Philadelphia
March 28, 1777
"A Plott! a Plott! an horrid
Plott, Mr. A." says my Barber, this Morning. -- "It
must be a Plott 1. because there is British Gold in it. 2. because there is a
Woman in it. 3. because there is a Jew in it. 4. because I dont know what to
make of it."
The Barber means, that a Villain was taken up, and examined Yesterday, who
appears by his own Confession to have been employd by Lord
Howe and Jo. Galloway to procure Pilots to conduct
the Fleet up
Delaware River and through the
Chevaux de Frizes. His Confidant is a Woman, who is said to be
kept by a Jew. The Fellow and the Woman will suffer for their Wickedness.