Whitehall 4th. Decr. 1756.
<Govr. of Jamaica>
Sir,
The King having been graciously pleased to appoint me to be his principal Secretary of State for the Southern Department, in the Room of Mr. Fox; I am to desire that you would, for the future, address your Letters to Me, which I shall not fail to lay regularly before His Majesty and to transmit to You such Orders and Instructions, as the King shall think proper to give for your Guidance and Direction.
You will see His Majty's Sentiments on the present Situation of publick affairs, expressed in the inclosed most gracious Speech, with which the King opened the Parliament on Thursday last, I also inclose to you the Addresses, which Both Houses have since presented in Answer thereto.
I am &c.
P.S. The Address of the House of Commons not being yet printed, I send herewith the Resolution of that House, which is exactly to the same Effect; Your Letter of the 26 July has been received.
Memdm:
A like Letter was wrote to the following Govrs.
| Barbadoes | |
| Leeward Islands | |
| Bermuda; | acknowledging the Receipt of his Letter of May 5th. |
| Bahama Islands, | acknowledging the Receipt of his Letter of May 25th. |
A like Letter was wrote to the following Govrs. (except the Postscript) dated
| Earl of Loudon. | acknowledging the Receipt of his Lordp's Letters of 29 Augt; Octr. 3d, 8th, & 12th. |
| Lt. Govr. Dinwiddie. | Govr. of Pensylvania. |
| Govr. of Newfoundland | Rhode Island |
| —Georgia |
| Massachuset's Bay | acknowledging the Receipt of his Letter of Augt. 20th: |
| New Hampshire | July 19th, & Sepr. 2d. |
| Nova Scotia, | Augt. 5th & 3d Octr.; |
| New York, | July 9t, Augt. 2d & 22d; Sepr. 18th. & Octr. 21. |
| North Carolina, | July 12th: |
| New Jersey, | June 16th, Augt. 12th. & Sepr. 17th. |
| So. Carolina, | June 16, & Augt. 5th. |
| Maryland, | March 8th, May 31st, & July 17th: |
| Connecticut, | July 22d. & Septr. 25. |
| Vice Adml: Watson. | |
| Colo. Adlercron. |
