Navy Board June 15th 1778—
Capt John Drew Sir/
Your Letter of the 13th Inst—was this Evening laid before the Board,1 and in Answer thereto am to Inform you that the Board will not agree to your proposals. As you have Every Advantage that is allowed in the Merchant Service, you must Expect to run the same risk that Captns. in the Merchants Service do, if [break] not agreeable to you another Master must be [break] the Rattle Snake—2
By Order of the Board Edwd Blake first Commissioner
South Carolina Commissioners, p. 160.
1. Drew's letter has not been found.
2. As seen in the Journal of the South Carolina Navy Board, 27 June, below, by that date James Briggs had replaced Drew as captain of the South Carolina Navy schooner Rattle Snake.
