Fort Constitution, July 14th, 1777.
Gentlemen
I am informed by the gentlemen of the marine committee that they have sent you the pay list and regulations of the Navy,2 which you will be pleased to forward by my first lieutenant Daniel Shaw,3 who has been appointed since the tenth of March, and as I am informed by a letter from the marine committee that the commissions are to be pro tempore, he wishes to have that matter explained; and I doubt if I can recommend men of merit on those conditions. I would be glad to know if there is any instructions for enlisting seamen or marines. From your [&c.]
Thos. Grennell
1. New York Provincial Congress, II, 517.
2. See Continental Marine Committee to Captains Grennell and Hodge, June 26.
3. On board Continental Navy frigate Congress.
