_Lieutenant-General Guest to Captain Knight R.N._
Edinburgh 23^d Decem^r 1745.
Walter Grosett Esq^r has directions from me to be assisting to
the Forces that are this night to Quarter at Linlithgow and
Borrostouness in which I also desire you will do your Utmost,
either in Transporting them eastwards or Otherways as he will
give you directions from the Commanding officer, and you will
return to your Station as soon as possible. I am S^r, Your most
hum^{ble} Ser^t.