Ford

Ford, who the Connecticut Courant reported had formerly been a lieutenant in the state's navy, was taken from the jail in Philadelphia and carried to a galley off Market Street wharf, where he was shot in front of a large crowd. The paper's report, dated from Philadelphia in September 1778, gives the date of the shooting as the day before publication, which places it on September 14.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Connecticut Courant reports that Ford was taken from the jail to a galley off Market-street wharf in Philadelphia and shot in front of a large crowd.

Reported by: Connecticut Courant (reporters).

News report

• The Connecticut Courant, And The Weekly Intelligencer, September 15, 1778, page 2 The Connecticut Courant, And The Weekly Intelligencer, September 15, 1778