[Williamsburg] December 17th 1776
Having receiv'd a letter from Doct McNicholl of your arresting and treating him in a manner very unbecoming an Officer in his Station, You are therefore to discharge the Doctor from his present confinement and send him up to this Board with your complaint in writing — and without the least delay proceed up the Bay for the Arms, that business requiring the greatest dispatch.
By order of the Board
Thomas Whiting
1. Navy Board Letter Book, VSL. Tompkins commanded the galley Henry.