Your most humble and
most obedient Servant,

SAM'L SEDDON.

PICCADILLY
10th March 1762.
Honourable John Cleveland Esquire

_Sir_,

In Obedience to the Directions of my Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty signified to me in your Letters of the 24th instant, That I
should let you know what Commissions for the Trials of Pirates in
America, I have passed through the several Offices, in Consequence of
Mr Cleveland's Letter of the 1st February 1762, and the Time when, and
by what Conveyances I sent them to the respective Colonies: And also,
whether any Commission has been passed in His present Majesty's Reign
for Trying Pirates at Rhode Island; I take the Liberty to acquaint you
for their Lordships Information, that in Obedience to an Admiralty
Order signified to me in a Letter from the late Mr. Secretary
Cleveland dated the 30th day of December 1761, I solicited the Passing
of Eleven Commissions for trying of Pirates at _Rhode Island_, and
other Places in America, all which were dated the 14th of January 1762
as appears by the enclosed Extract, taken from the Entries thereof
made in the Register's Office at Doctors Commons; And I further take
the Liberty to acquaint you, that on the 10th day of March 1762, I
sent the said Eleven Commissions to Mr. Cleveland; as appears by the
enclosed Copy of my Report to their Lordships of that Date

I am

Sir

Your most humble and
most obedient Servant,

SAM'L SEDDON.

PICCADILLY
26th August 1772.

Philip Stephens Esquire.

Extract of Commissions for Trying Pirates in America. 14th January
1762.[2]

[Footnote 2: The figures refer to pages in the appropriate volume of
the registers of the High Court of Admiralty.]

} Commission for trying such }
North Carolina } Pirates as shall be taken and }
Maryland, and } carryed into His Majesty's } 169
Virginia } Provinces of North Carolina, }
} Maryland and Virginia. }

} Commission for Trying such }
Bahama } Pirates as shall be taken and } 176
Islands } carried into His Majesty's Bahama }
} Islands. Dated the same Day. }

} Commission for Trying such }
} Pirates as shall be taken and carried }
Bermuda } into His Majesty's Bermuda } 180
Islands } Islands. Of the same Date.