Admiralty Office, 5th Decr 1775
Sr
Inclosed I send you a List of Transports which arrived in the Downes on the 3d Instant, and remained there yesterday when the Post came away, and am Sr [&c.]
Php Stephens
PS. Those ticked Thus ✓ are Vessels that are to carry the Troops from Portsmouth to Ireland.
[Enclosure]
Transports in the Downes
1. PRO, Colonial Office, 5/122, 45a, 45b.