Admiralty Office 19th January 1776.
Sir,
The Navy Board having informed My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that the Dorothy Transport, which is fitted to carry 100. Soldiers of the 29th Regiment from Sheerness to Plymouth, would have sailed the 14th if the great Quantitys of Ice iri the River had not prevented, and that the same Cause had made it impossible for anything to be done on board the Lord Howe and the Bute Transports, which are fitted for Service to Quebec, I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you therewith for Lord George Germain's Information. I am &c
Geo: Jackson D.S.
1. PRO, Colonial Office, 5/259, 16.
