Whereas you have represented to Us by your Letter of the 24th of last month, that you had received a Letter from Sir Peter Parker informing you that the Companies of His Majesty's Ships under his command, employed on an expedition against Charles Town South Carolina, had been afflicted with the Scurvy and other disorders, and as there was not any Hospital or place on shore to receive them, he had given orders to the Agent for Victualling the said Squadron, to purchase twenty Casks of Limes at one Guinea p Cask, which had been distributed amongst the Crews of those Ships and proved very salutary; for the amount of which Limes the said Agent Victualler had drawn a Bill upon You.

And, Whereas you have further represented to Us that you had received a Letter from the Navy Board informing you that Captn Reid of His Majesty's ship Sphynx had represented to them that the Company of the said Ship had been in a very sickly state with Scurvies and bilious disorders, and that no fresh provisions having been to be procured, he had, at the recommendation of the Surgeon, purchased 80 Gallons of Orange Juice at 5s P Gallon, And that the said Board had referred to you a Bill drawn by the said Captain Reid for the amount of the said Orange Juice.

We do hereby require and direct you, as the purchases of the abovementioned Articles appear by your said Letter to have been made with the utmost propriety, to allow thereof and to accept and pay the said Bills accordingly. Given &c the 23d January 1777.

Commissrs for Sick & Hurt.
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