NO. 2 LAST CRUISE OF H.M.S. LOO — PETERSON II 



The same day detailed orders covering all phases of the cruise to 

 North America were issued. They are an excellent example of the 

 type of orders of that period given to senior officers destined for inde- 

 pendent duty in remote parts of the Empire, and they are here quoted 

 in their entirety.** 



TO CARRY GOVERNOR CLINTON TO NEW YORK AND THEN 

 ATTEND ON SO. CAROLINA 



Whereas we have appointed His Maj's. ship under your command to carry 

 the Hon. Geo. Clinton, Esq. to his Government at New York, and then to attend 

 on the Colony of South CaroHna, you are hereby required and directd to make 

 all possible dispatch in getting her compleated in all respects for the Sea, and 

 you are to receive on board the said Mr. Clinton, with his Family and Equipage, 

 and give them passage to New York, vichialling them as your Ship's Company 

 during their continuance on board, and allowing the Governor all such accom- 

 modation as the Ship will afford. 



And whereas the ship under your command is only ordered to be vichialled to 

 four months, and to have two months French Brandy instead of two months 

 beer; and the Comrs. of the Vichialling having a large quantity of Brandy in 

 store at Guernsey, in the Charge of Mr. Nich S. Dobree, a merchant in that Is- 

 land, you are in your way down the Channel, to call off of Guernsey, without 

 going into the Port, and send the enclosed letter with your Purser on Shore to 

 the said Mr. Dobree; and receive from him such a quantity of Brandy as you 

 think necessary for the use of your Ship's Company and you can conveniently 

 receive on board, which when you have done, you are to proceed directly to 

 New York, without touching at the Madeiras, and there land the Governor, with 

 his Family and Equipage ; and having so done, you are to proceed on to South 

 Carolina. 



And whereas His Maj's Ships the Rye, Flamborough, and Spy Sloop, are 

 stationed at South Carolina, You are to take them under your command, their 

 Captains being directed to follow and observe your orders. 



When you arrive at South Carolina, you are to communicate these our instruc- 

 tions to the Governor and Council of that Province, and to consult and advise 

 with them from time to time, in what manner the ships under your command 

 may be best employed in guarding the coasts, and securing the trade of that 

 colony from any attempts of the Enemy, and to govern yourself according as 

 shall be agreed on, using your best endeavors to take or destroy all such ships 

 or vessels of the enemy, as shall come upon the coasts of the said Colony. 



And whereas it has been represented to us, that the Coast of North Carolina 

 is very much infested with Spanish Privateers, who have even landed in the 

 Country and carried off hogs and black cattle, to the great terror of the inhabi- 

 tants of those parts, you are, when you see proper occasions, to extend your 

 cruize as far as Cape Hatteras, or to order one of the ships under your Com- 

 mand to do so, for the better protection of the trade of His Maj's. Subjects in 

 those parts ; and you are to acquaint the Governor of North Carolina with this 

 part of our instructions. 



4* Admiralty Out-Letters, ADM 2, vol. 60, pp. 81-84. 



