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My Lord

I have the honor of Your Lordships Letter of this date, accompanying a Copy of One from Lord George Germain One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, dated the 16th of last August to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty and in answer to that from Your Lordship, I have the honor of acquainting You that I shall immediately write to Captain Banks of the Renown, to furnish me with Copies of the Orders issued by him to the Ships and Vessels put under his Command, upon my quitting the Harbour of Boston, as also to Captain Hamond to furnish me with the motives which induced him to remove the Roebuck and Liverpool from the River Delaware, where they were Stationed, and afterwards re-inforced by the Fowey, Orpheus, Glasgow and Kings-fisher Sloop, as soon as I could possibly draw those Ships from the different Services on which they were employed, and get them ready to send there, after the departure of Vice Admiral Graves on the 2nd of last February, and the Command of His Majesty's Fleet devolving upon me, all which shall be transmitted to Your Lordship as soon as I receive the reports from those Officers,. together with Extracts of some of my Letters to the Secretary of the Admiralty, in obedience to Your Lordships Commands that I should communicate to You such further lights on the subject of those Matters contained in Your Lordship's Letter, in addition to the Copies of my Orders to, and Correspondence with the Captains of those Ships beforenamed, which I had the honor to deliver to Your Lordship soon after your Arrival at this Port. I have the honor to be My Lord Your Lordships [&c.]