Admiralty Office 3d Janry 1775 [sic 1776]
My Lord,
Having received two Letters from Vice Admiral Graves, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels in No America, the one dated the 8th of Novr giving an account of the Proceedings of Lieutenant [Henry] Mowat in destroying the Town of Falmouth, the other dated the 4th of Decr, relating the Particulars of an Expedition made under the direction of Captain Barkeley [Andrew Barkley] to bring off some Cattle from the Rebels. 2 We send Your Lordship Copies of the said Letters, & of the Papers therein inclosed, for His Majesty's Information. We are &ca
Sandwich J. Buller H. Palliser
1. PRO, Colonial Office, 5/259, 1.
2. Captain Barkley's expedition to Charleston was to secure the rice ships, not cattle.