Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Samuel Greig" in English language version.
[...] Greig of Inverkeithing, [...] had joined the Russian service in May 1764 together with four other Scots [...].
The ordinance given by the Empress Catherine to the Admiralty (then called the Admiralteistv Collegia) enrolling Samuel Greig, Captain of the first rank, in the Russian Navy on 18 June 1764, contained the following, viz.:- 'For the purpose of acquainting himself with the order existing in the Russian Navy, Greig is appointed a volunteer, for the prospective summer campaign, to the squadron under the command of Admiral Poliansky, and should there take the oath to loyally serve Her Majesty Catherine the II., Empress of Russia.'
The ordinance given by the Empress Catherine to the Admiralty (then called the Admiralteistv Collegia) enrolling Samuel Greig, Captain of the first rank, in the Russian Navy on 18 June 1764, contained the following, viz.:- 'For the purpose of acquainting himself with the order existing in the Russian Navy, Greig is appointed a volunteer, for the prospective summer campaign, to the squadron under the command of Admiral Poliansky, and should there take the oath to loyally serve Her Majesty Catherine the II., Empress of Russia.'
The ordinance given by the Empress Catherine to the Admiralty (then called the Admiralteistv Collegia) enrolling Samuel Greig, Captain of the first rank, in the Russian Navy on 18 June 1764, contained the following, viz.:- 'For the purpose of acquainting himself with the order existing in the Russian Navy, Greig is appointed a volunteer, for the prospective summer campaign, to the squadron under the command of Admiral Poliansky, and should there take the oath to loyally serve Her Majesty Catherine the II., Empress of Russia.'
