By &c.
Whereas it has been represented to the King that there is a necessity that a Sloop of War should be immediately stationed at or near the Mouth of Savannah River in Georgia; You are hereby required and directed, in pursuance of his Majesty's Pleasure signified to Us by the Earl of Darmouth one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, to lose no time in sending thither one of the Sloops of War under your command, with Orders to the Commander of such Sloop to consult from time to time with Sir James Wright His Majesty's Governor of that Province, upon the means by which her Station there may be rendered useful to His Majesty's Service, and to the Support and Protection of His Majesty's Government. Given &c 28th Jany 1775
By &c. P.S.
Sandwich J. Buller C. Spencer
1. PRO, Admiralty 2/99, 258, NYHS Transcript.