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I am informed by the gentlemen of the marine committee that they have sent you the pay list and regulations of the Navy,2 which you will be pleased to forward by my first lieutenant Daniel Shaw,3 who has been appointed since the tenth of March, and as I am informed by a letter from the marine committee that the commissions are to be pro tempore, he wishes to have that matter...
Date: 14 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I have received an order of your Board dated the 16th inst. with blank warrants enclosed for boatswain and cook, for the frigate under my command, which warrants I take the liberty to enclose and return you.
When I engaged to take the command of this ship, it was on these express conditions, that I should have the liberty of naming all officers on board, as by the enclosed extracts of letters...
Date: 20 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9