In Council Annapolis Apl. 29th. 1778.
Sir.
We expected, agreeable to our former Orders1 that you would have been down here before this Time. We now desire that you will immediately proceed down with your Galley,2 no Excuse will be admitted. We are &ca
LB, MdAA, Governor and Council Letterbook, 4007, s1075-6, p. 146, no. 185. Addressed at bottom: "Capt. Coursey"
1. The Council's orders have not been found.
2. Maryland Navy galley Chester. On 28 April, the Council informed Col. Joseph Dashiell: “We expect in a few Days to have a Galley stationed in the sound for the Protection of our Vessels.” Ibid., no. 183.
