessels, and boats from the Jerseys to the Pennsylvania side of Delaware, in order to prevent their becoming serviceable to the enemy, in their attempts to cross said river:
1. Ford, ed., JCC, VI, 998, 999, 1000.