No 41. Sir,
Be pleased to send down immediately by the Tender Resolution two Eighteen pounders with Carriages with Rammers, Spunges, Ladles and Worms and a sufficient number of Wads of all sizes, with 500 five pound Shot.2
[Annapolis] 15 July 1776.
1. Council of Safety Letter Book, No. 1, Md. Arch.
2. Ibid., Smith complied with the order on July 18.
