Baltimore the 8 June 1775
[Extract]
We think there will be a risque from the Man of War with those Articles you Mention2 but if you think you Can Manage that there is no other Danger, only let any Vessell you Send these goods round in run up here, before She Enters at annapolis, and the[y] can Savely be landed, as we have no [naval] Officer here.
1. Woolsey and Salmon Letter Book, LC.
2. Pork, flour and rice, which would be seized if intercepted at the Virginia Capes by H.M.S. Fowey.
