[Annapolis, Md.] Thursday 3 August 1778.
Commission of a Letter of Marque and Reprisal issued to John Burrows Master of the Sloop called the Washington mounting 8 Carriage Guns, 6 Swivels and twenty Muskets, navigated by 20 Men burthen 60 Tons belonging to Isaac Vanbibber, David Weems, and John Muir.
Maryland Archives 21: 175.