Baltimore Town March 8th 1776
[Extract]
There was an immediate want of a surgeon for the ship Defence, neither the Surgeon we had thought of or his Mate being here, I therefore directed Doctr [Frederick] Weisenthall to appoint Mr [John] Coulter or some other, and to get all the lint Bandage &c he could, for the payment of which he should have an orderー
1. Correspondence of Council of Safety, Md. Arch.