You are to proceed with your Vessel immediately to Cumberland where you are to apply to Cornelius Dabney for a Cargo of Tobacco and Flour which you are to take on Board and secure in a proper manner for a Voyage to the West Indies. You are to make the best dispatch in your power and when loaded return down the River to the mouth of Queens Creek and apply to the Board for further orders

[Williamsburg] 26th Nov. 1776. —