The Honble Captain Cornwallis Commander of His Majesty's Ship Isis (by whom your Lordship will receive this) Camel being directed to take His Majesty's Ship, Sloop and Armed Swift Slo Vessel named in the Margin under his command, and the Bute, AV. Transports and Storeships named in the annexed List,² under his Convoy, and to proceed with them immediately to New York, where he is to put himself under your Lordship's command, and follow your Orders for his further proceedings, Your Lordship is hereby required and directed to take him together with the Isis and Swift Sloop under your command, and to employ them as you shall judge best for His Majesty's Service entrusted to your care.

But Whereas the Camel and Bute Armed Vessel, are destined to proceed immediately to the West Indies, the former to the Leeward Islands, and the latter to Jamaica, to be employed as Convoys to the Ships homeward bound from those Islands, Your Lordship is hereby further required and directed to dispatch them away without a moment's loss of time to the places of such their destination accordingly; giving their Commanding Officers Orders, the former to deliver the pacquet you will receive herewith to Vice Admiral Young, and the latter the pacquet you will also receive herewith, to Vice Admiral Gayton, and to follow their Orders respectively for their further proceedings. Given &c the 18th March 1777.