| Description | Corke, "I can assure you from good authority that the Pensilvanians were very hard at work on the 26 Aug and continued so on the 19 Sep last", fortifications being made at posts on the river side from Chester up to the town, artillery from New York and Philadelphia used for this purpose, a ship has arrived with a cargo of slaves and flax seed from Philadelphia, and the master thereof reports discontent at Philadelphia with the orders of Congress and taxes imposed, also by the severity of punishment inflicted on such as refuse to join the rebels, printed papers are dispersed containing false accounts of England's conduct towards them |