[Annapolis, Md.] Thursday 30th July 1778.
[Ordered] Commission of a Letter of Marque and Reprisal issued to Jonathan Clark Master of the Sloop called the Eclipse mounting two Carriage Guns and 4 Swivels Navigated by twelve Men belonging to Hugh Young and Compy of Baltimore
The Governor & Council have sold the State Boat Amelia to Mr Charles Wallace Howard for Nine hundred Pounds together with her Sails and Rigging
D, MdAA, Governor and Council, Proceedings, Liber CB, 1777–1779, S1071-23 (MdHR 3842), pp. 259-60.