Wm Lux and others of Baltimore County applies for a commission for the Privateer Sloop called The General Mercer, Thomas Timpson Captain of the Burthen of forty four Tons, mounting ten Carriage Guns & thirteen Swivels, carrying fifty men, having on Board 25 Musquets, 6 Blunderbusses, 20 pistols, 35 Cutlasses, 30 Pikes, 30 Tomahawks, 600 w[t] Powder 2500 w[t] Ball, 26 Barrels of Beef & Pork, & 30 Barrels of Bread. Witness our Hands this 19th Day of April 1777. ー
On Behalf of the owners
Cha Wallace
1. Papers CC (Ships' Bonds Required for Letters of Marque and Reprisal), 196, VI, NA. Commission was issued this date.
