Copy, UkLPR, Adm. 1/471, fol. 222. Addressed below close: "Wm. Saunders Mercht. at Placentia Newfoundland.” Docketed: “31st: May 1778/from Mr Saunders/Placentia/E/In Adml. Montagu's Letter/Dated 27 July 1778." Notation: “Ed.", meaning "Enclosed." This letter was enclosed in Vice Adm. John Montagu to Philip Stephens, Secretary of the Admiralty, 27 July 1778.