(Copy) Passi June 10th. 1778—
To any Captain bound to America Sir,
Advices from London of the 5th. of June, mention that the Squadron under Admiral Byron, which sailed from Portsmouth the 20th. of May had put into Plymouth the 27th. and still continued there: And that Orders had been sent down to that Squadron, not to proceed at present to America, as had been intended.1 Of this you will be pleased to inform those whom it may concern. We are &ca.
Copy, DNA, PCC, item 84, vol. 1, p. 143 (M247, roll 111).
1. Byron had been issued new orders directing him to sail immediately with his fleet to North America. Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to Vice Adm. John Byron, 5 June, above.
