Papers of John Adams, volume 4
1776-06-26
26 June. The congress resolved that M. Felix Weibert be permitted to serve in the capacity of an engineer under General Washington (
JCC
, 5:480–482; Note: Three additional resolutions immediately following concerning the appointment of officers for the regiment to be raised by Col. Lewis Dubois, a letter to the New York Convention explaining the need for Dubois' regiment, and the empowering of the Marine Committee to purchase the Catharine may have proceeded from the same report).