Sir, LIEUTENANT COOK* TO SECRETARY STEPHENS. Endeavour, at Deptford, 27 May, 1768. 1768 25 May. His crew. 27 May. I have received their Lordships' order of the 25th inst., touching the fitting of his Majesty's bark the Endeavour, which I Preparing shall immediately set about complying with. Sir, I am, &c., JAMES COOK. LIEUTENANT COOK TO SECRETARY STEPHENS. for the voyage. 31 May. Admiralty Office, 31 May, 1768. Please to move my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to order me to be paid the pay that is due to me as surveyor of Cook's pay. Newfoundland. Sir, I am, &c., JAMES COOK. LIEUTENANT COOK TO SECRETARY STEPHENS. Please to acquaint my Lords Commiss'rs of the Adm❜ty that I have this day received their orders and instructions, † &c., His instruc and shall comply agreeable therewith. I am, &c., JAMES COOK. LIEUTENANT COOK TO MR. ALCOCK.‡ Friday, 3 June, 1768. tions. 3 June. MR. COOK presents his compliments to Mr. Alcock; hath no objections to the bearer, Mr. Jno. Gathirys [Guthrey], being appointed Boatswain boatswain of the Endeavour, bark; believes him to be a man well qualified for that station. *Cook was appointed a First Lieutenant of the Royal Navy, and Commander of the Endeavour, on the 25th May, 1768, and Captain on 29th August, 1771.-(Kippis's Life of Cook, pp. 17 and 182.) Pelham, in his Collection of Voyages, states (vol. i, p. 142) that Cook received his lieutenant's commission on 1st April, 1760. This, however, is an error. A Lieutenant James Cook, a protégé of the Duke of Newcastle, was serving in 1765 on board the Wolf, at Jamaica, under Sir William Burnaby. This, doubtless, is the officer whose commission issued in 1760, and whom Pelham confounded with James Cook, the circumnavigator.-See Annual Register, vol. viii, p. 100. He died at sea on 4th + Unfortunately, the document referred to is not amongst the Records. Mr. Alcock was apparently one of the officials in the Admiralty Office. Guthrey was duly appointed boatswain, but did not live to return. February, 1771. He was one of the twenty-three unfortunates who succumbed to dysentery and fever during the terrible six weeks inmediately following the departure from Batavia. Guthrey. 1768 3 June. Gunner LIEUTENANT COOK TO SECRETARY STEPHENS. Deptford, 3 June, 1768. MR. COOK presents his most respectfull compliments to Mr. Stephens, and begs leave to recommend the bearer, Mr. Stephen Forward* as a very proper person to be appointed gunner of the Endeavour, he having pass'd his examination for that purpose. 30 June. Sir, Crew and provisions. 5 July. Armament. JAMES COOK. LIEUTENANT COOK TO. SECRETARY STEPHENS. Admiralty Office, 30 June, 1768. I here inclose the state and condition of his Majesty's bark the Endeavour, under my command, and am, &c., [Enclosure.] JAMES COOK. AN Account of the State and Condition of his Majesty's bark Sir, LIEUTENANT COOK TO SECRETARY STEPHENS. Endeavour, bark, at Deptford, 5 July, 1768. His Majesty's bark the Endeavour, under my command, being allow'd only eight swivel guns, and it may then happen that four of these will be wanted for the longboat, and as the ship can conveniently carry twelve, please move my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to order her to be supply'd with four more swivels. I am, &c., JAMES COOK. *This appointment was made. Extracts from his journal are given, ante, pp. 191 to 211. His name was Forwood, not Forward. Sir, LIEUTENANT COOK TO SECRETARY STEPHENS. 1768 6 July. The surgeon of his Majesty's bark the Endeavour, under my command, hath acquainted me that the Navy Board cannot supply the said bark with surgeon's necessarys to a longer time Drugs. than twelve months, which is not in proportion to her victualing, and may not prove sufficient for the voyage. Please to move my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to order her to be supply'd with an additional quantity, or to a longer time. I am, &c., JAMES COOK. SECRETARY STEPHENS TO LIEUTENANT COOK. 7 July, 1768. 7 July. Sir, I have communicated to my Lords Comm'rs of the Adm'ty your letter of the 6th inst., representing that the bark you command is allowed only eight swivel guns, and desiring, as four of them may be frequently wanted for the longboat, and the bark can conveniently carry twelve, that she may be supplied with four More guns more to make up that number; and I am to acquaint you that furnished the Board of Ordnance are wrote to for that purpose. SECRETARY STEPHENS TO LIEUTENANT COOK. I am, P.S. 7 July, 1768. to be Sir, I have communicated to my Lords Comm'rs of the Adm'ty your letter of the 6th inst., representing that you are informed the Navy Board cannot supply the bark you command with surgeon's necessaries to a longer time than twelve months, and desiring, as that is not in proportion to her victualling, that she may be supplied with an additional quantity; and, in return, I am to acquaint you that the Navy Board are directed to cause her to be supplied Navy Board with a twelve months' additional quantity. Sir, to supply drugs. I am, P.S. Admiralty Office, 8 July, 1768. 8 July. LIEUTENANT COOK TO SECRETARY STEPHENS. 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 Mathemapurpose. Please to move my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty tical instruto order me to be supply'd with the under-mentioned mathematical instruments. I am, &c., JAMES COOK. Theodolite compleate, one; plane table, one; brass scale, 2 feet long, one; d'ble concave glass, one; glass for traceing plans, from the light, one; a pair of large dividers; a parellel ruler; a pair of proportional compass's; stationery and colours. ments |