Admiralty Office 19th Febry 1776.
My Lord,
The Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy having, in their Letter of the 16th Inst, transmitted to us a further List of the Transports fitting in the Clyde, which they have appropriated for receiving the 31st Regiment, ordered to embark there; We send Your Lordship the same, in addition to our Letter of the 15th Instant. And the Navy Board, being desirous of appropriating a further Quantity of the Tonnage of those fitting in the Clyde in aid for the Service of the Six Regiments to be embarked at Cork, leaving sufficient for the Highlanders which are to be embarked in the Clyde, have requested to be informed, as soon as possible, of the Number of those Troops, and when they may be expected to be ready, that they may make a Disposition accordingly; We desire your Lordship will give Us the Information, that we may acquaint the Navy Board with the same. We are &c Sandwich Lisburne H. Penton
1. PRO, Colonial Office, 5/259, 33-34.