Lieutenant Howell Lloyd, R.N., to Captain Samuel Warren, R.N., June 21, 1778

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Penguin [Newfoundland] 21^st June 1778

Sir

I Beg Leave to inform you that on the Eleventh ins^t. off Cape Race a Rebel Brig Privateer—took one of M^r Spuriers Brigs of S^t Maries¹—& then stood [to] the Westard—Likewise Another Brig—Rebel privateer of fourteen Guns—& Sixty Men—went into The different Harbours in Fortune Bay & the Neighbouring Coast,—there took some Merchant Vessels—& Plunderd the Inhabitants of Every thing the[y] coud take—the above information was given me—By—M^r Jackson of Trepassey—I am Sir [&c.]

How^l Lloyd²

L, UkLPR, Adm. 1/471, fol. 218. Addressed on cover: "On his Majestys Service/Cap^t Warren/Proteus/ S^t. Johns." Docketed: “[21 June 1778]/from L^t Lloyd/E/In Adm^l. Montagu's Letter/Dated 27^th. July 1779 [1778]." Notation: "E^d.", meaning "Enclosed." The letter was enclosed in Vice Adm. John Montagu to Philip Stephens, Secretary of the Admiralty, 27 July 1778. Capt. Samuel Warren commanded H.M. frigate Proteus.

1. That is, St. Mary's, Newfoundland.

2. Lloyd commanded H.M. armed schooner Penguin.

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1778 June 21

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American Theater, June 1 to August 15, 1778

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