_Lieutenant-General Handasyde to Walter Grossett_
By the Hon^{ble} ROGER HANDASYDE Esq^r Lieutenant General
and Commander in Cheif of All His Majesty’s Forces, in
North Britain etc.
Whereas it has been found Injurious to His Majesty’s Service that
any Boats shou’d pass from Leith to Kinghorn or from Kinghorn to
Leith, These are therefore Requiring All Magistrates, Justices
of the Peace, Constables and Others concerned to be Aiding and
Assisting to you in bringing all the Passage Boats and Yauls from
Kinghorn and all other places on the North Side of the Forth to
the Harbour of Leith where they are to be kept till His Majesty’s
Service shall allow of their being returned to their Respective
Ports.
Given under my hand at Edinburgh this 26^{th} Novem^r 1745.