Mr Stephen Steward, Agent for the Congress applies for a Commission for the Ship Chase of the Burthen of two hundred & eighty Tons mounting six Carriage Guns, belonging to the thirteen united States, commanded by Captain Benjamin Chew and navigated by twenty Men, with Six Months Provisions ー On Behalf of the thirteen united States. Witness My Hand this 28th Day of April 1777 [at Baltimore].
Stephen Steward
1. Papers CC (Ships' Bonds Required for Letters of Marque and Reprisal), 196, II, NA.
