[13 October 1777] 1
Sir,
I Repeat to you the orders which I gave you in my letter of the 6th of June last, relative to the American privateers, and must strongly recommend to you their exact execution:
If any American privateer comes into any Port, Road, or Bay in your district, with one or more prizes taken from their enemies, you are not to suffer them to stay longer than will be necessary to supply their wants, and you are not to suffer any goods whatsoever to be taken out of them. This Sir, is the order of the King, which I transmit to you, that you may conform thereto.
Signed
Le Comte d'Arbaud.
New-York Gazette, 29 Dec. 1777. The newspaper printed a translation of this letter under the following dateline: "St. George's, November 8."
1. For a reference to the date of this letter, see Gilbert du Lion to Comte d'Arbaud, 26 Oct. 1777, below.
