I have noted your acquisition of supplies from the stores, and referred the matter to the Surveyor to the Board Captain D. Manley. for the forwarding of your account to the Clerk of the works. Expect an invoice for said items shortly.
Wm. Bligh. Acting Secretary to the Navy Board.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
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