[Navy Board Saturday 20th Decemr 1777—]
The following hand Bill was Ordered to be given to Mr. Timothy & One Hundred Copies directed to be printed Immediately——
Gentlemen Volunteers
Who are willing to Enter on Board the following Vessels in the Service of this State now fitting out upon an Expedition against the Enemies of America, Shall be Entitled to a Bounty of Thirty Dollars ⅌ Man,1 and such as are Inclined to serve the State for Six Months, Ten pounds more and Twenty One pounds ⅌ Month wages upon applying to the Officers at the Rendezvous—
By Order of the Board— John Calvert—Clk—
Salley, ed., South Carolina Commissioners, 122.
1. Earlier that day the South Carolina Privy Council, in response to subsidies from the Charleston Insurance Company and private sources, had resolved that the bounty be increased. Ibid., 120–21.
