LB, UkLPR, Adm. 2/1334 (Secret), fols. 62-63. Addressed below close: "To/Lord Viscount Howemce Adml. of the White, &/Commr in Chief of His Majs./Ships &Vessels in/No. America." Notation: "By the Porcupine/Duplicate sent 12. April 1778/by the Trident." Docketed: "ORD. 22 March 1778/Rt Hble V. A. Lord Howe.