Sir/ 

The Commissioners of the Navy direct that [you] open a house of Rendezvous tomorrow morning under a proper [o]fficer for Eight days in order to procure Seamen for the Notre Dame,¹ it is hoped that you will Endeavour to avoid the Heavy Expence that has usually attended a rendezvous, and that you Order daily Accounts thereof to be delivered and reported to the Board; you will also prepare the Notre Dame as soon as possible for a Cruise and have her Carried into the Road

Captn. Willm Hall
of the Notre Dame