Copy, UkLPR, Adm. 1/488, fols. 390–91. Addressed below close: "John Gambier Esqre: /Lieut. Govr. Providence/Bahama." Docketed: "No:5./Copy of a Letter from the Viscount/to Lieutenant Governor Gambier/ of the Bahama Islands./Dated 9th: July 1778./In Vice Adml: Ld: Howe's Letter/Dated 25 Octr: 1778—."