Annotation:
        N^o 19
Half pay not to be stopped
on account of the Imprest
    of £200


    Dec 9 1811

Admiralty Office 4^th Decem^r 1811
Sir,
      In return to your letter
of the 3^rd instant, I am commanded
by my Lords Commiƒsioners of the
Admiralty to acquaint you that
they have given an order to the
Navy Board that the imprest of
two hundred pounds to you, to
enable you to proceed with the
account of your voyage in the
"Investigator", should not
interfere with your receiving
your halfpay.

[rest of the letter has been cut away]