[Chesapeake Bay] November 29th 1776
Gentlemen, I take the Pleasure to Acquaint you of my Safe Arivil from Martinico, in the Sloop Molly Having A long Passage 22 Days, up As High as Point lookout, As the Winds Keep to the Norrd So long I knu I Could not get up the Bay soon I thought I had better Send the letters by Express, Having one of my Salors Acquainted Well with the Rode, I shall loose No time And Make the best of My Way With the Sloop up to Anapolis, Seed nothing to interrupt my Passage at the Capes From your [&c.]
Thomas Conway
1. Red Book, XVI, Md. Arch.