Whitehall 3d May 1775
(No 8)
Sir I have received your Letters No. 13. 14. & 15. and have laid them before the King.
The present State of His Majesty's Service in North America precludes for the present all hope of our being able to spare any part of the Kings Troops for the service of the Bermuda Islands or of making them a Station for one of the small Sloops of War, But I will not fail at a proper time to attend to your propositions on those heads.
I am &ca
Dartmouth.
1. PRO, Colonial Office, Class 37/36, 808. See also Bruere's letter of February 1, 1775