Thomas Wirt says he was taken in the Mouth of Potapsco that the Otter Sloop had about 350 Men on Board ー 16-6. pounders Abt 25 aboard the Sloop Tender ー 6.4 pounders & Swivels Abt 15 aboard the small Tender ー 6.2. pounders & Swivels That the reason why the Tender this Morning weighed Anchor and stood in to the mouth of the River was to put himself and other prisoners more conveniently ashore ー the bay being something rough for a small boat to go out That the Capt of the Sloop Tender behaved with the greatest humanity to him and promised him at first to put him ashore

Want of fresh provisions much

Gutridge (the young Man)
³ said that ー the Capts orders was to take or destroy the Defence and that they were not to return untill they did it ..

That he believes from what he overheard they are gone down the Bay to go into Patuxent and that when they get more force they are to return -

Aboard the Sloop Tenders they were healthy - aboard the Otter he heard they were sickly

Young Gutridge said that if they did not get fresh provisions the next time they came up here they would knock down all the Houses along Shore

12 or 14 Negroes he thinks he saw on Board the Vessels