[Baltimore] 30 April
[Extract]
... we have this day Got Possession of the Brig, and if to morrow is Good weather shall begin to Load her & we hope to get pay for the time she is Detain'd, 2 we have Light flour & half Bbls for to help Stowage ...
1. Woolsey & Salmon Letter Book, LC.
2. Pringle's brig was seized by the Baltimore Committee as one of the vessels to be sunk in the river as a protection against the expected attack by H.M.S. Otter in March, 1776. However, she was spared, although held and "not to be sunk till there is Real Danger," ibid., March 22, 1776.
