No 2.
Sir You will please to proceed to Baltimore and wait our further orders, ー we send this by Mr Middleton, whose boat you may keep with the ship 'till you come off Annapolis, presuming you will not want her further ー if however it should not be necessary for her to attend you, you will order down the bay, to gain what intelligence she can, of the ships you left below.
[Annapolis] May 30th
1. Council of Safety Letter Book, No. 1, Md. Arch.
