Admiralty Office, 29th Jany 1776
Sir,
My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty intending that His Majesty's Ship the Greyhound, which is proposed to join the Squadron under the Command of Rear Admiral Shuldham, shall Sail without loss of time to Cork, and take such Ships as shall desire to proceed under her Convoy from thence to Boston; I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you therewith for Lord George Germain's Information, and to desire if it is approved, that the three Ordnance Storeships now at Spithead shall go under Convoy of the said Ship, they may be directed to lose no time in proceeding to Cork so that they may arrive at that Port before the 15th of next Month, it not being proposed the Greyhound should wait there beyond that time. I am &ca
Geo: Jackson
1. PRO, Colonial Office, 5/259, 18.