In Council [Annapolis] 20th. March 1778.
Sir.
We send Capt. Matthews1 to Cambridge for all the Public Goods which are lodged there; you'll therefore please to deliver them to the Captain and dispatch him as fast as possible—We are Sir &ca.
LB, MdAA, Governor and Council (Letter Books) 1777-1779, S 1075-6, 4007. Addressed at the foot: "Mr. Robertson Stevens." Stevens (or Stephens) was sheriff of Dorchester County.
1. Capt. Bennett Mathews, commanding Maryland Navy galley Independence.
