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Whereas we have ordered Vice Adml Sr Jas Douglas to cause Ninety One of the Supernumerary Seamen & Landmen who have been raised for His Majestys Fleet to be put on board the Ship you Command in order to their being carried in her to Quebec to be disposed of as the Senior Captain of His Majs Ships & Vessels in the River St Lawrence for the time being shall direct; You are hereby required & directed to receive the said Supernumeraries on board & to carry them to Quebec accordingly so soon as they shall have been paid Two Months advance, & also the Bounties to which they may be respectively entitled for the Payment of which with all possible dispatch the necessary Orders are given.

You are to bear the said Supernumeraries on a seperate List for Wages from the time of their coming into the Service respectively until you shall otherwise dispose of them as above directed; And for Victuals during their continuance on board

You are hereby further required & directed to receive on board the Ship you command Jean Derente Pilot for the River St Lawrence who will be sent to you by the said Vice Admiral, and give him a Passage to Quebec victualling him during his continuance on board as the Ships Company & bearing him for Wages as Pilot Extra

Upon your arrival at Quebec you are to dispose of him as the Senior Captain abovementioned shall direct. Given &c 1st May 1777

Capt Robinson ー Proteus ー Spithead
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