No 35.
Sir You are desired to proceed up the bay and give intelligence to any outward bound vessels, you may meet with, that are coming down, that the man of war2 is at her station at the mouth of the river to receive the Governor and that we think it prudent, that they delay coming down, 'till the man of war departs. We are [&c.]
[Annapolis] 23[r]d June 1776
1. Council of Safety Letter Book, No. 1, Md. Arch.
2. H.M.S. Fowey.
