Baltimore 3 June 1776
Dear Sir
being Informd that there is two Gondolas orderd to be Built Immedeately for the defence of this place, I take the liberty of recommending to your Interest and Influence the bearer Captain James Phillips as a Gentleman qualifyd to take the Command of one of them, he has ever shewn a steady attachment to the present cause, and am very confident his Spirit and resolution would never suffer him to disgrace his Commission. I am in haste [&c.]
M: Gist
Capt. Walter Tolley now in Annapolis
1. Revolutionary Papers, Box 9, Md. Arch.
