Sir/

The Commissioners of the Navy Direct that you¹ do with all possible dispatch furnish the Board with One Hundred Cross barr Six pound Shott Two Hundred Cross barr Four pound Shott and One Hundred Cross barr Three pound Shott, and whatever Assistance you may want (of hands) you are to hire on the best Terms you can and they will pay the Expence—

Bar Iron and Coals will be sent from the Arsenal on Your Applying to M^r. John Calvert—By Order of the Board