Navy Office 9th Augt 1776.
Sir,
The Owners of the following Store Ships that are to proceed with the Cloathing to No America, have undertaken to provide them with the Guns & Swivels expressed against their Names, with ten rounds of Powder to each Vizt ー
Which are as many as the Ships can well mount & make use of to advantage. They will be loaded & ready to proceed from Deptford by the 12th Inst
1. PRO, Colonial Office, 5/259, 92-93. Brett was Commissioner of the Navy Board.