Admiralty Office: 28th. Feby. 1757.
Sir
I have communicated to my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your Letter, inclosing an Extract of one from Mr. Dobbs, Governor of No. Carolina to the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, giving an Account that the Coasts of that Province are infested by the Enemy's Privatiers from the West Indies; and in return I am to acquaint you, for the Information of the Lords of Trade, that a Twenty Gun Ship and Sloop are order'd upon that Station in order for their Protection, and to annoy the Enemy. I am
Sir
Your most humble Servant
J Clevland
North Carolina.
Letter from Mr. Clevland, Secretary to the Lords of the Admiralty, dated the 28th. Febry. 1757, in Answer to one from Mr. Pownall, with the Extract of a Lettr. from Govr. Dobbs, giving account that the Coasts of North Carolina are infested by the Enemies Privateers from the West Indies; And acquainting Mr. Pownall, for the Information of this Board, that a Twenty Gun Ship
Read March 2d. 1757.
C.122.
