L, UkLPR, Adm. 1/806, 375. Addressed at foot of first page: “Philip Stephens Esqr." Notation in Stephens's hand: “8 Oct [illeg.] Lord Weymouth for HM Information.” In their letter to Weymouth transmitting the information about the Frenchmen, the Admiralty added “that the Privatier had on board when taken 14 four Pounders and 2 Six Pounder Guns (which are as many as she was pierc'd for) besides 12 Swivel Guns." Lords of the Admiralty to Weymouth, 9 Oct. 1777, UkLPR, S.P. 42/51, 237–39. Enclosure follows, below.