Admty Office 14 May 1777
Sir
Captain [John] Bray, Regulating Captain at Deal, having in his Letter of yesterday's date, acquainted my Lords Commissrs of the Admiralty that an account had been received from Dunkirk that the Master and Crew of the Rebel Privatier were put into Prison the 10th Instant, and that the Vessels taken by her were to be immediately given up; I am commanded by their Lordships to signify the same to you for Lord Weymouth's information. I am Sr
Php Stephens
1. PRO, State Papers, 42/50. Sir Stanier Porten was an under Secretary of State for the Southern Department.
