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Admiralty Office 8th July 1768
Sir
- In order to make surveys of such parts as His Majesty's Bark the Endeavour under my command may touch at, it will be necessary to be provided with a set of instruments for that purpose. Please to move my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to order me to be supplied with the under mentioned mathematical instruments.
- I am
- Sir
- your most obedient servant
- James Cook
- your most obedient servant
- Sir
- I am
- Theodolite complete..................one
- Plane Table..............................one
- Brass scale 2 feet long.................one
- Double concave glass.................one
- Glass for tracing plans from light...one
- A pair of large Dividers
- A Parallel Ruler
- A Pair of Proportional Compass's
- Stationary & Colours
Phillip Stephens Esq.
