[Baltimore] Thursday, January 23, 1777
The Marine Committee having recommended Captain Fulford to take the command of the armed brig Lexington,
Resolved, That he be appointed to take the command of the said armed brig Lexington.
Resolved, That two frigates, one of 36, and the other of 28 guns, be immediately undertaken in the state of Connecticut.
1. Ford, ed., JCC, VII, 58, 59.