[St. James's] 8th March 1776.
[Extract]
No. 4.
The Act lately passed for prohibiting aU trade ~nd intercourse with any of our rebellious Colonies, will enable His Majesty's ships to take their vessels, and by that means put a stop to the illegal trade carrying on to the different ports of the kingdom where you reside; therefore it becomes less necessary to solicit the Court of Spain' to seize or detain those vessels in their ports.
1. Sparks Transcripts, Lord Grantham, I, 5, HU.
