[Admiralty Office] 19th July 1777
Sir/
Intelligence being received that several Rebel Merchant Ships bound to Hamburgh and Amsterdam are expected to come North about, Also that some Rebel Privateers are expected in those Seas; I am commanded by my Lords Commissrs of the Admty to signify their directions to You, upon the Arrival of the Pelican and Camelion in the Downes, to order their Commanders to return to their Station, and cruize thereon for one Month longer, and then return to the Downes for further Orders. I am &ca
P. S.
1. PRO, Admiralty 2/555, 231-32.