By Capt. Andrew Snape Hamond &c—
Whereas His Majestys Ship the Camilla under your Command is one of the Ships appropriated for the Protection of the Town of Philadelphia, and guard of the Transports from the insults of the Enemy during the ensuing Winter; You are therefore hereby required to place the Camilla in the situation best adapted for that purpose untill the state of the weather makes it necessary to take shelter at the Wharfs from the effects to be apprehended from the Ice, at which time a proper situation will be assigned for that purpose.
Given &c. [on board the Roebuck, off Gloucester Point, Pa.] 7th. Decemr. 1777—
A S Hamond
LB, ViU, Hamond Papers, Orders Issued, 1776-1777. Addressed flush left below signature line: “The Honble Chas. Phipps/ — Camilla./Capt. Henry/ — Vigilant/Watt./ — Delaware/Lieut. Brown/ — Cornwallis Galley."