Chatham, Plymouth Sound 29th Octor 1775 —
Sir,
As the Chatham and Orpheus were Short of Complement, I have thought proper to give Captain [Thomas] Graves, Senior Officer of the Guard Ships at this Port,2 an Order to Discharge Sixteen Men which arrived here a, few days ago from Bristol, where they were raised for His Majesty's Service, and were to be Enter'd on board the Nonsuch as Supernumeraries, into the said Ships Chatham and Orpheus. I am, Sir [&c.]
