2. The date is approximated. The Committee of Safety, in a Memorial to the Pennsylvania Assembly, September 29, 1775, recommended appointment of a commodore. The memorial was received and tabled and the Assembly adjourned the next day. It reconvened on October 14, and on October 20 approved the Committee's recommendation and asked it to suggest or nominate a suitable person for the post. Captain Thomas Read's name was submitted to the Assembly on October 23. On October 30 the thirteen galley captains presented a memorial urging the Assembly to select, on the basis of seniority, one of their group, rather than an officer previously unconnected with the service. Franklin, who had been on a mission to Cambridge, returned on November 1, but did not attend a Committee of Safety meeting until Wednesday, November 15. The Assembly adjourned November 25. As neither the Assembly journal nor, the Committee minutes refer further to the controversy over the commodore, and as Read was not confirmed, the above letter probably was written Monday, November 13. Franklin also attended the Committee on Friday, November 17.