[Annapolis] Friday 22d March 1776.
Ordered That the Treasurer of the Wes tern Shore pay to Silas Howell, Wm Sellars and John Wilson (whose Vessel was taken from them in Chesapeak Bay by the Otter Sloop of War) thirty Shillings each to defray their Expences to Philadelphia.
1. Council of Safety Journal, 29 August 1775 to 20 March 1777, Md. A;ch.