Diary of John Adams, volume 4
Commissioners to Any Captain Bound for America To any Captain bound to America Sir Passi June 10, 1778 Advices from London of the fifth of June, mention that the Squadron under Admiral Byron, which sailed from Portsmouth the 20th of May, had put into Plymouth the 27th and still continued there: and that orders had been sent down to that Squadron, not to proceed at present to America, as had been intended. Of this you will be pleased to inform those, whom it may concern.
We are &c. B. Franklin, Arthur Lee, John Adams.