Navy Board [Charleston] Thursday 24th Octobr. 1776ー
One thousand Certificates were Ordered to be struck of[f] Immediately in the following words vizt.
South Carolina
Know all men that I have entered, and I do hereby Certify, that I have Voluntarily entered, into the Navy of the state aforesaid, on board the
And I do hereby engage to be true and faithfull in the said Service, untill I shall be discharged by Public authority, and also to be bound by, and to Obey, all and every Rule, Resolve, Order, and Regulation, made, or to be made, by the Legislature of the state aforesaid, or by the Commissioners of the Navy, And I do hereby Acknowledge the Receipt of
Witness my hand thisー