Admiral Sir Thomas Pye to Philip Stephens, October 4, 1777

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Sandwich at Spithead 5^th Oct^r. 1777.

Sir,

His Majesty's Ship and Sloop named in the Margin¹ having brought home the Number of Rebel Prisoners (taken in the Oliver Cromwell American Privateer) expressed against their Names, I have ordered them to be sent onboard His Majesty's Ship the Princess Amelia for Security, and beg to know their Lordships Pleasure with respect to their Disposal.

Inclosed is the State and Condition of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels under my Command.² I am [&c.]

Tho^s. Pye

L, UkLPR, Adm. 1/955, 267. Addressed at foot of letter: “Philip Stephens Esq^r." The intent of Stephens's notation on the verso, “6 Octr consent & let him know he is to cause proper measures to be taken for committing all of them to Forton prison,” was embodied in Stephens to Pye, 6 Oct. 1777, UkLPR, Adm. 2/556, 97–98.

1. Camel, with 5 prisoners, and Druid, with 7.

2. Not printed.

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1777 October 4

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European Theatre from October 1, 1777, to December 31, 1777

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