July 17 - 1776 --
Staid in Camp nothing remarkable
18 Lieut Webb &
Mr Baker from
Hianeas
came to visit me. I am greatly rejoiced
to hear of the Welfare of our Friends at home
tho I hear but little in perticular-- I
Spend the Afternoon very agreeably in re=
-ading a Voyage of Monsieur Viaud
&c &
The State of
New York have adopted
the Resolves of the Congress respecting In-
-dependance, & made it Treason for
any to conspire or Plot against the State-
19. [July 1776] I was on
Fatiegue in the City build=
-ing a Baricado to Broadway & an=
-other Street to the runing west
from
St Pauls Church. every Street around
the Common, on the Side of which is
the Laboratory is to be baricadoed
&
many of the Works are nearly finished.
After Duty was over I went in quest
of Lieut Webb
& Mr Bakers Vessell
but
could find neither, met with Lieut
Hayward & with him took an
opper-
-tunity to visit t Survey the Fire Shi-
-ps the Chiver du frieze
& Ships prepar-
-ing to sink in the River -- the Fire
Ships are well constructed and may do
execution but the Chiver du frieze can
be
of little Service as it is too weakly constr-
-ucted to do damage to a Vessell of any Stren-
gth---