Sir, The Commissioners of the Navy Board are in want of a number of Cambuses and Potts for the use of the Navy for which purpose they have inclos'd you a Memorandum, and wou'd be glad you wou'd have them made and sent down to Fredericksburg to the care of Mr James Hunter as soon as possible.
Mem.
20 Cambooses three feet in the clear from side to side each to be fix'd with two Pots one of which to be a third layer [sic larger] than the other, and the Pots to be so contriv'd as to fill up the whole space in the Cambooses. 10 do of two feet each, and to be fitted as above with Pot hooks for the whole
(Signd) Thomas Whiting 1st Comr
[Williamsburg November 26, 1776]
1. Navy Board Letter Book, VSL.
