[P. 256]
Mr. Lewis presents his
Compliments to the Comptroller of the Navy, and begs the favour of being
informed, as soon as possible, of the State of the 13 Transports intended to
carry the Remount Horses of the 17th. Regiment of Light Dragoons, the 615 Draft
Horses and the 5 Horses for the Detachment of Foot Guards--as to what are now
at Portsmouth, and when the whole may be expected there, that the proper Orders
may be given for sending the Horses to Portsmouth
[margin:] Comptroller of the Navy
War Office 28th May 1776
SOURCE: London; Public Records Office
(PRO); War Office; Class 4 (W04), Secretary at War Out Letters; Volume 97.
Transcribed by ,7. Kochan, JUL 1993.