Muskets and Bayonets to Captain Robert Hardie, for the use of the Guard-Boats sent down with Fire-Rafts. Also, an Order to Captain Greenway to deliver four of the Muskets in his Boat to complete the complement of six to each Boat.

Resolved, That the said orders of the Vice-President be confirmed by this Board.

Resolved, That Lieutenant Richard Bogan, the Second, and Lieutenant George Ball, now Prisoners at Germantown, be removed from thence to the Town of York, and that the Committee of that County take the usual parole of them, and procure them suitable boarding and lodging, and that the said Committee pay for their subsistence 15s. for each, and draw on this Board for the same.

Upon application of Colonel Samuel Miles for a sum of Money for the use of the Battalions under his command, by order of the Board an Order was drawn in his favour on Michael Hillegas, Esq., for £1,000.

In Committee of Safety, June 14, 1776.

Present: George Clymer, Samuel Howell, Owen Biddle, James Mease, Michael Hillegas.

(Memorial to Congress of this date to come in here.)

In Committee of Safety, June 15, 1776.

Present: George Clymer, Chairman, Samuel Howell, Owen Biddle, Samuel Hunter, Alexander Wilcocks, George Gray, Joseph Parker, Daniel Roberdeau, John Nixon, Robert White, Thomas Wharton, Jun., George Ross.

Robert Towers, Commissary, was directed to deliver Captain Hazlewood sixty seven or eight-inch Shells for the use of the Fire Brigantine.

Resolved, That Captain Hazlewood be desired to send down the Fire Brig to be stationed near Fort Island, and that he apply to the Commanding Officer of the Fleet for a proper Guard, to be constantly kept on board her.

The Board having entered into an engagement with Mr. Joshua Tomlinson for a number of Gun-barrels, and an agreement to advance him the sum of £200, as will more fully appear by his Bond executed the 13th instant, by order of the Board an Order was drawn on John Nixon, Esq., and others, the Committee of Accounts, for £100, in favour of said Tomlinson, being a part of the said £200.

Resolved, That the two Chevaux-de-frise prepared for stopping the Channel, be immediately ballasted and moored in proper stations: that is, one of them just above the lowest Buoy and the other at the middle Buoy, and that Captain Hazlewood and Captain Cobourn apply for necessary assistance to the Commanding Officer of the Fleet, so as to stop the passage effectually upon any emergency, and on orders for that purpose from this Board; and that the said Captain Hazlewood proceed down to the Chevaux-de-frise and assist Captain Cobourn in fixing them in their stations without any delay.

Upon application of Samuel Hunter, Esq., for a quantity of Lead and Powder for the use of Northumberland County, by order of the Board Robert Towers, Commissary, was directed to deliver to Mr. Hunter two hundred and fifty pounds Powder and five hundred pounds of Lead.

The Honourable John Hancock, Esq., President of Congress, by Letter, this day requested this Board to take charge of a certain Mr. McClean, as a person inimical to the liberties of America, and to have him safely kept. In consequence thereof the following Commitment was issued:

“In Committee of Safety, Philadelphia, June 15, 1776.

“You are hereby ordered and enjoined to receive into your custody ——— McClean, who will be herewith delivered to you, and keep him safely until the Congress shall take order concerning him.

“By order of the Committee:

“GEORGE CLYMER, Chairman.

“To the Keeper of the Philadelphia Jail.”

Resolved, unanimously, That Samuel Davidson, Esq., the Commander of the Floating Battery, be appointed Commodore of the Naval Armaments of this Province, and that he be directed to attend on this Board on Monday next at eleven o’clock.

The honourable House of Assembly having taken into pay a Company of Riflemen in Westmoreland County, under the command of Captain Van Swearingen and Colonel John Proctor, of said County, applying for a sum of Money for their pay and subsistence, by order of the Board an Order was drawn on Michael Hillegas, Esq., in favour of said Proctor and for the uses aforesaid, for the sum of £400.

Resolved, That a number of Chevaux-de-frise be sunk as soon as possible across the channel of the River at Billingsport, to be placed sixty feet distant from centre to centre of each of them, and of such a height that there will not be more than six feel water over them at low tide.

Resolved, That Mr. Robert Smith be fully empowered to purchase materials and employ a sufficient number of hands to carry the above Resolve into immediate execution.

That Captain White and Mr. Samuel Morris be requested to give every assistance and advice in their power to forward the execution of the said Resolve.

Resolved, That the Commissary make up 60 rounds of Cartridges, with Powder, for each of the Galleys, the Floating Battery, and the Ship Montgomery. Those for the 32-pounders are to be filled with the following quantity of Powder, viz: 40 rounds with 11¼ pounds, 10 ditto with 11¾, and 10 ditto with 12½ pounds. Those for the 24-pounders are to be filled as follows: 40 rounds with 8¼ pounds, 10 rounds with 8¾ pounds, 10 rounds with 9½ pounds. Those for the 18-pounder are to be filled as follows: 40 rounds with 6¼ pounds of Powder. 10 rounds with 6¾ pounds, and 10 rounds with 7½ ditto. And that the Commissary is hereby required to observe the same proportions, as a rule, in making up Cartridges in future, not to be deviated from on any account without special orders from this Board.

By order of the Board Robert Towers, Commissary, was directed to deliver Henry Hoover, or his order, half a ton of Saltpetre, and one-and-a-half hundred weight of Sulphur, to be manufactured into Gunpowder.

The following was this day sent to this Committee from Congress, and ordered to be entered on the Minutes:

“In Congress, June 14, 1776.

“A Memorial from the Committee of Safety of Pennsylvania was presented to Congress, and read, setting forth that a Committee of Assembly, accompanied by the General Officers lately in town, and a skilful Engineer, have viewed the River Delaware, and the fortifications and defences erected at the expense of the Colony of Pennsylvania to oppose and prevent the passage of the enemy’s ships, and that they have judged it necessary, for further security, that a Redoubt should be erected at Billingsport, New-Jersey, and that a Boom should be there thrown across, or some other obstructions fixed in the Channel; and praying, as the place for the Redoubt is out of this Government, and their Colony has expended a very large sum for the defence of the River, that the Congress would direct these works to be done at the expense of the Continent.

“Wherefore, Resolved, That the Committee of Safety of Pennsylvania be empowered, at the Continental expense, to erect the Redoubt, and to fix the Boom or other obstructions, at the places aforesaid.

“Extract from the Minutes:

“CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.”

Adjourned to five o’clock in the afternoon.

5 o’clock, P.M.—The following Members met: George Clymer, Chairman, Barnard Dougherty, Joseph Parker, John Nixon, Samuel Howell, Robert White, Owen Biddle.

Upon the application of Captain Henry Shade, of a Rifle Company in the service of this Province, for a sum of Money for the use of his Company, by order of the Board an Order was drawn on Michael Hillegas, Esq., in his favour, for £100; which is directed to be charged to the Account of John N. Nesbitt, Esq., Paymaster to the Troops.

Upon application of Mr. Owen Biddle, for the payment of the balance of his Account against the Provincial Saltpetre Works, as settled by the Committee of Accounts of Assembly, by order of the Board an Order was drawn on Michael Hillegas, Esq., in favour of said Biddle, for £473 2s. 5d., being the balance of said Account.

A Letter was written to General Washington this evening, enclosing the Resolve of Congress respecting the fortifying