Whitehall 18th June 1776.
My Lord,
Lord George Germain being gone into the Country for a few days, it is my Duty to send Your Lordship the inclosed Copy of His Lordship's Letter of 22d May,2 which will inform Your Lordship of the Loss of your Dispatches by the Duke of Cumberland Packet; and I have the honor to acquaint you, that this Packet is principally dispatched for the Purpose of affording Your Lordship, and His Majesty's other Servants in the Southern Colonies, an Opportunity of transmitting an Account of such Occurrences as you shall judge it of importance to communicate to Lord George Germain for His Majesty's Information. I have the honor to be &c.
W. Knox
1. PRO, Colonial Office, 5/1353.
2. Germain's letter was dated May 21, not May 22, 1776.
