Manuscript order, signed by Bickerton ('R Bickerton') and Hulbert ('Jno. Se. Hulbert'), directing Bathurst, as Captain of HMS Fame, to proceed to Chatham, to be paid off.

One page, on the recto of the first leaf of a bifolium (leaf dimensions 32 x 20 cm). 14 lines. Text clear and complete. On aged and somewhat grubby laid paper with Britannia and 'GATER | 1811' watermarks). Chipping and wear at head and extremities. Printed at head: 'By Sir RICHARD BICKERTON, Bart. Admiral of the White, Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels at Spithead, and in Portsmouth Harbour, and on the Guernsey Station.' Written in a secretarial hand and signed by Bickerton and, 'By Command of the Admiral', by Hulbert. 'Pursuant to an order from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty' Bathurst is 'hereby required and directed to proceed immediately in the Ship you command to Chatham, to be paid off'. He will 'receive onboard [sic] such Supernumeraries as may be sent to you from my Flag Ship for passage to the Eastward, disposing of them on your arrival at the Downs or the Nore, as the Commander in Chief may direct, victualling them according to the custom of the Service.' For more information about Bickerton and Bathurst, see their entries in the Oxford DNB.