[Annapolis] Friday 3d April 1778
Commission of a Letter of Marque & Reprisal issued to Henry Geddes Master of the Sloop Rising Sun mounting 2 Car. Guns & 4 Carbines navigated by 8 Men Belonging to Archibald Buchanan & Co Balt. Town dated 20 Octr 1777
Journal and Correspondence of the Council of Maryland, 1778–1779, 21: 6.