Sir:
The Marquis of Britigney wrote to his Excellency Governor Burke in order that I might be made Captain of this State’s Navy. I hope that if it is in your Power (as I don’t doubt) you will send me by the return of the Bearer hereof a Commission, which I’ll take as a great Favor and hope my Conduct shall Deserve that Post. I will do my utmost endeavor to make the Flagg of this State spotless, as much as it will lay in my Power.