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Ordered, that Mr. Richard Henry Lee, Mr. Thornton,1 and Mr. Jett,2 be added to the committee appointed to examine into and report the state of the navy.3
Date: 19 January 1778
Volume: Volume 11
Mr. Richard Henry Lee reported from the committee appointed to examine into and report the state of the navy, that the committee had accordingly examined the same, and come to several resolutions thereupon, which they had directed him to report to the House; and he read the report in his place, and afterwards delivered it in at the clerk's table, where the resolutions of the committee were read,...
Date: 22 January 1778
Volume: Volume 11
Resolved, that for the future the pay of the officers in the navy, in lieu of their former pay and extra rations, be as follows:
To the Commodore,
£.
1
5
0
To the
Carpenter
£.
0
6
0
Captain,
0
14
0
Carpenter's Mate
0
4
0
Lieutenant,
0
10
0
Quartermaster,
0
3
6
Master,
0
9
0
Armorer,
0
5
0
Master's Mate,
0
6
0
Master at Arms,
0
4
0
Midshipman,
0
6
0
Cook...
Date: 24 January 1778
Volume: Volume 11