To the Right Honourable the Lord George Germaine, one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State
The humble Memorial of Stephen Fuller Esqr Agent for the Island of Jamaica.
My Lord, Your Memorialist begs leave to put your Lordship in mind of the smallness of the Squadron upon the Jamaica Station, which consists of only
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The Seaford of 20 Guns having left the Station a long time since, and no other Ship sent out in her room. Some of our Merchant Ships will be ready to sail from Jamaica by the latter end of March, and it will be very unsafe for them to sail without Convoy, which the present Squadron can by no means afford them, consistent with the safety of the Island; which looks up to your Lordship for its protection, and for such a reinforcement of the Squadron, as will enable it to give convoys thro' the Gulph & the Windward passage into latitudes of security from the American Privateers. Totaly relying upon your Lordship's effectual attention to this important object, I have the honour to be [&c.]
[Jamaica] 27th Jany 1776 ー