You are hereby required and directed to take his Majesty's Ships and Vessels whose names are in the Margin under your Command, and to give their Commanders such Orders and Directions in addition to those they have already received (of which Copies and a Schedule thereof are inclosed), as you shall judge best for his Majesty's Service.

Given under my hand on board his Majesty's Ship Preston at Boston 15 Janry 1776.

To Molyneux Shuldham Esqr Rear Admiral of the White Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet. ²

(The Ships and Commanders Names in the Margin were the following, Vizt)

Names		Commanders				Where stationed
Rose	Capt.	Wallace				Rhode Island
Glasgow		Howe				ー ー
Swan		Ayscough				ー ー
Bolton Brig	Lieutt.	Graves				ー ー
Phoenix	Capt.	Parker				New York
Asia		Vandeput				ー ー
Viper		Graves				On her passage thither.
Liverpool		Bellew				Supposed to be at Virginia.
Otter		Squire				At Virginia.
Kingsfisher	Capt.	Montagu				At Virginia.
Cruizer		Parry				North Carolina.
Scorpion		Tollemache				Supposed to be at No Carolina
Tamer		Thornborough				South Carolina
Raven		Stanhope				On her passage to Savannah in Georgia.
St Lawrence Schooner	Lieutt.	Graves				St Augustine.
St John, Schooner		Grant				Bahama Islands.
Roebuck	Capt.	Hamond				Ordered to Virginia
Scarborough		Barkley				Gone to Georgia.
Hinchinbrook Schr	Lieutt.	Ellis				ー ー ー
Mercury	Capt.	Graeme		Boston but going to		New York
Falcon		Linzee				Cape Fear