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Whereas application hath been made to Us that the Ships named on the other side hereof, bound from the Port of London to the River Senegal with very valuable Cargoes, (part of which Ships are now supposed to be at, and the remainder on their way to Spithead) may proceed under your convoy, You are hereby required and directed to make enquiry for the said Ships, and taking them, or such of them as may be arrived at Spithead, when the wind shall have been fair to bring the Trade from the Downes for 24 hours after the 20th instant, under your convoy, put to Sea without a moments loss of time, and proceeding to the Coast of Africa in pursuance of our In;tructions of the 11th Instant, see the said Ships and such others as you may have under your convoy in safety as far as your way and theirs may be together. Given &c the 17th February 1777.
Captn Cotton, Pallas, Spithead.
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