[Admiralty Office] 2d August 1775.
Sir
The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury having transmitted to my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty Extract of a Letter from His Majesty's Envoy at Lisbon, relative to Ships suspected of carrying on an illicit Trade with North America; As also Copy of a Letter from Mr Sweetland at Gibraltar dated the 8h of May last, relative to Vessels which he apprehends may during the present Disputes Trade from that place to America direct; I am commanded by their Lordships to send you the inclosed Copies of the said Papers for your Information. And am &c.
P: S:
(By the Cerberus at Portsmouth)
1. PRO, Admiralty 2/549, 7, NYHS Transcript.
