The Memorial of Septimus Noel
Sheweth
That Your Memorialist hath a compleat Frame and Plank, which hath been Seasoned about 20 Months sufficient to build a Boat of 35 feet Keel, with 14 or 15 feet Beam calculated to Sail exceeding fast, and to mount 6 Carriage Guns, and as many Swivels, and can be finished in 6 or 7 Weeks from this time by good Workmen, under the direction of Mr John Pearce Master Builder, fit to Cruize in the Bay and will be a Match for any of Lord Dunmores Tenders except one, which Your Memorialist by the Advice of several Gentlemen of Baltimore County humbly offers to Your Honors for the Public Service, And that he will keep an Exact Account of all Expences which shall attend the Building and finishing said Vessel and requests only of Your Honors approv[al] of his Proposal a reasonable Satisfaction for his Trouble, Your Memorialist is [&c.]
Septs Noel.
Balto Town Febry 26 1776
1. Revolutionary Papers, Box 10, Md. Arch.
