| By the Danae | At |
Jamaica, Barbadoes, The Leeward Islands. | |
| By the Gosport |
The Bahama Islands, South Carolina and Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Pensilvania and Connecticut. | ||
| By the Launceston By the Gosport |
Massachusets Bay, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Bermuda Islands. |
And I herewith send you the Said Commissions, being Eleven in Number, which have been passed under the Seal of the High Court of Admiralty, and are all dated the 14th day of January last.
I am
Sir
Your most humble and
most obedient Servant,
Sam'l Seddon.
Piccadilly
10th March 1762.
Honourable John Cleveland Esquire
Sir,
In Obedience to the Directions of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty signified to me in your Letters of the 24th instant, That I should let you know what Commissions for the Trials of Pirates in America, I have passed through the several Offices, in Consequence of Mr Cleveland's Letter of the 1st February 1762, and the Time when, and by what Conveyances I sent them to the respective Colonies: And also, whether any Commission has been passed in His present Majesty's Reign for Trying Pirates at Rhode Island; I take the Liberty to acquaint you for their Lordships Information, that in Obedience to an Admiralty Order signified to me in a Letter from the late Mr. Secretary Cleveland dated the 30th day of December 1761, I solicited the Passing of Eleven Commissions for trying of Pirates at Rhode Island, and other Places in America, all which were dated the 14th of January 1762 as appears by the enclosed Extract, taken from the Entries thereof made in the Register's Office at Doctors Commons; And I further take the Liberty to acquaint you, that on the 10th day of March 1762, I sent the said Eleven Commissions to Mr. Cleveland; as appears by the enclosed Copy of my Report to their Lordships of that Date
I am
Sir
Your most humble and
most obedient Servant,
Sam'l Seddon.
Piccadilly
26th August 1772.
Philip Stephens Esquire.