[West River, August 12] 2
Gentlemen
In behalf of you I have agreed to give William Waters one hundred & seventy five pounds provincial money for his boat & materials as p Inventory, herein for the use of the Province, sent a hand up with W. Waters in order to towe the boat down, I have wrote to John Steel, please to send down by the boat the swivil guns, half a barrel of Cannon powder, & half a dozen pounds of musket powder ー If you have any such linen as you made tents of shoud be glad you would send 100 yds of it to make small sails with, & one ream of sheathing paper to secure the Magazine with Mr Waters is well acquainted with the bay and I think would be a very serviceable man for a Captain. I am Gentlemen [&c.]
Stephen Steward.ー
An Inventory of Rigging & tackle belonging to the boat Sally vizt
William Waters.
1. Correspondence of Council of Safety, Md. Arch,
2. The date is approximated from the following entries in the Journal of the Maryland Council of Safety for Tuesday, Allgust 13, 1775: "Ordered That Western shore Treasurer pay to Captn Wm Waters one hundred and seventy five [pounds] for a Boat. Ordered, That Commissry of Stores deliver to Stephen Steward ten Swivel guns with furniture, 72 barrels of Cannon Powder & 6 w of Musquet powder." Ibid., Council of Safety Journal, 29 August 1775 to 20 March 1777.
