Name and Burthen of the Sloop Baltimore Hero, Together with her Number of Guns, and Weight of Metal, The Name and Place of Residence of the Owners, the Name of the Commander and other officers, the Number of the Crew and her Quantity of Provisions and Warlike Stores.ー
The Sloop Baltimore Hero burthen 50 Tuns ー 6 Three pound Carriage guns 6 Swivels and 8 Musketsー
Abraham Vanbibber Robert Hooe Thomas Ringold and John Crockett Owners of the Province of Maryland Thomas Waters Commander, William Jones 1 Lieutenant John Pine 2d Lieutenant John Sharp Mate and 20 hands Eight Barrels bread and five Barrels Pork and Ten bbls flour Sixty Pounds wt. of Powder and 20 C wt. of three Pound Ball and 100 wt. of Muskit Ballー
Given under my hand this 16th day of Sept. 1776
Thos Waters
1. Papers CC (Ships' Bonds Required for Letters of Marque and Reprisal), 196, I, NA.
