Having appointed you Captain of His Majesty's Ship Carysfort at Chatham which we have order'd to be fitted and stored at that place for a Voyage to North America ー mann'd with one hundred and eighty Men & victualled for six Months with all Species of Provisions except Beer, of which she is to have as much as she can conveniently stow, and to be supplied with a proportion of Wine or Spirits for two Months in lieu of the remainder; You are hereby riequired and directed, to use the utmost dispatch in getting her ready for the Sea. accordingly, and then falling down to Blackstakes take in her Guns & Gunners Stores at that place and procee'd to the Nore for further Order. Given &c the 13th Novr 1775

By &c. P.S.