Whitehall 1st December 1775.
Sir
In Addition fo the Intelligence of improper intercourse with the Rebellious Colonies, a State of which was indosed in Lord George Germain's Letter to the Lords of the Admiralty of the 27th of last Month; I am directed by his Lordship to acquaint you that there is a great probability that a Dutch Ship ready to sail from Amsterdam to Santa Cruz on the Coast of Barbary with a large quantity of Gunpowder on board, will upon her Arrival there deliver her Powder over to a New York Ship the Minerva Captain Jos. Jauncey who is also preparing to sail at the same time from Amsterdam for the Coast of Barbary. I am &ca
J Pownall
1. PRO, Colonial Office, 5/122, 42.