[Annapolis, Md.] Saturday 25 July 1778
[Ordered] Commission of a Letter of Marque and Reprisal issued to Nathaniel Cooper Master of the Sloop called the Richardson, mounting two Carriage Guns and four Swivels, navigated by ten men belonging to Thomas Russell, Thomas Noel Edward Noel, Thomas Dawson, James Lloyd Chamberlaine & Co William Perry and William Hindman
D, MdAA, Governor and Council, Proceedings, Liber CB, 1777-1779, S1071-23 (MdHR 3842), pp. 256–57.
