By &c
Whereas we have ordered Jno Montagu Esqr (Rear Adml of the Blue & Commander in Chief of His Majts Ships & Vessels employed and to be employed at and about the Island of Newfoundland the Islands of Madelaine & Anticosti and upon the Coast of Labrador from the River St John, to the entrance of Hudsons Straits) to apply to you, if there should be occasion, for a reinforcement of Ships & Vessels to enable him to execute the Service on which he is employed; You are hereby required & directed, upon receiving such Application, to send such a reinforcement to him as he may stand in need of accordingly. Given &c 22d May 1775.
By &c. PS
J Buller Palmerston H Palliser
Sent by the Raven Sloop. Duplicate sign'd. S__________P.__________H. Palliser Sent by the Viper Sloop.
1. PRO, Admiralty 2/99, 438, NYHS Transcript.