Admiralty Office 21st Febry 1776.
My Lord,
Having received a letter from Vice Admiral Gayton, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships at Jamaica, dated the 24th of December last, giving an account of Preparations making in the Island of Hispaniola, and of the Arrival of a french Frigate from thence, We send Your Lordship a Copy of the Vice Admiral's Letter for the King's Informatiori, and are &c Sandwich. J Buller. Palmerstone.
1. PRO, Colonial Office, 5/259, 34-35.