[Extract]
Lord Howe has many Difficultys about the Instructions; howe-ver at all Events he will ー not decline the Comtp.and of the Fleet; upon hearing that Cj:r:cumstance your Majesty n1ay not be very anxious whether he acce.pts of bei11g one of the Commissioriers.2
Pall Mall March 26th: 1776 10. pt. 8. P.M.
1. Fortescue>ed., Correspondence of George III, III, 345, 346.
2. The peace commission which was to be bestowed upon the Howe brothers.
