By Marriot Arbuthnot Esqr comander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels at Halifax.
You are hereby required and directed to put yourself under my command and follow all such Orders as you shall receive from me for His Majesty's Service. Given under my hand at Halifax the 3d November 1775.
Mt Arbuthnot
By the command of the Commodore J. White Memorandum ー Captain Hamond of His Majestys Ship Roebuck to send a Guard of Marines consisting of an officer, one Serjeant, two Corporals one Drummer and Thirty two Private Men to relieve those now on duty for the Protection of His Majestys Yard and Stores at Halifax.
1. Hamond Papers, Orders Received, 1775-1776, UVL.
