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I had the Honor of Your Lordships Letter of the 7th February, and I lost no time in acquainting Count Scheffer with the Instructions given to the Commanders of His Majestys Ships and Vessels on the North-American Station. He said that the precautions were just and wise, and that, I might depend upon it, no Swedish Vessels would be found in those Seas; but I observed, that though the Swedes should not trade on their own account, they might possibly receive freights from others. In order therefore the better to secure their Shipping and Effects from accidents, I have circulated this advice among the principal Merchants of the Capital, and of Gothenburg.