Baltimore 10th Decemr 1776
[Extract] Sir
We understand that How's Army is retreating if so we give you joy. We can now inform you that the Brig Rogers is safe in St Eustatia & that the Harlequin 2 is arrived in the River with the ship Lydia Capt Dane a Prize with Sugar &c . . .
1. Woolsey & Salmon Letter Book, LC.
2. The Maryland privateer schooner, James Handy, master, commissioned October 11, 1776, Papers CC (Ships' Bonds Required for Letters of Marque and Reprisal), 196, VII, NA.
