Whitehall, 12th July, 1775
[Extract]
This dispatch which encloses a triplicate of my letter of the 5th instant will be transmitted to you by Lord Dunmore under whose care it is sent by a Store Ship having on Board 3000 stand of Arms with Ammunition and other Military Stores, a part of which arms His Lordship is instructed to deliver to your order from a hope on one hand that Lieutenant Colonel [Allen] Macleane will be able with your assistance to raise a Battalion from amongst the Highlanders in North Carolina, and an apprehension on the other hand that General Gage may not be able to supply all the Arms that may be necessary on such an occasion.
1. Saunders, comp., Records of North Carolina, X, 89-91.