[Annapolis] Tuesday [May] 12. 1778.
Capt. Gordon,1 The Copy of a Clause in a Resolve of the General Assembly passed last Session by which you will see there is an Advance on the pay of the Officers & Men in the Galleys and you are desired to ship your men agreeable thereto.2
D, MdAA, Governor and Council Proceedings, 3842, S1071-23, p. 214.
1. Capt. John Gordon commanded the Maryland Navy galley Conqueror.
2. See Resolve of the Maryland House of Delegates, 21 Apr., above.
