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The several other appendage necessary thereunto, will be required for said Services:

You are therefore hereby required and directed to issue out of His Majesty's Stores the aforesaid Guns, Arms and Ammunition, taking his Receipt for the same and engaging himself on his arrival at Sierra Leone, to deliver the guns together with the story that may remain to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or the Person Chief in command of the settlement for His Majesty's service.

I am
Sir
Your most obedient and
most humble servant
sign'd Richd [Richard] Bulkeley