[124] Potts Papers, vol. 2, folios 158, 159.
[125] Pennsylvania Ledger, October 10, 1777; Pennsylvania Evening Post, October 14, 18, 1777.
[126] Pennsylvania Evening Post, November 1, 8, 13, 1777, April 29, 1778. (A large number of advertisements announcing thefts appeared during the British occupation.)
[127] Pennsylvania Evening Post, January 10 through April 20, 1778, and Pennsylvania Ledger, April 4, 15, 1778. [Yeldall advertised his "Anti-Venereal Essence" only once under American occupation, but at $4.00 per bottle (Pennsylvania Evening Post, August 26, 1777).]
[128] Pennsylvania Evening Post, June 25, 1777.
[129] Gibson, op. cit. (footnote 2), p. 149.
[130] It was in February 1778 that Dr. Potts assumed his office as purveyor general for the hospital department of the Continental Army with the duty of purchasing and distributing all supplies and medicines (ibid., p. 154).
[131] Potts Papers, vol. 1, folio 24. (This apparently is the list prepared by Brown, even though it is not signed by him. The item "Medicines, Vials, Cork &c. £20,000" was added with the statement "The above enumerated articles should be purchased immediately," and both were in the handwriting of "W. Shippen, D.G." The document is undated.)
[132] Ibid., vol. 4, folio 419; Brown to Potts, March 11, 1778.
[133] Ibid., folio 428; Cutting to Potts, March 25, 1778.