28th Octr 1776
Sr
Having communicated to my Lords Commissrs of the Admiralty your Letter of the 26th instant expressing the Post Master Generals approbation of the Conduct of Mr Robards, a Midshipman, charged with dispatches for Government on board the Sandwich Packet Boat, upon her being att~cked by a Rebel Privateer in her passage for New York, and recommending him in their Names, for some mark of their Lordships Favour for his good Behaviour on the above Occasion, I am commanded to acquaint you, for the information of the Post Master General, that their Lordships have promoted Mr Robards to a Lieutenancy in the Navy. I am &c.
P. S.
Post Office
1. PRO, Admiralty 2/553, 129.
