[Sir Stanier Porten (baptised 1716 ? 1789) government official and diplomat] Autograph Note Signed S Porten to Philip Stephens Esq [secretary of the admiralty, sponsored by Anson]

One page, 4to, bifolium, fold marks, good condition. Text: As a Messenger will be dispatched from the East India House oveland to the East Indies in very few days, Lord Hillsborough has deferred till then communicating to Sir Edward Hughes the intelligence about the Illustre & St Michel [French warships - see Wikipedia under French ship Illustre (1781)] with any news that may be known before the Messengers' departure [...]. Docketed (presumably by recipient) 8 Febry 1782 | Sir Stan. Porter || Will send intelligence to Sir Ed[war]d Hughes.Note: The context appears to be the French involvement in the American Revolution. Edward Hughes was Admiral Sir Edward Hughes (c. 1720 ? 1794), a Royal Navy officer who served in the War of Jenkins' Ear, Seven Years' War and American War of Independence [Wikipedia].