St James's, Jany 8th 1777.
My Lords,
Having submitted to The King Your Lordships Letter of the 1st, and Mr Stephens's of the 7th Inst, respecting the Nine American Prisoners brought into the Harbour of Portsmouth, by Capt [Stair] Douglas of the Squirrel, I am to signify to Your Lordships His Majesty's Commands, that these People be detained in safe Custody, as was directed in my Letter of the 2d Deer, with regard to the Men brought home in the Pallas; excepting only, in this Instance, Peter Burk, the Negro, whom it is His Majesty's Pleasure, that Your Lordships direct to be set at Liberty. I am &c:
Suffolk.
1. PRO, Foreign Office, 95/355, 309-10.
