From John Frodsham, who is serving in the navy: he sends congratulations on the wedding of Beatrix Egerton; informs Samuel Egerton that there has been news of a French fleet at sea, and that the following day he will join the other ships at St Helens under Sir John Lockhart Ross [post-captain, later rear-admiral then vice- admiral]; hopes Samuel will intercede with the Bishop of Durham [John Egerton] and other friends in an attempt to get him preferment.
Dated at: Yarmouth [Isle of Wight].