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Lord Viscount Weymouth one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, having transmitted to us a Copy of a Letter which he had received from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in which it is represented that it would be of particular service to the Trade of that Country if the Commanders of His Majesty's Sloops and Vessels were directed, when they sail, to take under their Convoy any Merchant...
Date: 9 December 1776
Volume: Volume 7
Whereas We have received Information from the Merchants, Importers of Linnen from Ireland & Owners of the Linnen Ships representing that several of their Ships are now ready to sail with very rich Cargoes on board, particularly from Newry but are stopt by their Orders on account of the danger they apprehend them to be in from the Rebel Cruizers which infest the Coast of Ireland, &...
Date: 16 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Lord Viscount Weymouth, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State having transmitted to us a Copy of a Letter from the Lord Lieut of Ireland, inclosing one from the Lord Mayor of the City of Dublin, requesting on the part of the Merchants of that City, that the Linnen Ships of that Kingdom may be convoyed as far as the Isle of White [Wight]; You are therefore, hereby requested and...
Date: 13 June 1777
Volume: Volume 9
By &c.
Whereas we have ordered Captn [George] Burdon of His Majesty's Sloop Drake to repair immediately to Dublin, & taking under his command the Wolf Sloop, and Esther & Lurcher Cutters to convoy the Linnen Ships and other Trade passing between Ireland and England in your stead; You are hereby required and directed (notwithstanding former Orders) to put to Sea in the Sloop you...
Date: 21 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9