[Philadelphia] December 7th, 1776.
Resolved, That this Port shall be opened on Monday next, and all Vessells be allowed to pass and Repass.
Commissions were granted to Wingate Newman, Captain; Wm. Baxter, Cap'n Lieut.; Nathaniel Wallace, 2nd Lieut.; & John Sober, Lieut. fire Worker of artillery in the Militia of the City & Liberties of Philad'a.2
1. Pennsylvania Colonial Records, XI, 36, 37.
2. Officers of the Pennsylvania privateer brig Hancock who had volunteered to serve in the army during the emergency.
