Berda 21st July 1777.
[Extract]
. . . It is said the King has order'd the Cruizing Vessels2 that were fitted out in the West Indies to be recall'd by Proclamation 8c the Men of War orders to take them as Pyrates. the prizes they have taken the report is, is taken from them by his Majesty and given to the Widows & Children of those Seamen & Soldiers that have lost their lives in the American War. . . .
1. Tucker-Coleman Papers, CWM.
2. Illegal privateers.
