[Admiralty Office] 9th Jany 1776.
Sir,
Vice Adml Graves having in his letter of the 10th of Octr requested to have some of the General Printed Instructions to deliver to such Gentlemen as may be appointed Lieutenants, also a few Extracts from Marine Treaties, & Statutes, I have therefore taken the opportunity of sending you by His Majesty's Ship Milford, a Box, containing Six Books of Statutes, Six of Marine Treaties, & twelve of the Naval Instructions, and am to desire you will please to transmit to me a List of the Persons who are furnished with them, and if any remain unissued, you will also please to cause them to be delivered into this Office on your return from America. I am &c
Geo. Jackson DS.
(By the Milford)
1. PRO, Admiralty 2/550, 517.