Whitehall 6 January 1776
My Lords,
I have not failed to lay before the King Your Lordships Letter to me, of this day's date, and I am commanded to signify to Your Lordships His Majesty's pleasure, that the Crew of the American Privateer brought home Prisoners in the Tartar, should be distributed onboard any of His Majesty's Ships that Your Lordships shall think advisable, & kept under proper confinement, until His Majesty's further pleasure be known. ー I am &ca
Geo: Germain
1. PRO, Colonial Office, 5/123, 9.