To the Right Honble the Lds
Com̄rs of Trade & Plantns
My Lords & Gentlemen,
The inclosed Letter from Carolina to the Rt Honourable the Lord Viscount Townshend, having been laid before the King, I am ordered to
transmit the same to you, & to signify to you His Majesty's Pleasure that you do forthwith enquire into the State of that Province, & under whose directions it is at present, & report your opinion on these points, as also of what you may judge may be the most proper and speedy Method of assisting and supplying them under their present Necessity. For your further Information in this matter, I herewith transmit to you a Letter I have received from Col: Spotswood Lieut: Governor of Virginia; wch being on the same Subject, I thought it might be of use to you touching your Inquiry in this Matter. I am