[Annapolis] Wednesday 1st April 1778
[Ordered] Thos Read Commr of the Brig. Baltimore,1 receipt of 2 short 3 pounders 4 long 3 pounds with their Carriages which were sent to Baltimore & also 4 short 3 pounders the property of this State received for the use of the Congress
Journal and Correspondence of the Council of Maryland, 1778–1779, vol. 21: 3.
1. Elsewhere, Baltimore is identified as an armed galley. See, for example, NDAR 11: 8, 9, 10, 275.