In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board
Enclosure: Copy of an Order in Council comprising a draft for the establishment of two Marine Regiments comprising nine paragraphs dealing with the number of Quartermasters and Assistants, the hierarchy of command, lists of names of soldiers and others, where the soldiers are to serve (aboard ships), that they be mustered in the Army when ashore, when and how paid; and the punishment of Captains not paying their men. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Board. Signed John Nicholas, Court Official.