Having appointed you Commander of His Majestys Ship Jersey at Chatham which we have ordered to be fitted & Stored at that Place for Foreign Service, manned with One Hundred & Forty 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] & to be supplied with a proportion of Wine or Spirits for two Months in lieu of the remainder; You are hereby required & 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 & proceed to the Nore for further order.

Given &c. 22d Novr 1775

By &c PS