Gentn
I find there is no Sky light in the Steerage of His Majesty's Ship Isis under my Command & it is so exceedingly dark there is no seeing to do any thing in it — I do not know a two deck Ship with a Poop with out a Sky light, & imagine as she was built by Contract it was omitted by Mistake Therefore hope you will be pleased to order the Builder of this Port to fit one for the same as in other Ships. I am Gentn [&c.]
W Cornwallis 2
Isis 28 Decr 1776 Portsmo harbour
[Copy]
1. Captain William Cornwallis' Letter Book, NYHS.
2. The Commissioners responded favorably on December 31 to Captain Cornwallis' plea for a skylight, Captain William Cornwallis' Letter Book, NYHS.
