[Annapolis, Md.] Thursday 11 June 1778.
Commission of a Letter of Marque & Reprisal issued to Peire Adelon Master of the Brig Called the La Comptis Denery1 now in Patuxent River in this State mounting eight Carriage Guns & ten swivels, navigated with twenty five Men belonging to Peire Adelon and others, and also to Robert Brisson Master of the Sloop called the Concord mounting six Carriage Guns and ten swivels navigated by twenty two men belonging to Peire Adelon and others.
D, MdAA, Governor and Council, Proceedings, Liber CB, 1777-1779, S1071-23 (MdHR 3842), pp. 233-34.
1. That is, brig La Comtesse Denery, Pierre Adelon, master. Adelon was from Bourdeaux, France. DNA, PCC, item 196, vol. 3, p. 31.
