Dr. Sir I have just now received the enclosed from my Lord Sandwich2 by a Messenger, & am to beg you will lay it before my Lord Dartmh & favor me with his Lordships Sentiments thereupon ー I shall be in Town early on Monday morning, or sooner if I learn from you that it is necessary ー I am ever Dr Sir [&c.]
Php Stephens
Admiralty 1 July 1775 near 3 o'clock
1. PRO, Colonial Office, Class 5/121, LC Transcript.
2. Extract of Lord Sandwich's letter of June 29, 1775.
