Folios 125-134. Letter from the Earl of Buckingham to the Lord Viscount Weymouth...

Folios 125-134. Letter from the Earl of Buckingham to the Lord Viscount Weymouth regarding the latter's letter of 30 May 1777, and enclosing the reports of the Commissioners of HM Revenue, of the Surveyor General of the Province of Munster, and of the Port Surveyor of Cork relative to the loading and the loaders of the brigg the Brothers sent into Plymouth Harbour [Devon] by Captain Jervis, together with a paper containing the names of the shipper of the cargo, the persons by whom the entry was passed and of the persons by whom the bond was signed for the vessel's destination of Falmouth [Cornwall]. Dated at Dublin Castle. Enclosed: Folio 127: Letter from the Commissioners of HM Revenue signed Naas, Monck Mason and Townsend, dated at Custom House Dublin on 14 June 1777. Encloses the reports of the Surveyor General of the Province of Munster, of the Port Surveyor of Cork, and the above referenced paper. Folios 129-131: Letter from Robert Gordon, Surveyor General of the Province of Munster, dated at Cork on 9 June 1777. The report indicates that John King, agent for Galway the French contractor at Cork, entered and shipped beef and butter on the Brothers of Cork for Falmouth 5 April 1777. The bond was signed by John King, Andrew White, and Henry Shea, merchants of Cork and the usual oaths taken by Henry Shea as sole owner of the ship. As far as they can tell from the make of the casks this was part of Galway's contract for the French Navy [la Marine Royale]. Encloses a letter from [James?] Ellis, dated 9 June 1777, indicating that Henry Shea made an oath that said the vessel was really bound for 'Falmouth in Great Britain' and to no other port whatever in apparent compliance with the proclamation. Folios 132-134: Letter from Henry Davies, dated at Cork on 9 June 1777, enclosing a paper with the names of persons relevant to the matter of the Brothers, namely: Thomas Hill, Master; John King, shipper and by whom the entry was passed; John King, Andrew White and Henry Shea, merchants by whom the bond was signed.