Sir,
This will be deliver'd You by Captain James Cocke of the Manly Galley, who will deliver to you Capt Dicks Company of Marines which you are to take on board and tum over Mr Valentine and his Marines to the Manly.
(Signed) Thomas Whiting 1st Comr
[Williamsburg] 4th Decr 1776 —
1. Navy Board Letter Book, VSL.