Pennsylvania Committee of Safety

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Tuesday, August 1, 1775.

At a meeting of the Committee of Safety: Present —

Benjamin Franklin, Owen Biddle, Robert White, Thomas Wharton, Richard Reiley, Benjamin Bartholomew, Samuel Morris, Jun˙, Robert Morris, Andrew Allen, John Cadwallader:

The Committee appointed yesterday to borrow a sum of Money from the Wardens of the Port, report, that Mr˙ Peter Reeve, Treasurer to the Wardens, will lend this Committee the sum of Three Thousand Five Hundred Pounds.

Resolved, That the Members present sign a Promissory Note, payable on demand to the said Peter Reeve, for the said sum of Three Thousand Five Hundred Pounds borrowed of him; which Note was signed accordingly.

Resolved, That the Colonels of the different Battalions in this City be requested to order a Night Guard over the Powder in the new Jail, and a guard on Sundays at the same place.

Resolved, That Captain Nicholas Biddle be appointed to the command of the Boat called the Franklin, now building by Emanuel Eyres; and that Captain John Hamilton be appointed to the command of the Boat called the Congress, now building by Emanuel Eyres: and that Captain Dougherty, now commander of the Boat Experiment, be removed to the Boat called the Washington, now building by Mr˙ John Wharton; and that Allen Moore, Lieutenant of the Boat Experiment, be appointed commander of the said Boat.