[Annapolis] Saturday November 9th 1776
Council of Safety agreed with Colonel [Robert] Hooe for all the Jackets imported in the Brigantine Friendship, at twenty two shillings and six Pence, each.2
1. Council of Safety Journal, 29 August 1775 to 20 March 1777, Md. Arch.
2. "Receiv'd Novr 12th 1776 into the Public Store from Colo Robert Hooe five hundred and fifty seven Seamen's Jackets -C. W. Howard," Naval and Maritime Papers, Md. Arch.