Since my last your letters of June 25th. ⟨&⟩ July 6th with the Several Documents that accompany’d them have been received, all the Documents have been transmitted, to Lord Hugh Seymour except Thomas Saunders’s His Lordships absence & late decease having prevented their being sent him. Admiral Montigue who succeeds him is now absent at Sea therefore no report will be made in the Admirals Office untill He returns & takes upon himself the Command which may be some weeks—

The uniform disposition of the late admiral was manifest on all occasions & I will hope the Gentleman who succeeds him may discover the same benevolent principles—I have the Honour to be with Great Respect—your Obed H Servt