Sr

Please to acquaint the Rt Honbl the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that agreeable to Admiral Graves's Order, ² and my own request, I am come to England, to vindicate my Conduct, censured by Lord Dunmore, Governor of Virginia, during my Commanding the Mercury, and Senior Captain upon that Station. ー Therefore, I must beg their Lordships will be pleased to give me leave to come to London, where, I hope, I shall be able to convince their Lordships, that I have acted in every respect to Merit their Lordships Approbation. I am Sr [&c.]