Secretarys Office Halifax 24th August 1777.
Sir
Your Letter dated the 17th of this Month from His Majestys Ship Rainbow in Machias Harbor, & address'd to the Lieutenant Governor & Council, was received Yesterday; & I have the Honor on their behalf to acknowledge the Signal Service You have done for the Frontier Settlements, in that part of this Province; by the readiness & zeal wherewith You have pursued the Views of this Government; in destroying the Preparations which the Rebels had been making at Machias to attempt an Invasion; — for this Service, Sir, executed with that Alacrity, which You have always shewn for the Kings Service on this Station, the Lieutenant Governor & Council request You will accept their best Thanks. I have the Honor to be respectfully Sir [&c.]
Rich. Bulkeley Sec. Prov.
(Copy)
[Endorsed] No 2 In Sr G. Colliers Letter of 9 Octo
1. PRO, Admiralty 1/1611, 79.
