Navy Board 12th June 1778—
Sir/
You are directed by the Commissioners of the Navy to Deliver the Brigg Polly with all her Stores, Together with an Inventory of all the Stores belonging to said Brigg to such persons as the Owners may direct to receive her—
You are also to discharge all the Men belonging to said Brigg Immediately after delivering her to the Owners, and to deliver a proper pay bill to the Clerk of the Navy Board that they may be paid their wages1
By Order of the Board
Edward Blake first Commissr
Το Capt. Hezekiah Anthony—
South Carolina Commissioners, p. 160.
1. As seen at South Carolina President and Privy Council to First Commissioner of the South Carolina Navy Board, and South Carolina Navy Board to Capt. Hezekiah Anthony, both 17 Dec. 1777, Polly had been taken into the service of the state to serve in an expedition against British privateers. NDAR 10: 749, 750.
