In Council Annapolis 2d June 1777.
Sir
Capt [John] David's Galley 2 is wanted on a Piece of Service, he wants Men, and says you have some at Baltimore belonging to your Galley. You will put them into Capt David's, or as many of them as can be spared, and they will soon again be returned to you. You are also to be attentive to, and have a particular Care taken of the Men who will be left sick at Balti more by Capt David, that they want for nothing in his Absence, as if they belonged to your own Galley. We are &ca
Capt Walker, or Commanding Officer of Balt[imore] Galley.3
1. Council Letter Book (1777-1779), Md. Arch.
2. Conqueror.
3. The same day similar orders went to Captain Bennett Matthews, Independence galley, to send three of his eighteen men to Conqueror.
