No. 5
Sir Your last Letters gave us great reason to believe that we should Soon have the Accts relative to the Ship Defence Settled; we have waited some time expecting your coming down for that Purpose, we again beg Leave to remind you of the necessity there is, that those Accts should be settled. — we must insist on having it done Soon, or we shall be obliged to make out a peremptory order for your Attendance.
[Annapolis] Novr 14th 1776.
1. Council of Safety Letter Book, No. 2, Md. Arch. Nicholson had commanded the state ship Defence, and was now commanding the Continental frigate Virginia at Baltjmore .
